Recent content by illinistephen

As much as I would selfishly want Domask back, he's had his 4 full years playing college basketball. Someone else deserves a turn.

What that article is missing is any reference that anyone from the Big Ten or SEC is on board with this. Or why the Big Ten or SEC would give up money to move forward with this proposal. Kind of reads like a wish list of what mid-majors and schools afraid to be left behind want.

When the expanded coaching limits got announced, the first thing I thought of was to hire two Wayne McClain types who have decades of success and experience coaching. Find experienced HS coaches who win because of X's and O's and motivation since they don't get to pick their players. Maybe you...

Love the analysis and discussion. My view is this: There are 11 coaches with 4 or more career final fours with at least 1 of them being after 2001. Who we want to emulate. What I notice about these coaches is that 10 out of 11 have had a 10 year or longer continuous stretch in their careers...

YES!!!!!

Thinking positive thoughts only. The teams that should be complaining about their draws are in no particular order Morehead St., BYU, and Iowa St. BYU and Iowa St. want to avoid playing US! Washington St. beat Arizona twice this season. No reason they can't beat Iowa St. Duquesne over BYU...

I'd rather have the QB who is worth a haul than the QB who isn't. Caleb Williams is the haul.

As an outsider who roots for a Big Ten team, it's easy for me to say that there isn't a gap between CAA and MAC football or to argue why the CAA would be better for them. Especially since NE really doesn't seem to care about high school or college football like the rest of the country. But it...

If the NCAA has no enforcement power over NIL does the NCAA even have enforcement power over direct pay to play from DIA to athlete? Would the NCAA win that lawsuit if brought? What is stopping Josh Whitman or any other school's AD from being the CEO of the collective? Unless the whole point...

How would the Sox find the votes in the state to get money, or are we just assuming good old-fashioned Illinois corruption and lining politicians pockets? Cardinals fans downstate don't care about giving the Sox money. Cubs fans don't care about giving the Sox money. Non-sports fans don't...

Short Version: I live close to the AH site and have friends/neighbors involved in the local governments dealing with the AH site. 9-12 months ago the consensus was 50/50 for the Bears moving to AH. The last 6 months or so the consensus has been "isn't going to happen". Longer Version: Here's...

My broader point is that the leagues can do all of this. The NFL could hire Jim Nantz, Tony Romo, and everyone else needed directly. Just like the NFL could sell Super Bowl advertisements instead of CBS selling them. Think of it this way, if a super bowl add is $7 million, and there are 50...

Those companies (ESPN/FOX/Warner) are the middle man in this scenario in that they don't produce anything of value and are between the leagues and the consumers. It is the leagues themselves that produce the product. And for $50/month you get some of what you want but not everything since you...

Though happy with the on-court result, I'm befuddled too. Mainly thinking about the precedent this case could set. If the fact pattern was different, and we had a superstar athlete pull a Ray Rice and beat the bleep out of someone on camera, the University really has no recourse to suspend or...

Maybe it is just me, but I wish they gave the jumps distances in feet and inches instead of meters.