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Illinois rolls to Great State Debate final

By Mark Tennis
ESPNRISE.com

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Landslide voting results are nothing new in Illinois, and the entire state can celebrate one Thursday with the revelation that the Land of Lincoln has swamped California in this week's ESPN RISE Great State Debate. When voting was closed Wednesday night, Illinois collected an impressive 70.9 percent of responders compared with just 29.1 percent for California. The victory pushes Illinois into the final matchup of this Great State Debate. The No. 2 seed will go up against surprising No. 5 see ...

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