Play caller corner 'Effort, energy and physicality' evident for Illinois defense

Oct. 31—Illinois defensive play-caller Roger Cooper provides perspective from his side of the ball with the Illini trying to make it three wins in a row Saturday at Maryland, from beat writer Scott Richey: What stood out about the defense's performance against Oregon? "There were a lot of positives out of our keys to the game. We wanted to look like we wanted the game more. We wanted to be ...