How I see this year:
Floor 5-7
Ceiling 9-3
1. Biggest concerns are OL replacement and DL replacement.
1(a) - our OL was not great last year. Luke was running for his life on more than one occasion and we had the 92nd ranked rushing offense. 12th in the big ten.
1(b) - our DL landed at 40th...
We’ll be alright. We’ve been a second-half team all tournament. Long game…we still have to get a lead to flirt with giving up.
If we lose this though that would be the most Illinois fandom thing ever.
There’s going to come a point in tonight’s game where we get punched in the mouth. If you watched the first two games (or any game this season against a quality opponent) there’s usually a moment where things get hairy. It’s gonna come tonight. If we try to shoot our way out of it I think we’re...
If so - count me in 100%. DB’s coach that’s been with Devon Witherspoon the whole time, and has been the passing game DC (whatever that means?) for one of the best defenses in the entire league. I’m all for it.
Silly question: some of these recruitment commitments happen insanely quick…how are we checking their grades for academic standards that fast? Like, is that not the problem it used to be now that we’re openly paying them?
Hate them. The helmet stripe thickness has changed as has the ratio for the inner-to-outer stripes. The last ones had white letters with blue outlines which matched the helmet stripe (white stripe blue outlines). This inverts it, for seemingly no reason.
I am just not a fan. Sorry.