The director of the Marching Illini says it will likely be too expensive to send all of the band members to San Francisco for the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl later this month.

The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics plans to send only a small group of band members to the bowl game because of costs. The full Marching Illini has 350 members. Marching Illini director Barry Houser says the current plan is for him and 49 band members to go. But Houser says the plan is "a work in progress."

The University of Illinois is receiving $750,000 for the bowl game. Houser says that's not enough money to send the football team and the entire band to San Francisco. Houser says it's "too expensive."