Top of the Morning, Sept. 15, 2026

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Sep. 15—HAVE A TAILGATE STORY TO SHARE? Email Jim Rossow at Before Illini home games, we visit with fans pregaming outside Gies Memorial Stadium during "The News-Gazette Tailgate Show" (WDWS, WHMS, WSOY, WDAN). This week's program kicks off at 10 a.m. and includes a chat with Springfield's Paul and Joan Burns in Lot 31. Joan hasn't missed a home game since 1974, when she was a freshman at the ...

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