Recent content by Illinifan533

For mid-tier programs like ours QB play can make or break a season. Before this year where you can put more blame on the defense, Bret's 3 winning seasons we had good QB play. The two 5-7 seasons we had bad or inconsistent QB play. A good parallel is Fran Brown at Syracuse. His first year he...

Why, why, WHY is this always the default mindset when Illinois football is struggling? We weren't great in 2023, doomers came out of the woodworks to sh*t on the team and we bounced back. Sure, there's going to have be some changes in player evaluation, roster construction, and most importantly...

Hey, we're still in it!

This clip is concerning. Bret likes to let his coordinators take the reigns, but if Hauck is the guy responsible for f*ck ups like this then I don't see how Bret doesn't become more involved the rest of the year. It reminds me of the Arizona State debacle in 2012 where the coaches couldn't...

Ryder Burton pulled a Will Levis

Houser had Abney (seemingly) open but I'll take a TD run

Let Houser cook!

Oh well. Make halftime adjustments and make this a laugher in the second half. I don't want another 2023 Toledo situation here (and knowing our luck this will be the best UAB team in years)

How is it we still struggle in short yardage situations on both sides of the ball.

Ca'Lil Valentine is going to have a huge season!

Results haven't looked great yet, but I do feel like our defense is playing with better intensity from the start than they did last season.

Don’t know if this has been shared anywhere yet

KJ included in the Giannis trade

Maybe we finally get our 9th man ;) But, outside of an assistant like Boynton, who can you realistically get that doesn't derail the program? Billy Donovan? Brad Stevens will of course be thrown out there but he's not going anywhere.

Coaching Carousel thread is dead so here’s some nice news about The Reverend (learn how to spell his name, Rothstein)