is focused, excited, and ready. The hotel is great, and the players have loved being in Dallas. Illinois is very similar to N Illinois except with better talent - very big, physical, and slow. I did not know that Sokol played the Marshall game with a significant shoulder injury to his throwing arm, which was the reason for his below-expectation performance and for some of the disappointingly conservative play-calling. His shoulder is now fully healed and he is at 100%. I don't know how we'll perform (although I suspect very well), but the team has every intention and expectation of a punch-them-in-the-mouth win.
