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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Fighting Illini football started preparations for their Dec. 30 bowl game on Monday night at the Irwin Indoor Football Complex. Illinois will face the California Golden Bears in the 2019 Redbox Bowl at Levi's Stadium.
Lovie Smith's squad will practice this week and Monday in Champaign, then will have a couple days off before departing for the Bay Area on Dec. 26.
The Redbox Bowl will be televised nationally by FOX, with pregame coverage beginning at 2:30 p.m. CT/12:30 p.m. PT. The game will be simulcast in Spanish on FOX Deportes.
The 2019 Redbox Bowl will be Illinois' 19th postseason bowl appearance, and second trip to the Bay Area for a bowl after playing in what was then the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl in 2011, a 20-14 Fighting Illini victory over UCLA.
