 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Utah's Kruger grew up with the rivalry
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It's a homecoming of sorts for Utah defensive end Paul Kruger.
Saturday's game between the Utes and Cougars at LaVell Edwards
Stadium will be his first in Utah County since 2003, when he was the
star quarterback for Timpanogos High in Orem.
"It's something I'm excited to be part of," Kruger said. "I can't
wait for Saturday."
Kruger, a redshirt freshman who served an LDS Church mission in
Missouri, is eager to participate in the big rivalry.
"It means a lot. I'm real...
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Utah's Kruger grew up with the rivalry
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; It's a homecoming of sorts for Utah defensive end Paul Kruger. Saturday's game between the Utes and Cougars at LaVell Edwards Stadium will be his first in Utah County since 2003, when he was the star quarterback for Timpanogos High in Orem. "It's something I'm excited to be part of," Kruger said.
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Keep cool with Kruger
Chicago Sun-Times
; CHAMPAIGN It was toward the end of an intense, 2 1/2-hour workout when Lon Kruger lined up the Illinois basketball team for a lesson in blocking out opposing free-throw shooters. "We're only going to talk about this once, and then it's up to you guys," Kruger said calmly. "During the season, we'll
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Talented Illini look to hit jackpot next year But Kruger and Co. know there's plenty of work to be done.(Sports)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; CHAMPAIGN - Unfulfilled promises are like uncashed checks. Not worthless, but a lot more valuable when redeemed. So Illinois found itself holding too many promissory notes when its 1999-2000 basketball season reached the end of the trail last Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. The
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Kruger's first Illinois team worth a look
Chicago Sun-Times
; Psst. Yoo-hoo. You Illini fans? The ones who left those 7,000 seats empty for Saturday's game against UCLA? It's OK to come out now. Between football and basketball, you've been burned so often lately that you're leery of getting too close to those orange-and-blue heartbreakers before you're
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Kruger, Keady back switch to 4 quarters
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... a standout player it recruited heavily. And if not for a family situation, Saint Louis guard Larry Hughes, whom the Sporting News calls "the best freshman in college basketball this season," might be at Illinois. Hughes, who is from St. Louis, wanted to remain ...
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Illini romp to No. 300 for Kruger
Chicago Sun-Times
; Illinois 98 Pan Am 61 CHAMPAIGN It's nice that Lon Kruger, recalling his roots, scheduled Texas-Pan American, which gave him his first coaching job. What Illinois did to Texas-Pan American was not so nice. Allowing no room for sentiment, the No. 22 Illini gave Kruger his 300th career victory by
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Illinois Yearns for Right Blend; Kruger Searches For Consistency From Young Team
The Washington Post
; It would be difficult to find a team that has been more inconsistent than Illinois over the past three seasons, since Coach Lon Kruger arrived from Florida and instantly turned a good program into a national contender. After winning 22 and 23 games, respectively, in Kruger's first two seasons--the
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Kruger's First Chore: Resolving Collins Mess
Chicago Sun-Times
; ... athletic director Ron Guenther's aim "to take a top-25 program into the top 10." Kruger, 43, named to succeed Lou Henson at a news conference Thursday afternoon, agreed to a five-year contract worth an estimated $560,000 annually - about the same as he received ...
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Close call -- After brush with death, Paul Kruger is happy to be back in pads
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; Paul Kruger didn't understand what was bothering him, but something seemed wrong. As he left a party on the night of Jan. 19, he was filled with a sense of dread. He would recall this several times to his mother after it was all over and he was in a hospital stabbed and bleeding. Kruger had just
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Kruger is rare coach with class
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
; Lon Kruger is a tough guy to dislike. Not that anyone should seek to uncover the warts of another. But in this coaching profession, there are plenty of egos floating around, men with personality disorders, bullies, showoffs, paranoid freaks, clowns and simple inept political appointees. Kruger is
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