The first mascot performance at football games started in 1926 with ... but for now, the Fighting Illini remains without an ...

Watch the NCAA Tournament and you will come across some interesting team nicknames, some of which will cause curiosity about their origin. Teams such as the Illinois Fighting Illini, for example.

That’s right, friends: With the bracket being revealed, March Madness is officially HERE.

That Red Grange remains the face of Illini football 83 years after his career is not an indictment of the players who followed him. It is a testament to the national celebrity that the Galloping ...