In lieu of a spring game after the hiring of Lovie Smith, the Illinois football team held an open practice Saturday to give fans their first look at Lovie Smith's squad
I attended the Illinois football open practice aka quasi-Spring Game event of the spring Saturday and came away with a few thoughts. While the practice mainly featured 11-on-11 scrimmaging, there weren't many reps for starting quarterback Wes Lunt, nor starting running back Ke'Shawn Vaughn. After nearly two hours of Illinois football, here are a few thoughts that stuck with me:
It's still surreal that Lovie Smith is the coach for Illinois football
I grew up in the Chicagoland area, and I took more than a few trips to Bourbonnais, IL, for Bears training camp.