Illini Football 2026

#205      
Yea thats against X so even more impressive.


For sure. Solid coverage and good recovery. Just better route and ball placement. Platt definitely looks the part to take over that "1".

They're going to be so good offensively.
 
#214      
X Scott and/or Matt Bailey might be more integral parts to the team than all of those guys.

Didn't realize there was such a thing as college fantasy football but it does mean the list is probably offensive players only
 
#221      
That defense was phenomenal. I think it was 1990ish when we played Arizona tough. If that team had an offense that complimented the defense we might have won the Big Ten that year. The Tepper years were frustrating from an offense perspective. Other than Greg Landry as the OC for a year or so Tepper neglected having a good offense.
which coach had the more negative effect on the program : Tepper or Beckman ?
 
#223      
You serious, Clark? Beckman, and i dont think its even that close.
I agree about Beckman , but Tepper took a program with really strong recruiting / records & at his firing we were crap . we were really good when Tepper took over . but not for long.
 
#224      
You serious, Clark? Beckman, and i dont think its even that close.
No way....Tepper was far worse. He inherited a really strong program from Mackovic and ran it into the ground. An average coach would have won 2-3 games more a year than Tepper did.

Beckman was a clown, but he inherited a mediocre team and left a team in similar shape when he was fired - his last 2 seasons were very comparable to Zook's last 2 seasons.

Moeller was just about as bad as Tepper. He inherited a solid program from Blackman and within 2 years we were playing a 0-0 tie against the worst team in D-1
 
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