Illinois @ Iowa: Post Game Stories

IlliniBoard.com went searching across the web to find the newspaper stories from the Illini's victory over Iowa on Saturday afternoon in Iowa City. After Saturday's win over Iowa, Illinois is now sitting at 27-0, and are three wins away from the first perfect regular season in school history.

No. 1 Illini go with the flow [ Peoria Journal Star ]

Uneasy rider gets a boost [ Peoria Journal Star ]

Shaking off chilling wake-up: Illini pull away after Hawkeye defense keeps it close again [ Decatur Herald & Review ]

Mark Tupper: Chainsaw: Why not let 'er rip? [ Decatur Herald & Review ]

Twenty-seventh heaven [ State Journal Register ]

Crunch bunch [ Chicago Sports ]

Mike Downey: Exciting Illini giving pressure cold shower [ Chicago Sports ]

'The best team we've faced' [ Chicago Sports ]

Overdue Smith big hero in clutch [ Chicago Sports ]

No slam dunk for justice [ Chicago Sports ]

Former SIU star grateful Weber had faith in him [ Chicago Sports ]

Illini have all the answers [ Quad City Times ]

Illinois-Iowa items [ Quad City Times ]

Smith silences Hawks, then gets silenced by Weber [ Quad City Times ]

Illini stay out of hot water [ Chicago Sun Times ]

Jay Mariotti: Spotlight will only get hotter for unfazed Illini [ Chicago Sun Times ]

Smith quiet after hitting silencer [ Chicago Sun Times ]

Finding a way [ Daily Herald ]

Hawkeyes put Illini to the test [ Daily Herald ]

Plot thickens as Illini roll onward [ St. Louis Post Dispatch ]

After top 3 teams, NCAA hopes fade [ St. Louis Post Dispatch ]

Bernie Miklasz: Cold showers only make Illini warm [ St. Louis Post Dispatch ]

Doubly cool: Illini shrug off cold showers, all challenges in moving to 27-0 [ Daily Southtown ]

In the Nick of time [ Pantagraph.com ]

Illini awash with icy suspicion [ Pantagraph.com ]

Tense moments, but Illini sweep series from Hawkeyes [ SuburbanChicagoNews.com ]

Painfully Close [ Hawkeye Nation ]

Hawks Fall Short Again [Requires IllliniBoard.com Premium Subscription] [ Hawkeye Nation ]

More firepower [ Rockford Register Star ]

Illini squeeze out win [ Rockford Register Star ]

Hawkeyes' big upset effort fizzles in stretch . . . again [ Des Moines Register ]

Illinois rises again [ Iowa City Press Citizen ]

Alford deflects blame [ Iowa City Press Citizen ]