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Aug. 15, 2005

Camp Rantoul is located approximately 16 miles northeast of the UI campus.

The people of Rantoul have gone out of their way to welcome the Illini football family to town.

Quarters Inn and Suites is located directly across the street from the practice fields.

The coaches meet in this room, just down the hall from the dining room.

The Illini players have their meetings in various rooms in the hotel and the dining room complex.

The players' locker, or rather, dressing room.

The locker room building is just east of the practice fields.

The practice fields, as viewed from the roof of the hotel.

Practice field No. 1 (of three).

Another view from up top.

The Illini training facilities.

This is where the players get taped before practice and receive treatments for injuries.

Coach Lou Hernandez and his strength staff put the players through their weight training outdoors during Camp Rantoul.

The dining room, where the players consume thousands of calories each day to maintain and build their strength.

The players retire to their rooms after the long days in the meeting rooms and on the practice fields.