In Sunday's News-Gazette, we will unveil the best and brightest in Illinois football history

We assembled a panel of 20 experts connected by their deep knowledge of UI football. We asked them to rank their top 10 in 15 categories — from best quarterback to worst moments. In each category, a first-place vote was worth 10 points, nine for second, etc.

You might be surprised by some of the winners.

Here's the panel of experts:

JILL ALRED - 11-year Illini Quarterback Club board member
BOB ASMUSSEN - Entering 15th year as N-G Illinois football beat writer
BRIAN BARNHART - Current Voice of the Illini and WDWS personality
KENT BROWN - Illinois sports information director
TONY CLEMENTS - Ex-Illini, longtime UI campus rec director
FOWLER CONNELL - Longtime Commercial-News sports editor
BOB DOAN - Longtime Illini QB Club board member
CHARLIE FINN - Red Grange historian, 1953 senior football manager
HERB GOULD - Illinois beat writer for Chicago Sun-Times
HOWARD GRIFFITH - Star UI RB set NCAA record with eight-TD game
STEVE KELLY - Illinois sideline reporter, radio host
RON METZ - Recent Illini Quarterback Club president
MIKE PEARSON - Ex-Illinois SID, author "Illini Legends, Lists & Lore"
JIM SHEPPARD - Longtime Memorial Stadium PA announcer
JOHN SUPINIE - Illinois beat writer for GateHouse News Service
LOREN TATE - News-Gazette columnist, radio personality
MARK TUPPER - Longtime UI beat writer for Herald & Review
JIM TURPIN - Longtime Voice of the Illini
FRED WAKEFIELD - Former Illini defensive lineman
LINDSEY WILLHITE - UI beat writer for Arlington Heights Daily Herald