Recent content by Love the Illini

If defense doesn't improve dramatically and we continue to foul this team is going to be around 500 in the Big Ten instead of fighting to win the conference. Right now they are much closer to a 7-8 seed than a top 4 seed. Need to change things quickly as good as the Big 10 is this year

After 8 games few things are obvious. We have talent but right now we are not a top 5 or 10 team but March is still along ways away. We are not a very good defenisve team right now which is really inexcusable for this group we foul to much 5th straight game with over 20 fouls many of them touch...

Coach is a true college coach who knows the midwest and will all ready have a relationship with many of the coaches which can only help with recruiting. I also think his college connections will help him hire a good staff one that is more connected to the college game. Lovie never could get away...

Every football coach in the state knows that Lovie did not go out of his way to build relationships with the high school coaches in the state. That was very evident for any coach that attended the state coaches clinic at the U of I. Talked to every head Illinois coach since Tepper at some point...

BB the coach has lot of experience but also got to take over a good program and Wisconsin much tougher challenge to build it at Illinois

Don't sleep on Tom Manning the OC at Iowa State. Very well respected and will be a head coach soon. I think he would be a great hire young energetic offensive coach who has worked with one of the best coaches in the country in Matt Campbell. To me we need that young energetic guy to bring in a...

Liepold is a good coach how he will do at a Power 5 school would be interesting. Unfortunately Illinois is thought of as a poor job right now and it is going to be hard to convince someone like Fickell or a successful Power 5 Coach to come here. Not sure where Bielema sits right now some people...

Would be crazy not to at least to contact Fickell and see if he is interested. This year has made it obvious that Cincinati is not going to get the opportunities the power 5 schools get. You can say he is waiting for a big time job but no guarantee one will come open and no guarantee he would...

Fewer openings certainly benefits Illinois. You have to at least kick the tires on Fickell after seeing the way the committee has treated Cincinati he may decide a good time to move on. Leipold, Bielema and Dave Clawson I think will all get interviews. Don't sleep on Clawson has done a really...

Transfer or two is probably going to happen that seems to be the new norm big thing is to not lose any of core guys. Also would be nice to get a 5th your transfer who can immediately play major minutes or start.

Don't see them taking Freeman unless other people don't pan out saw him play and don't think he would ever be a starter at Illinois unless shot really improved. At best a rotation player I would think they would take their chances with a high school kid over him.

Big get by Illini as it fills the biggest need for the team going forward. Now have to get both players names on the dotted line in the spring. Nice to see some positive buzz for the Illini for a change

Have to secure the defensive rebound late forced them to take a tough shot then got the open three off the offensive rebound that just can’t happen. Second road game in row have been competitive but wins are going to be hard to come by

Several players transferring out and a lack of recruits would probably force Whitman to make a change, but if the key players stay and January signs I think Underwood gets another year regardless of record. Huge buyout will certainly be part of the decision

Can't judge the freshman we didn't get just by numbers as they are in different programs where roles and minutes may be different then what they would have gotten at Illinois or what our freshman are getting. Some of them also went to better programs where freshman are way less likely to get...