Recent content by Illiniguy13

I love Bret Bielema

It’s exciting stuff. Trotter did point out that it’s entirely possible we’re actually a worse version of ourselves on both ends of the floor. That’s a fair take when you’re losing Wagler's wizadry and Bam’s perimeter D...But on paper, Vaaks and Coleman give us the luxury of legitimately putting...

Well that can't be bad

Agreed. Beerman is talented, but he needs more seasoning and some time in the weight room. Kruetz and Kante… I just don’t think they’re the guys we need them to be for this defense to succeed. Rhea may end up the lone bright spot in that group.

And boy, are they hatable! This sad miscarriage of gameplay right out of the gate has immediately vaulted them to College Football Enemy #1. To be fair though, that’s a title they’ve worn before in both sports

On the Football side of things, I’d consider us financially in the “have-not” bucket. Well, maybe that’s harsh. Perhaps the “have some” bucket? We ain’t broke, but we ain’t swimming in it, either. See: the D line situation. Fortunately we have an excellent coach who knows how to make the most of...

Again with the PPG being the holy metric. I'll keep this strictly to Illinois - How about Terrence Shannon & Domask being two first-team All big ten guys? Would you really take Boyd & Blackwell over Ayo & Frazier? If so, that's crackers

Oh stop that

The Roddy situation goes from "Would be a nice addition, but don't need him" to "Oh wait, now we need him"

The basketball gods giveth & taketh. Speedy recovery to him.

This plus Morez & Lendenborg being able to guard on the perimeter made them special