Talking Illini 02/09/10 HR 1

Boz & Mr. G are still reeling from euphoria over the Michicgan State win, but they are able to compose themselves enough for a chat with Dave Revsine of the Big Ten Network, who previews the Wisconsin game, and also handicaps the Illini’s chances at making the Big Dance.

Talking Illini 2/9/10 HR 2

Jim Rutledge from ESPN Madison.joins Boz & Mr. G to give the the Wisconsin perspective on tonight’s clash between the Badgers and Illini.

Dave Revsine

Revsine attended Glenbrook North High School and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University in 1991. While at Northwestern, Revsine was heavily involved in broadcasting and became a sportscasteron WNUR Radio. Awarded a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship, Revsine lived abroad for a year after college. As a Rotary Scholar he attended Trinity College, Dublin and played on the school\'s basketball team. Prior to becoming a sports journalist, Revsine was an investment banker at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City. He worked there for one year prior to landing a job on TV as a Sports Anchor and Reporter atKXII-TVin Sherman, Texas. Shortly after, he worked in the Quad Cities for CBS affiliate WHBF before being hired by ESPN in 1996 In his 10 years at ESPN, Revsine covered a wide-range of programs including Sportscenter, College Gamenight,NFL Live, and Outside the Lines. He also did play-by-play for roughly 25 college basketball games each year on ESPN and ESPN 2.
In May, 2007, joined the Big Ten Network as their lead studio host. Revsine officially left the network in late June of that year.
Currently, Revsine hosts Big Ten Tonight and Big Ten Football Saturday on the Big Ten Network as well as the NFL Mobile Gamecenter on Sprint Exclusive Entertainment. Revsine is also the author of the Numbers blog on BigTenNetwork.com and is featured on Comcast.net College Hoopla at win.comcast.net.

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