It's starting early. Illini coach fired.

One week before the first game. I guess the players were right.

And this overachiever had a lackluster 12-25 record. He will not receive the $3.1 million remaining on the last two years of his original five-year contract or the $743,000 called for if his contract had been bought out, the university (U of I) said.

What a complete loser.