[NU Sports] DC Rumors

[Roy Lamberton]

Okruch denied that he's looking to change and refuted all of the talk about him
not actually living in Champaign, etc.

Yes he is still friends with Fitz but he talked about finishing the job at
Illinois.

The Illinois D is playing better this year - they hold opponents to under 130.5
ypg rushing, the best in a long time. They held dOSU to 17 points, a lot better
than we did.

This is from the Illinois site

      Defensive Cat     2005 Avg 2006 Avg Diff 	B10 Rank 2006  	Difference
      Scoring Defense 	39.5	   26.7 	12.8 	11th 	   8th 	+3
      Rushing Defense 	234.0	  130.8 	103.2 11th 	   5th 	+6
      Passing Defense 	235.3	  174.4 	60.9 	5th 	   3rd 	+2
      Total Defense 	469.3	  305.2 	164.1 10th 	   5th 	+5

I'd say there a difference over last year.

NU is right behind IL in scoring defence [9th], we're 7th in passing defense,
8th against the rush. We're 8th in total defense. All of these numbers are also
better than last year.

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> Do we see a shuffling involving Colby, Brown and Okruh this 
> off-season ?
>