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    B1G Tournament Forecasting Thread

    And then this should set up to where if Illinois beats Iowa in the last game of the season, they are ahead of them in the standings and secure the double-bye. However, if Illinois has run the table 3-0 leading into that game, they might be playing with house money in that regard.
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    Illinois Alumni Team in TBT

    Feliz BP3 DJ Rice Malcolm Black Egwu Perhaps Mav Morgan I think that being relatively young is a huge advantage here, and you need guards/forwards who can drain the three as well. Between Black, Egwu, and Morgan I think you could get enough boards and post defense to be competitive. I...
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Iowa

    Not sure what you are watching--Kofi and Giorgi v.s. Garza has looked like some weird mix of basketball and wrestling. I know they love wrestling in that state but sheesh. Garza has already thrown enough elbows and upper body blows to foul out in most other conferences. Seems like an...
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    Illinois 79, Purdue 62 POSTGAME

    What a win. Kofi is an absolute gift to get to watch in the Illini uniform, as are Ayo and Frazier. Hell, I love watching this whole team. Everyone contributes something. By the way... up to #23 in Kenpom at the moment. Largest single-game jump that I can remember.
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    Austin Clark to the Dolphins

    I know it's not this simple, but for whoever they decide is this guy--Joyner or somebody else--they should do whatever it takes to go get him. I'm thinking of options like offering up titles such as Co-DC or run-game coordinator to sweeten the deal, along with a $150,000-$200,000 raise over...
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Wisconsin

    Also, Davison is a punk and I want Illinois to beat him before he graduates so badly.
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Wisconsin

    This is one of the worst broadcasts I have watched in a while. The commentators have been bad and pro-Wisconsin all night, refs are bad but not unreasonably so, and the graphic just showed some random "-999" stat for foul trouble. Frustrating game to watch.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Anybody know if the staff is in on Benjamin Perry, the safety from Mount Carmel? Dude has fantastic film: https://www.hudl.com/profile/10025423/Benjamin-Perry. If they can land 1-2 of the 3 good in-state RBs (Johnson, Irving, Shaw), Lovett, somebody like Perry, and a couple of OL/DL from...
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    Bowl Games Thread

    No doubt.... but still happy to see them dominate USC and make the B1G (and Illinois) look good. Nice night for the conference with them and MSU taking care of business. Need these games, because there's some tough matchups coming up that I don't see going the B1G's way (e.g. Minnesota-Auburn...
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    I would like this pickup too... if we saw these HUDL highlights: https://247sports.com/Player/Jacquez-Jones-87758/ for one of Illinois's committed prep recruits, we would all be pretty excited. Surprised he was only a mid-level 3 star coming out of high school.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Would wager it's Newton. He and Bailey seem like the less likely targets now, but more possibility with Bailey. Thanks as always for your insights/scoops.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Cooper has great size and his HUDL highlights look pretty solid. Needs to work on pad level (what high school lineman doesn't, let alone one who is 6'5''), but his get off is actually pretty quick in a lot of these plays. Technique looks okay to good. Athleticism looks positive (especially that...
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    Illinois Football Uniforms

    I would like to see some W/B/W and W/B/B mixed in. To me the orange jerseys and pants are less appealing. I think the best possible look for Illinois would be a blue block I on a white helmet, with blue jersey and white pants. Of what they did this year I liked the galloping ghost alternates...
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Michigan State

    Would have liked to see three (or four, if needed) straight runs right there. But still not a bad play call, bad toss by Peters in otherwise a great game for him. Still... we are in this game with a lot of time left. Love the fight.
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Michigan State

    Run game play calling has been terrible. There's few holes in that MSU front, but there are some. The big Corbin run that got called back shows that there are some spots that we can run the ball...and Rod is just making the wrong run calls at the wrong times. Would also rather run than do these...