Is Juice to blame for the Illini struggles?

Senior quarterback Juice Williams has been leading the Illinois Fighting Illini since his freshmen year. With 38 consecutive starts, he is the Big Ten's most experienced quarterback and as of Saturday, is Illinois' career total offense leader. But Juice hasn't exactly "poured" on opponents this year. He is currently ranked dead last in the league in pass efficiency with 4 interceptions and only 1 touchdown; and Illinois' record matches his struggles at 1-3. Head coach Ron Zook announced Monday morning that Juice will be on clipboard duty this week as junior Eddie McGee gets the start against Big 10 rival Michigan State Spartans, but will this switch answer Zook's prayers?

The change could give a much needed spark to a struggling Illini offense. McGee has been in the program for a long time and knows the offense as well as anyone. He lead Illinois to its only victory of the season against Illinois State after Williams went down with an injury early in the game. McGee, although much less flashy, has proved himself as a quarterback. I think he will do fine, but Illinois is going to have to do a whole lot more than mix up quarterbacks to beat the Spartans. Coming off a huge overtime win against in-state rival Michigan, the Spartans have a whole lot of momentum coming into this weeks game. The Spartans don't have the best record (2-3,1-1), but have yet to be beaten badly. They've lost all three games by a total of 13 points. I think Michigan State will come out the victor in this Big 10 battle.