Saturday, August 30, 2008

Position Preview: Introducing Your 2008 Illini Quarterbacks

So it comes to this. In less than an hour the Illini open the season in St. Louis against the 6th ranked Missouri Tigers. The Illini, as has been documented in a number of recent posts on this blog, have a talented roster. But the key for the Illini in this game - and others - is their starting quarterback, Juice Williams.

Juice is entering his third season as a starter and improved a lot from his first to his second season. The Illini are counting on him to further improve on his accuracy and get the ball with regularity to the weapons the Illini have at receiver. If he is more accurate - and I think he will be - that will free up some space for the talented, but still unproven, running backs like Daniel Dufrene and Troy Pollard.

And also at quarterback are Eddie McGee and Jacob Charest. Both are monsters but I'm so excited for tonight's game I can't write anymore right now.

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