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Fight finally leaves Illini

By Pat Forde
ESPN.com

Monday, April 4, 2005

ST. LOUIS – Clockwork Orange had stopped ticking. Indomitable Illinois, 37-1, had ground down against a superior opponent, and was on the verge of being run out of a national championship game it felt destined to win. It was ugly, but you knew it wasn't over. Not with this team. It had come too far and lost too stubbornly not to die with its boots on in the final duel. Down 15 in the second half? Not a problem. Illinois had made an identical deficit evaporate in less than four minutes a ...

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