Illini ready for magical mystery tour Energetic new coach, enigmatic TB Halsey hold keys to success

RANTOUL, Ill. -- Illinois football is rife with mysteries that arenot easily answered.

Why couldn't Ron Turner find recruiting success coming off a BigTen championship season in 2001? How in the heck did the Illini winthat championship in the first place?

Will Ron Zook's relentless energy turn around a program that hashad only two coaches with winning records in nearly 50 years? Or willhe, too, be worn down?

Alongside these broader questions, one easily could add the enigmaof E.B. Halsey. The talented tailback seems poised for a big yearafter an injury-hampered sophomore season in 2004.

The question with Halsey, though, is how such a seemingly good …