By DAVID MERCER CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - When Illinois takes its place on the west sideline at Memorial Stadium Saturday morning, the Illini will stare across the field at a surprise 5-1 team, bouncing back from a one-win season under a coach hired to build up a program with a limited history of success. Sound familiar? It should. Just a year ago, Illinois was in much the same position _ rolling to a nine-win season and a Rose Bowl berth that no one predicted behind Ron Zook, a coach with something to prove. Now Minnesota is, alongside Northwestern, the Big Ten's big surprise, and the Golden Gophers and head coach Tim Brewster face their biggest test so far Saturday. The similarities between Zook's rise and his own aren't lost on Brewster. "I have a lot of respect because he went through a lot of adversity early on. I think they won...
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