The Illinois Media Day contingent elected to dodge questions regarding the mistreatment allegations. That was the smart move.
"We’re focused right now on the 2015 football team. We took off last year after a great end of the year, and we’ve been focused since January on becoming a better football program."
On Thursday, Tim Beckman publicly addressed media members for the first time since the football program was first accused of player mistreatment by former offensive lineman Simon Cvijanovic. The fourth year head coach was peppered with questions throughout the day, but he was able to dodged them with ease.