Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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skyIdub
TentakilRex said:
A lot of countries covered in yellow in this WGEM Weather Facebook Post.


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#153      
CheifKeith91
STL river side here... Anyone around here ready to connect the small world, and talk about how lame we sound about losing one recruit to lame Miss?
 
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Genesis
Since it's a slow time for recruiting news, I'm enjoying this focus on west central Illinois including Adams (home county), Pike and Hancock County. That area has produced a few athletes over the years including IL PGA Hall of Fame golfer D.A. Weibring , Illini lineman and QND football coach Jack Cornell, Illini and pro golfer Luke Guthrie, Illini guard Bruce Douglas, Iowa center Michael Payne and the Cubs pitching Reuschel brothers. Then there was Olympic volleyball player Caren Kemner, and Nicole Kramer, Olympic swimmer. I'm sure we can come up with a few others. More importantly, who are some of the upcoming athletes from Forgottonia that might be recruited by the Illini in the future? I understand there's a 15 yr old girl in Quincy who has some offers already. Who else? Any football players?
 
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JDL70
illinigrim said:
My Grandfather was the Allis Chalmers dealership, Eicken Implement Co, I’m a Grimmer and we still own the farm near Bowen.

Knew the Kestners from Kellerville also…

I graduated from Champaign in ‘90 and after traveling around a bit now live in Mt. Prospect near O’Hare.

Will have to catch up at a football game. Have season tickets and will have a nice tailgate most every week… enjoy the 4th and nice to meet you all!
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Art Eicken was my Ag Teacher when I was a freshman at Augusta High School. I did some legal work for a son regarding his marital problems.
 
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illinidarrin
Wow, i just checked our rankings and it's down to 20 now in recruiting. We had huge momentum and we were in the top 15 for a long time and now it dropped to 20. It's just a weird feeling because we thought this would end up being one of the best recruiting classes ever and now it seems like we are going to end up around 25-30 by the time it's over with. Still very good, but a little sobering after we were riding such a huge wave for a while.
 
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RJK01
JDL70 said:
Last name is Lucie. My dad owned and operated a farm where he sold many boars around the Midwest. Bill Henning was a AGR fraternity brother of mine when I was at WIU. Got a MS in AG Econ at the University of Missouri then got a Law Degree at the University of Illinois. Practiced for many years in Macomb. Now live in New Canaan, CT down the street from my daughter and her family. I still own the farm at Augusta with my sister.
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I knew Bill but knew Ruth a lot longer. Her father was the minister that built the church in Clayton. My youngest brother was in the AGR frat at WIU and was their alumni advisor for years. WIU was too close to home, I went to Eastern.
 
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Mr. Tibbs
illinidarrin said:
Wow, i just checked our rankings and it's down 20 now in recruiting. We had huge momentum and we were in the top 15 for a long time and now it dropped to 20. It's just a weird feeling because we thought this would end up being one of the best recruiting classes ever and now it seems like we are going to end up around 25-30 by the time it's over with. Still very good, but a little sobering after we were riding such a huge wave for a while.
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I NEVER expected us to stay in the top 15-18.
If we finish in the top 25, I will be ECSTATIC given we are just into the 5th season of BB & crew

really, there is no reason to be down about anything right now
 
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Illini92and96
illinidarrin said:
Wow, i just checked our rankings and it's down to 20 now in recruiting. We had huge momentum and we were in the top 15 for a long time and now it dropped to 20. It's just a weird feeling because we thought this would end up being one of the best recruiting classes ever and now it seems like we are going to end up around 25-30 by the time it's over with. Still very good, but a little sobering after we were riding such a huge wave for a while.
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Looks like we are 34th in average rankings. Some ahead of us in average ranking are lower in total rankings due to having less commitments. Maybe they will come down if they got their big signees first and need to round out the class.

While the average is not tremendous, it does feel a lot better than the past when looking at the number of p4 offers our guys have received. I think that is what we can feel good about regardless of final ranking.
 
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JDL70
RJK01 said:
I knew Bill but knew Ruth a lot longer. Her father was the minister that built the church in Clayton. My youngest brother was in the AGR frat at WIU and was their alumni advisor for years. WIU was too close to home, I went to Eastern.
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I was a charter member of AGR at WIU. Graduated with a degree in Ag Econ in 1965. Then to U of Missouri for a MS in Ag Econ and finally graduated from University of Illinois Law School in 1970. Then practiced Law in Macomb for almost 49 years. Was part of the original group that helped buy the present fraternity house. Dr. Loren Robinson was our original advisor and instrumental in the formation of the chapter and purchase of the house.
 
#164      
RJK01
Rick was a senior when I was a freshman. Irony at its best, Rick was a Cardinal fan growing up. Curt Loveless from Quincy was the Illini center on the football team.
 
#165      
RJK01
I knew a guy that you probably remember from the AGR.
 
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PleaseMakeABowlGame
illinidarrin said:
Wow, i just checked our rankings and it's down to 20 now in recruiting. We had huge momentum and we were in the top 15 for a long time and now it dropped to 20. It's just a weird feeling because we thought this would end up being one of the best recruiting classes ever and now it seems like we are going to end up around 25-30 by the time it's over with. Still very good, but a little sobering after we were riding such a huge wave for a while.
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don't think even that's likely. we needed one of the tight ends.
 
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JDL70
RJK01 said:
I knew Bill but knew Ruth a lot longer. Her father was the minister that built the church in Clayton. My youngest brother was in the AGR frat at WIU and was their alumni advisor for years. WIU was too close to home, I went to Eastern.
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I actually sang for their wedding. I remember her father along with a couple of brothers were Lutheran Ministers and were the ones that married Bill and Ruth. Wedding lasted well over an hour. Bill now is a retired professor of the Beef Science Department at Penn State. He still lives in the area of State College. My wife and I visited he and his second wife several years ago and stayed with them. I believe he said he has a daughter who lives in or near Quincy. Bill took us to the place on campus that serves many different flavors of ice cream. Turns out Penn State has a department that specializes in developing different flavors of ice cream.
 
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Joel Goodson
illinidarrin said:
Wow, i just checked our rankings and it's down to 20 now in recruiting. We had huge momentum and we were in the top 15 for a long time and now it dropped to 20. It's just a weird feeling because we thought this would end up being one of the best recruiting classes ever and now it seems like we are going to end up around 25-30 by the time it's over with. Still very good, but a little sobering after we were riding such a huge wave for a while.
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there's a stuff-ton of noise in the rankings. best to use tiers. there's no way that anyone seriously can assert that school A @ 87.5 has a better class than school B @ 87.25

bottom line: relax

we're damn near crushing it WRT recruiting (context being somewhat relevant, lol)
 
#171      
oldmanindian
This question may date but any of u West Central Illinois guys know of a guy named Tom Hardy from Golden. Went to EIU
 
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GMAN55
Genesis said:
Since it's a slow time for recruiting news, I'm enjoying this focus on west central Illinois including Adams (home county), Pike and Hancock County. That area has produced a few athletes over the years including IL PGA Hall of Fame golfer D.A. Weibring , Illini lineman and QND football coach Jack Cornell, Illini and pro golfer Luke Guthrie, Illini guard Bruce Douglas, Iowa center Michael Payne and the Cubs pitching Reuschel brothers. Then there was Olympic volleyball player Caren Kemner, and Nicole Kramer, Olympic swimmer. I'm sure we can come up with a few others. More importantly, who are some of the upcoming athletes from Forgottonia that might be recruited by the Illini in the future? I understand there's a 15 yr old girl in Quincy who has some offers already. Who else? Any football players?
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squeezegame
illinidarrin said:
Wow, i just checked our rankings and it's down to 20 now in recruiting. We had huge momentum and we were in the top 15 for a long time and now it dropped to 20. It's just a weird feeling because we thought this would end up being one of the best recruiting classes ever and now it seems like we are going to end up around 25-30 by the time it's over with. Still very good, but a little sobering after we were riding such a huge wave for a while.
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do y'all remember not so long ago when we were in on 1 single player in the top 1000 ? And that was it?
Bert is bringing in players!
 
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