The News-Gazette · Aug 21, 2015
Tate: Family connection bodes well for offense
SportsTalk 08-20-15» moreSteve covers the latest in sports news, then talks about the Cardinals with Tom Ackerman (KMOX, St. Louis), Cubs & Sox with David Schuster (670 The Score, Chicago), and Illini soccer with Coach Janet Rayfield.Popular as they have become in college football, co-coordinators don’t draw positive responses from Illini football fans. Not after the 2012 combo of Billy Gonzales and Chris Beatty produced the fewest UI first downs (197) in this short century.
This collapse was the centerpiece of the UI’s 20-game Big Ten losing streak that finally ended at Purdue (20-16) on Nov. 23, 2013.