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    Purdue 44, Illinois 19 Postgame

    As inconsistent as the offense is, this season is tanked with BAD defense. If we has last year's D we would likely be 3-2 and looking up, at worst looking toward 7-5 with the games remaining. This is back to the Zook/Lovey days of giving up 30+ per game against D1.
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    Purdue 44, Illinois 19 Postgame

    I would say 50-50. It looks like the best we can hope for is 4-8 after this game.
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    Northwestern 28, Illinois 10 Postgame

    Well ... Illinois has won five (1914, 1919, 1923, 1927, 1951) national championships.
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    Minnesota 41, Illinois 14 Postgame

    I missed this one. But it is not a good thing for the highlight reels when you have to PUNT on 4th and goal...
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    Minnesota 41, Illinois 14 Postgame

    Nope (as in nobody else). Zuppke's last 6 seasons were 17-27. Moeller (6-24-3), Valek (8-32), and Beckman (16-28) never made 50 games.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Maryland, Saturday, January 26th, 11:00am CT, BTN

    Given our FT % as well, I would ask what is Brad focusing on during practice? Certainly does not appear to be shooting skills or technique.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Minnesota, Wednesday, January 16th, 8:00pm CT, BTN

    What!?! We only need to win 5 more games to make March Madness ... 14th seed in the Big 10, win out!
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    Football Coaching Staff / Coaching Carousel Thread

    This is exactly what Moeller did in his short tenure. Played the guys he recruited, passed over better players to develop the young guys. Many of those players left by year two. History repeats itself. I firmly believe that if you are a good coach, you can make/coach the players you inherent...
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    Football Coaching Staff / Coaching Carousel Thread

    Was that the game Moeller tried to swap players for the 2-pt conversion (we scored at end of game ??) and time ran out for delay of game! omg he was bad.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Iowa, Saturday, November 17th, 2:30pm CT, BTN

    We'll need 47 ... we're giving up 46 pts and 556 yds per game in the Big 10. Edited ... to steal from WizardBill, we might do better with 11 orange cones.
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    Illinois 55, Minnesota 31 POSTGAME

    hahaha ... If you continue down that post (below), you can insert 'Illinois' for 'Minnesota'. Simply having a young team (after 2-1/2 yrs) is not a valid excuse. Our D guys needed better coaching and now that might get it...
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    Football Coaching Staff / Coaching Carousel Thread

    Including today, post-1950, Lovie trails only Moeller and Valek in win percentage (0.258), and this year's defense after 7 games is worst in history at 510 yd/game after and tied for 4th worst at 34 pts/game (trailing only Valek ('69), Zook ('05) and Beckman ('13,'14)). The offense is up +5...
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    WTF news and other odd stories

    True. The basis behind the rumor is what's disgusting ... "Hey I was only abusing my daughters, not bestiality!". They could make this guy disappear and the world would be a better place.
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    WTF news and other odd stories

    Well, my faith in Canadians is at least partially restored ... not so fast says snopes. http://www.snopes.com/canada-legalizes-beastiality/
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    WTF news and other odd stories

    So, how do you verify if it is consensual sex or rape?