CHAMPAIGN — Playing Penn State on Friday night was just the start of a busy weekend of Illinois athletics. The Illini Hall of Fame will add its second class with a 2 p.m. induction today at State Farm Center, where 21 new members are officially enshrined and receive their awards.
Today's ceremony is after the Hall of Fame recipients were recognized at an event in June in Chicago.
"This is truly our induction," Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman said. "We stole the idea from the College Football Hall of Fame. They do a gala event — a black tie dinner — in New York City in the winter in December and then they come back and do their actual induction in Georgia later in the spring.