The Zooker's one man implosion to continue another year

Illinois athletic director Ron Guenther says Ron Zook is keeping his job for another year.

The Illini are 1-6 and have shown few signs from week 1 that they felt like showing up this year. Florida fans everywhere giggle themselves to sleep at night.

Of course, Guenther then added that the Zooker's coaching staff was going to get a big shake-up in the offseason.

"Let's put one thing to rest," Guenther said. "There's going to be some changes, but there won't be a change at the top. There's a great deal of frustration, obviously, with the program at the moment and that's all I have to say."

Five years in and your highest-paid university employee can't hire his own direct reports? Ouch, Zooker. I would put this last year's salary in a savings account.

And, if anyone still cares, the Illini have evolved an interesting quarterback situation. Juice Williams is still there, barely, but he was benched for Eddie McGee. Except McGee is now playing wide receiver. And redshirt freshman Jacob Charest got to play in last week's loss to Purdue.

And Arrelious Benn spends his days running out routes and considering permanently spraining his ankle until December.