Illinois sports information director Kent Brown discusses the revamped parking situation for home football games during Steve Kelly's radio show on WDWS 1400-AM.

Illinois defensive lineman Josh Brent was released from Champaign County Jail at around noon Tuesday, according to the Champaign County sheriff's office.

Brent, 21, whose last known local address was in the 1600 block of East Florida Avenue, Urbana, pleaded guilty June 2 to misdemeanor driving under the influence, admitting he was driving while drunk Feb. 21 in Urbana.

 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers have waived undrafted rookie linebacker Brit Miller, a former Decatur Eisenhower and Illini standout.

 The moves on Tuesday create half the roster space needed for Carolina's four remaining unsigned draft picks.

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Vontae Davis was in mid-sentence Tuesday, when Oakland rookie wide receiver Louis Murphy ran up behind him and tugged his shorts down to his ankles.

 The lesson, as if the former Illini needed any reminder: Always watch your back.

Illinois football seemingly received a blow when Homewood-Flossmoor offensive lineman Zach Fulton – the brother of former Illini and rookie Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive tackle Xavier Fulton – committed to Tennessee on Monday.

But the Illini bounced back that night when Chicago Brother Rice offensive lineman Andy Gallik called to give the coaching staff a verbal commitment.

Homewood-Flossmoor senior offensive lineman Zach Fulton is just about ready to end his recruitment.

Fulton, the younger brother of former Illini and rookie Tampa Bay Buccaneers lineman Xavier Fulton, is traveling to Knoxville to visit the Tennessee campus for the third time. He will likely give first-year Volunteers head coach Lane Kiffin his verbal pledge Fulton's father, Glen, told IlliniHQ on Sunday evening.

Though his older brother Xavier played Big Ten football at Illinois, Zach Fulton has decided to take his game farther south to the SEC in the fall of 2010. 

The 6-foot-5, 300-pound Homewood-Flossmoor senior offensive lineman made it official on his trip to the University of Tennessee on Sunday.

When they married, Rachel Hubbs and Jonan Tiarks got a football.

Signed by University of Illinois football coach Ron Zook, the gift came as a little congratulations from staff at their wedding reception venue: Memorial Stadium.