5:12 p.m.
Dre Brown and Mikey Dudek were both on the sidelines before the game. Both on crutches, too, standing about 5 feet apart. Brown was emerging this spring almost like Dudek did last spring, coming in early and making a noticeable difference by the time the spring game arrived.
Alas, who knows if either Illini will play this season after sustaining torn ACLs this spring. Again, can’t emphasize this enough, but the biggest thing for Illinois is to get out of this scrimmage without any more devastating injuries.
News-Gazette meteorologist Bob Asmussen confirmed a kickoff temperature of 79 degrees.