Each week for the next 13 weeks Shannon Sommers and Chip Minnich will be discussing the State of the Big Ten. Every week they will have a different person who covers the respected teams on to discuss the post Spring practices, coaching changes, recruiting outlook and possibly facitility upgrades.

The first installment will be about the Illinois Fighting Illini. Robert (@alioneye) from illiniboard.com joins Shannon and Chip. They discuss the new planned player facility, the added tenth coach to help them with recruiting and some looking forward to the upcoming schedule.

The guys also discuss how the youngest team in the country will improve, the exodus of higher classman and who to look for this upcoming season.