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I was hoping they'd do the uniforms as well. Also throw in the Butkus era helmets they wore for that Purdue game with the throwbacks they wore in 2008 vs EIU.

The stripes on the sleeves and either font is money. I like the current uniforms but those are even better. I was a big proponent of bringing in the Rose Bowl jerseys/uniforms as either the new uniform (At the time) and also was hoping they'd wear the throwbacks when they decided to wear all...

Why is it always one or the other? Illinois thinks of itself as a big time school. Just about every other big time school has big donors giving to all three (Or at least 2) major sports. It's something I have never understood.

Looks like Trimble's going into a starting spot. Also interested to see how wealthy Rankin and Eberhart are in the opener as they could see reps.

Kind of leaning Clarke if he continues to progress. He looks like he has added more strength when I was watching the training camp preview and I don't think people talk enough about how he basically shut down maybe the best WR in CFB last year. Scott offers versatility and should be a lock to...

Yeah they have the athletes and OL to match up with OSU. One thing people need to pay attention to is the defense hung with them for the better part of that game last year. With the secondary back healthy now, that's a big boost. Juice Clarke held J.Smith to what was maybe his worst game...

In my opinion, and this is not with any inside knowledge but rather my own perspective... They inherited a good starting OL with minimal depth. They were good athletes as Lovie seemed to focus on measurables a lot in recruiting (Hence why those DBs were all 4.4-4.5 guys, etc.), and they also...

I'm not sure who they have in front of him, but Jacas is ready made to play and in that system, it wouldn't surprise me if he's up for DROY.

When I was reading the initial reports I thought he was an OL because of the height. That would be a big piece at DT.

Its not slowing down either. Besides the guys on campus like Hankins, etc. (My hot take is he's a freshman AA), you have Johnson and others committed in '27. Soon it'll be back to that no fly zone type of secondary they had in '22.

I have them 10-2 as well but I can see 11-1. Think this offense is going to feed families plus the defense has the playmakers to keep giving them the ball back on the backend.

Bobby Roundtree would've definitely been a top 2 round guy, potentially a 1st as I expected him to have a huge year. He would have definitely been still causing havoc in the league. That was a big loss for sure which was even more unfortunate when he passed.

They had multiple picks they could've traded to get Spoon and JSN in the top 20. I'm cool with how it turned out though. Wright is a potential perennial Pro Bowler. Obviously got Williams and Odunze the next year so it turned out well.

I wanted the Bears to get both so badly that year.

There it is. DBU 🟠🔵