Yeah. BobZuppke has good stuff. Jeff Johnson knows a ton, but he can be a bit snarky at times.
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Yeah. BobZuppke has good stuff. Jeff Johnson knows a ton, but he can be a bit snarky at times.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
I know zip about him. But he definitely sees the opportunity awaiting him at Illinois. Clear path. Think he'll take it.
He knows his football and has a lot of fun old stories about Illinois football, but he has absolutely zilch in terms of inside information, no matter how much he pretends he does.
JeffJ's Tweet was simply linking to the Crystal Ball which has Illinois at 75%.
This Isaiah Buggs they've offered is very, very clear on Twitter that his lifelong goal has been to play in the SEC, and he has offers from Bama, LSU, Florida, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, long story short, he's not coming here.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
If Oladipo, Green and Carney are next (please!), who do you think will be in the next wave?
Not sure Carney is part of the Green/Oladipo thing.
But as soon as the season starts I'd imagine it becomes all about who we're getting on campus the weekends of home games.
Double Down
- Chicago, IL
Yeah, his twitter activity today is pretty weird. I get being blessed to receive an offer, but he is going a little overboard IMO. He tweeted out a couple hours before about achieving his lifelong goal of playing in the SEC but then pumps up the Illinois offer. Seems like he just enjoys the attention.
Yeah I wasn't sure if Johnson still has connections or not. Either way, I love hearing the Turner, Zook, early Beckman stories. He also does pretty good recruiting evals
Or maybe he's just blessed to be considered from a top academic institution????.....
He went the judo route for a reason....but let him come to Illinois he'd be jihad ward 3.0
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Our pitch is pretty clear: scads of playing time, coached by Nickerson and Smith and a great showcase for The League. Worked pretty well for Ward. Pretty compelling case, IMO. Something for the kid to mull over, anyway.
Derrick Brook's kid to FSU.
Pretty inevitable in the event FSU decided they actually wanted him.
No surprise there
And we already got an unexpected offspring bonus.
Agreed
Hnot sure hell play but his dad is happy they had to offer for that reason alone lol
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ILLINIFAN2
- Des Moines, IA
Interesting, that bodes well for us then....
Why would that be?
the national
- the Front Range
I think the idea is we have had good success there, with guys like Geronimo, who I saw last night playing for the Packers. It certainly couldn't hurt.
ILLINIFAN2
- Des Moines, IA
Correct, Allison/Barr/Davis/Hinkhouse all in the last several years. A bit of a pipeline that has been developed.
IWCC has pipelines all over the place, that's a powerhouse Juco.
Having said that, he'll be available to come in January with experience under his belt and he's a stylistic fit for what we want and we're a Power Five school whose 2017 and beyond QB situation is wide open. One to keep an eye on for sure.
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