12-23-2007, 10:02 AM
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Zook is Illinois' irresistible force
Head coach has turned around the football program in Champaign by selling top recruits his vision of success. The Rose Bowl rewards his determination and their faith.
By Melissa Isaacson
Tribune staff reporter
December 22, 2007
CHAMPAIGN -- They haven't quite got around to erecting a statue, renaming the stadium or even making up T-shirts with catchy slogans bearing his name, though that's surely coming. What the University of Illinois football faithful are doing, however, is as telling as it is intangible.
They are buying what Ron Zook has been selling.
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