From interested students to increased ticket sales, Illinois football is experiencing an uptick thanks to its new coach CHAMPAIGN — Kam’s, the iconic Campustown watering hole, has a fresh look. Crisp orange and blue paint inside and out as well as five new flat screen TVs to go along with the dozen or so already in place will greet bar-goers in town for the Illinois football team’s opener Saturday against Murray State. “I definitely wanted to spruce our place up a bit,” owner Eric Meyer said. read more