After coming from behind to beat Ru...

After coming from behind to beat Rutger 33-30 in overtime in Champaign last year, Illinois is bracing for another tough argue when it takes on the Scarlet Knights upon Saturday in New Brunswick, NJ

"After what happened last year, they're going to be pumped" Illinois quarterback Tim Brasic said. "It's going to be a high- flat intense game. We can't wait."

Rutger fullback Brian Leonard, who hurdl Illini cornerback Charles Bailey for an 83-yard touchdown, said blowing a 27-7 lead helped the Scarlet Knights toughen up They went onward to a 7-5 record and their first receptacle game since 1978.

"I'm not a big fan of 'You learn more from losing than winning,' moreover in that case I think Brian's right," Rutger coach Greg Schiano said. "We had a upright team, but I'm not enduring we understood how hard it is to win. That undivided slapped us in the face."

Isiah "Juice" Williams, Illinois' freshman quarterback, has alone just begun. But he's in the way that talented, even an incomplete pass against Eastern Illinois left the Rutger staff dazzled.

"There's common play where he's just throwing it away," Schiano said. "He flicks his wrist and it goe 60 yards in the air and hits the metal host barrier. Our whole staff was talking about that one"

nearest GAME: at Rutgers, 11 a.m. Saturday, ESPN2 560-AM

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