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Football: Panthers fall to the Fighting Illini 47-21
Scott Richey/Sports Editor
Issue date: 9/5/08 Section: Sports
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Illinois then scored twice before the second quarter came to a close to increase their lead to 19-7 en route to a 47-21 victory.
The Fighting Illini dominated with their ground game with 399 rushing yards on 53 carries. Illinois junior quarterback Juice Williams had an Illinois record 174 yards and scored twice on the ground. Williams also completed 16-of-25 passes for 124 yards and another touchdown.
Eastern was led by red-shirt senior running back Travorus Bess who rushed for 183 yards on 15 carries. Bess' first rush of the game (for 55 yards) put him over 1,000 yards for his career.
The Panthers' defense also had two interceptions and two fumble recoveries against the Fighting Illini. Senior free safety Irvin Jean-Charles returned one of the fumble recoveries for a touchdown.
Eastern red-shirt junior quarterback Bodie Reeder threw for one of Eastern's touchdowns, and freshman running back Desmin Ward scored his first career touchdown for the Panthers.
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Kyle
posted 9/06/08 @ 4:08 PM CST
21 points on a top-25 team, even in garbage time, is going to look fairly decent as far as subjective impressions go, which is important come playoff sleection time. (Continued…)
Jack
posted 9/06/08 @ 6:11 PM CST
I'm not sure if the writer of this post actually watched the game or just looked at the box score, but from what I saw it wasn't a "domination" at all. (Continued…)
Student
posted 9/08/08 @ 1:27 AM CST
The Panthers played very hard against the Illini no doubt about it, but they were clearly outmatched. Juice literally was able to run at will against our defense which was tired by the 2nd quarter. (Continued…)
Jack
posted 9/08/08 @ 7:19 AM CST
Of course they were outmatched. They were playing a team a level up. I agree that the defense looked tired, but like I said, you have to remember that many of them have to play on special teams as well. (Continued…)
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