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Illinois Weekly Release (10-17-09)

Returning to conference play following a trip to Virginia, the Indiana football team welcomes Illinois (1-4, 0-3 Big Ten) to Bloomington for IU’s 97th Homecoming this weekend. The Hoosiers and Fighting Illini will meet at Memorial Stadium (52,692) on Saturday, Oct. 17. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. EDT and the game will be televised on the Big Ten Network. This is Indiana’s third Big Ten Network primetime showdown this season.

Mikell Simpson ran for four touchdowns and cornerback Ras-I Dowling forced two turnovers to set up scores as Virginia defeated Indiana 47-7 on Saturday.

Indiana’s game at Northwestern on Saturday, Oct. 24, will be televised on the Big Ten Network, it was announced today. The Hoosiers (3-3, 0-2 Big Ten) and Wildcats (4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) will kick off at noon EDT/11 a.m. CDT in Evanston, Ill. All games can also be heard on the statewide IU Radio Network (Don Fischer, Pete Compise and Joe Smith) and on Sirius/XM Satellite Radio.

Virginia football fans Saturday filed into an overcast Scott Stadium not knowing what to expect from the Cavaliers in their first-ever matchup against Big Ten …

CHARLOTTESVILLE –Virginia football coach Al Groh watched Ras-I Dowling work tirelessly in the offseason and was sure the budding star cornerback was all set for a breakout season. Dowling was a preseason all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection and is perhaps Virginia’s best NFL prospect….