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Asmussen | Riddle me this, Illini

After a 10-day spring break, the Illinois football team resumes spring practice early Tuesday morning.

Lovie Smith and his 10 assistants have five more workouts before the final spring session on April 7.

Then, that's it. We won't see the entire team together again until late July. More than three months away.

There are oodles of questions to answer between now and then. When a team wins just five games in two years, there are plenty of issues. Here are the ones at the top of my list:

1. Who starts at quarterback?

And maybe just as important: Will he work all 12/13 games?