Recent content by ChicagoKid

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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    How is Mizzou recruiting at a Top 15 level? Have a Top 10 QB, RB, WR already verballed. That Drinkwitz must be selling something.
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    Bret Bielema Takes Reins of Illinois Football

    Yep. Please give me crow. I'm a man, I'll take it. But here's a little parting shot for you, Doc, from the winningest coach in Illinois and the leader of the St. Louis coaching organization.
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    Bret Bielema Takes Reins of Illinois Football

    Yep - I am out of here. They hired the wrong Illinois native. Burt imploded at Arkansas and St. Louis coaches loathe him. In addition, we paid him a Top 20 salary for no reason - there was zero competition to get him. We are about to be Wisconsin Jr. led by a coach with an Iowa Hawkeyes tattoo...
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    The Illinois Football Coaching Search

    When someone joins doesn't equal how long they have been following Illini sports. Again, if I am wrong, I will straight up delete my account.
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    The Illinois Football Coaching Search

    If I am wrong, I'll delete my account.
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    The Illinois Football Coaching Search

    Well, just got the word it's 95% Leipold. Disappointed because I truly thought Monken was the right man for the job. When you're struggling with in-state recruiting, it's good to go back to the roots and the Monken family is the absolute ILLINOIS roots of high school coaching. I expect an...
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    The Illinois Football Coaching Search

    Bret would be a colossal failure. Most of his big recruits at Arkansas were due to Sam Pittman and his great recruiting efforts. Then Kirby Smart at Georgia hired him away and the recruiting dropped off a cliff. There is a reason Arkansas hired Sam Pittman to replace Chad Morris and it's almost...
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    The Illinois Football Coaching Search

    The SEC is it's own league. And they don't even have the full $$ coming in from ESPN yet. Projected school revenue from TV rights alone will hit $75-$85 million in 2024. When that happens, every SEC defensive and offensive coordinator -- outside of Vanderbilt -- will be paying their guys over...
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    The Illinois Football Coaching Search

    Sark isn't coming here. He's making $2.5 million as the Alabama OC and will have his pick of top jobs either this year or next year. Auburn apparently is interested in him and I wouldn't be shocked if Texas/LSU/Tennessee targets him in 2022. To even sniff Stark, you probably need to pay him $6...
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    Coaching Discussion/Carousel

    Napier isn't coming here. The guy is as deep south as it gets. He's getting the next big SEC job that opens like Auburn.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Looks like my sources were right, Dominic Lovett just flipped to Mizzou. Eli Drinkwitz looks like an up-and-coming star.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Bad news - East St. Louis star receiver, Dominic Lovett, is apparently flipping to Mizzou from Arizona St. That new coach has basically pushed Lovie out of the Metro East within one year.