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Senior Sports Reporter - Covering Illini Football @TheDailyIllini | Men's Basketball @Champaign_Room | UIUC 27' | All opinions are my own

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Ben@ben_some16Sep 3
Year 2️⃣
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#Illinois HC Bret Bielema: We're third from the bottom in roster share ... but we're number three in the Big Ten. I take a shit ton of pride in that
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#Illinois HC Bret Bielema: There was a time when I thought Brandon Henderson would be our starting center after Josh Kreutz left
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#Illinois HC Bret Bielema said Jake Renfro got rolled up and that there's a good chance he'll be out there against UCLA. Michael Clayton had some pain in his hand after Oregon. Bielema said there's a good chance he'll be back sometime this year, called it a bone bruise
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#Illinois HC Bret Bielema said freshman RB Javari Barnett had a significant injury and will be out for the year
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#Illinois HC Bret Bielema said they'll have a normal routine now with back-to-back Friday games. UCLA has a short week
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Kickoff time locked in for Iowa.
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Good afternoon, #Illini fans! Welcome back to State Farm Center for today's non-conference matinee between No. 23 Illinois (1-0) and Southern University. Tipoff is set for 2:00 PM on B1G+. Follow for updates! @TheDailyIllini | @DI_Sports – at Urbana, IL
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Almost immediately, the receiver extended his season touchdown total to 12. Early in the fourth quarter, the Illini were on the six-yard line. ✍️ Written by Ben Somerville 📷️ Photo by Sarah Slattery (@sarahgphotographyyy )
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ICYMI: Last night, Collin Dixon broke #Illinois’ single-season receiving TD record with his 11th (and 12th) touchdown. “I just think that kid has an unwavering confidence in himself.” Story on @DI_Sports dailyillini.com/sports-stori…
Collin Dixon breaks Illinois’ single-season receiving touchdown record

Collin Dixon breaks Illinois’ single-season receiving touchdown record

On a cold Friday night, senior wide receiver Collin Dixon reached his arm out, ball in hand, trying to break the plane for his 11th touchdown of the season.  He was originally marked down, but a...

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Collin Dixon’s record breaking football
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#Illinois takes down #Nebraska 24-13 to improve to 6-3. The #Illini are bowl eligible for the third straight season, the first time Illinois has achieved that feat since 1992, when it made its fifth straight bowl.
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Mason Muragin gets home for the sack
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#Illinois gets all the way down to the 3-yard line, but is stood up by #Nebraska's defense. The Illini settle for a field goal. 4Q 7:51 | Illinois 24, Nebraska 13
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On 3rd-and-6, Houser fires a ball to Dixon, who makes a tough catch and run for 58 yards. It sets #Illinois up on the 3-yard line
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Jake Renfro is down on the field and getting looked at by trainers. He's helped up by his fellow o-linemen and walks gingerly off the field, supported by them. That's a big blow for the #Illini, who are already thin at center and offensive line in general
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#Nebraska scores a 51-yard touchdown. Two #Illinois defenders were in the area of two receivers, but neither got a hand on the ball or tackled Barney Jr. Two-point conversion is no good. 4Q 10:44 | Illinois 21, Nebraska 13
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How about another one for Collin Dixon? Single-season receiving TD record now up to 12
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After 3. #Illinois up 7 and on Nebraska's 29-yard line. With the way both teams' defenses have been playing, a touchdown could be the dagger early in the fourth.
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#Illinois gets a turnover on downs. Colandrea's pass is off on 4th down and falls incomplete. Illini take over on downs from their own 26
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Rau is now #Illinois' second leading rusher
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Lars Rau, are you kidding me? #Illinois fakes the field goal, and Rau goes 29 yards down to Nebraska's 3-yard line.
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