Hoosiers prepared for Illinois

Sixty-three points meant celebration and broken records last Saturday.\nTomorrow, they mean nothing.\nThose 63 points IU scored against Wisconsin may not have been forgotten, but coach Cam Cameron said they aren't being dwelled on, either. He said his players feel the same way heading into their homecoming game vs. Illinois. \n"You can't turn the corner with one game," junior offensive tackle A.C. Myler said. "But we made a lot of improvements. We fixed a lot of things that held us back -- the little things, the almost things.\n"We look forward to correcting some more of those things Saturday and just continually getting\nbetter every week. Were still 1-3. Were not 3-3 or 5-3. Were still 1-3, and we have a long way to go."\nWhile 3-3 isn't on the agenda yet, Illinois is the next step in getting there.\nThe Fighting Illini come to Bloomington off a 25-14 victory against Minnesota and are one of several conference teams lurking just outside the AP and ESPN/USA Today polls. Led by quarterback Kurt Kittner, they're 4-1 for the first time since 1991. \nCameron said he expects Kittner to be prepared to take over the game if necessary. Last week, Wisconsin got down early and couldn't stay in the game relying on the pass, but Kittner, who's averaging nearly 265 yards passing per game, has three dangerous targets in Brandon Lloyd, Carey Davis and Walter Young.\nLloyd has 30 catches for 554 yards and four touchdowns, and Davis and Young have combined for another 37 receptions. \n"We really have to zero in because offensively they create a lot of problems that Wisconsin didn't," Cameron said. "I'm really impressed with the way Illinois' receivers are playing. Almost quoting them, they are a threat to go the distance on every play."\nThat offensive arsenal might lead to another high-scoring game. Last season, Illinois beat the Hoosiers 42-35, with the scoring stemming from each team's quarterback.\nKittner was 21-of-29 for 277 yards and three touchdowns. Senior Antwaan Randle El led IU with 209 yards and four touchdowns on the ground; he threw for another 130.\n"When that fourth quarter comes, there's gotta be no mistakes, you've gotta be flying around just like it's supposed to be in the beginning of the game," said Randle El, whose last-second hail mary fell incomplete against Illinois last season. "So we know, especially with Illinois, it may come down to the fourth quarter. It may come down to the last play.\n"And we just gotta make sure we're ready for that."\nOne advantage IU does have heading into its homecoming game is home field. The home team has won the IU-Illinois game in each of the past five seasons.\nComing off the big victory over Wisconsin is a bit of an advantage, too. Cameron's focus is on the present, but now his players have seen what they're capable of.\n"We weren't too down at (0-3), and now we're not going to get carried away the other way either," Cameron said. "We know it's one game, but yet, we now have a view, something that everyone can remember, of what we can be.\n"Sometimes until you can actually see it, it's strictly a leap of faith. It's more than a leap of faith now, because they've seen it, they've done it. Now it's a matter of duplicating it"