Bielema wants his players to be tough, smart, and dependable. Here are the simple things the Illini should do to find success in 2022 so that we all sing the alma mater before leaving Memorial Stadium.
Keep the ball in front of you
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I actually liked the defense a lot last year.
However, there were moments when Ryan Walters’s schemes left me scratching my head. We all know the story—in fact, I quote it quite often—that Illinois’s defense had a turnaround in the last nine weeks of the season.