Ten numbers to know about Tim Beckman’s firing, courtesy staff writer Johnathan Hettinger:
419 — The number of miles Beckman had to drive from Memorial Stadium to Avon Lake High School in Ohio to make his son Alex’s season opener.
$915,000 — Bill Cubit’s salary, now that he gets a $400,000 a month bonus on top of his $515,000 salary.
24-7 — The final score of Beckman’s first game at Illinois, a victory over then-Western Michigan head coach Bill Cubit.
$3.1 million — The amount remaining on Beckman’s contract that the athletic department didn’t have to pay after firing him for cause.