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Squandered chances

By Scott Powers
ESPNChicago.com

Monday, September 28, 2009

Within a few hours of each other on Saturday, Illinois, Northwestern and Northern Illinois all took the field in what had the makings of a promising afternoon for the state's Football Bowl Subdivision teams. For the Illini, there was question whether they were going to win at Ohio State even on their best day, but Saturday was an opportunity to see progress. Illinois had looked shaky in its first two games, and a positive performance anywhere on the field against an elite team like the Buckeyes ...

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