Recent content by Madco Illini

Comparing Mizzou to Georgia is criminal. Over the last 5 years Mizzou is 34-27, while Georgia was 62-6. Mizzou would be a better draw than Georgia too for many reasons. They are a regional rival that we have history with. The fanbase's overlap. We share recruiting grounds. I'm not for...

If we are on the straddling 5-6 wins every year, then we are very much in jeopardy of losing to the teams in the 60-90 range.

I remember in 2022 the athletic department and fans were begging people to pack the stadium, now most fans are wanting us to cancel arguably the hottest ticket of the season. Kansas was in the same place as us and overcame a relatively tough non-con.

There's a lot more than you'd think. These are recent programs/coaches that had success with a worse 3 year win/loss record than Bielema took over. Kansas/Liepold Oregon st./Smith Washinton St./Leach Purdue/Brohm Iowa st./Campbell Arkansas/Pitts Duke/Elko Vandy/Franklin Virginia/Mendenhall...

Scholarship and a spot on our roster. If we are offering much more, then we aren’t allocating our funds correctly.

I don’t disagree with much here, but it’s all based on feelings. It’s a results based industry and 4 or 5 wins simply isn’t going to cut it. We need to go bowling the next 2 years. Bielema “didn’t come here to go 5-7”.

Why are you this confident? Did you blackout for all last years games?

What’s 5 wins to you? IMO that puts you in a tough spot. Pop quiz, who was the last Illini coach with 3+ years here to miss a bowl in both years 3 and 4.

You’re using rebuilds from 2-3 decades ago. A lot has changed in Cfb. All the bad programs that turned things around had big years 4 and 5. If we miss bowls in 1 of those 2 years, then things probably aren’t going to work realistically. That’s why last year was huge. It could have provided a...

I was sky high last year, but reality slapped me in the face. Getting run off the field by Kansas and going 0-3 vs first year coaches really killed the vibe. To make matters worse I was talking up Bielema/Illinois to some Mizzou buddies of mine. Ouch.

Much of the negativity is based on missing expectations in year 3 by a lot. Jeremy Werner was at 8 wins, and he’s normally conservative. Years 3-4-5 are the judgement years for football and we just took a step back after a lot of talk last offseason. It’s absolutely critical to make a bowl this...

We are on message boards after a 5 win season. I’m not sure you know what a fair weather fan is.

Recent history says other otherwise. If we take a step back from last year, then we are just a bad team with 90% of Bielema’s hand picked players. Trust me, I don’t want to start over.

Bielema has overachieved on player development, and underachieved on the field. That’s uncharted territory for us, because normally we suck at both. You’d think they would be very closely correlated. Hopefully things come together next year.