Asmussen is chatting at 1 p.m. Tuesday. Ask him about Woods here

Tampa (Fla.) Robinson football coach Mike DePue thought the worst when Illinois sent home 6-foot-4, 225-pound senior defensive end DJ Woods on an earlier-than-scheduled flight from his official visit to the UI campus.

"I go, 'Goshdang, they sent him home early. I guess they didn't want him,'" DePue said.

But Woods was just trying to get out of the Midwest before Monday's night's snowstorm. Before he boarded the flight, Woods signed a letter of intent to become the 21st member of the Illini's Class of 2010.

"He is signed, sealed and delivered," DePue said. The mother faxed up her signature, so he's going to be starting up there in June. We're real excited for the young man."