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When people were pointing out that recruiting had not been going well to that point? Yes Have things improved? Yes Are things as good as last year's recruiting class? Still, no Also, folks were really measured in their comments. No one was hysterical, no one claimed folks needed to be fired.

I addressed this a while back when I started tracking this - during the 2010-2022 phase, there were reporters updating offers and visits from their programs and prospects giving a much larger list of reported offers. The timeline is details verified by 247. The list was simply what a prospect...

The Illinois ranking conspiracy folks are in shambles

Really good get. The offensive line pedigree has taken a big step forward from the Lovie era and early Bielema era: Class - Total FBS Offers (Red < 5, Blue 5-10, Green 11+ offers) 2021 Wiscarver - 5 Gesky - 4 Kreutz - 2 Barlev - 1 2022 Fries - 18 Adams - 8 CC* Moller - 5 Whitenack - 6 Leonard...

220 pound tight end?

Completely agree. Mack on this roster would have a shot to lead the TEs in snaps (possibly another hot take).

If you put JC Anderson on the 2026 Illinois roster, is he even getting many snaps? I would be shocked if he got more than garbage time. I'm fully expecting him to be in the transfer portal in Winter 2027 (hot take).

I'm not sure if folks are saying Illinois never led for a 4-star offensive lineman from Central Illinois prep prospect that visited Illinois more than any other school back in 2024 early in his recruiting process and was mentioned many times as a priority prospect in paywall articles is to...

If Martin is successful then I'll question my statistical sanity. An argument that "his coaching was awful" could make sense but Illinois was also interested in the coach. The biggest counter for my beliefs is a handful of other good programs were also interested in him, so there's something on...

Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961

I don't love it, I don't hate it. Nebraska has the same 10/17 bye as Illinois and they play a former Pac-12 team the week before at home (same as Illinois). Worried about their fans soaking up a lot of seats that Illinois fans will not want to fill on a Friday. UCLA plays @Minnesota the week...

That's the (economic) conundrum for programs like Illinois: The hardest guys to acquire from a cost-to-playing time are going to be offensive and defensive linemen. There are countless freshman defensive backs and wide receivers that play as true freshman. That means their cost stays low because...

The staff cleaned up on the recruiting trail last year and NIL was a big part of that. The situation flipping the following offseason simply because of a lack of resources seems unlikely. Also, the staff had committed big money to Lopati. Now those resources are available. The question is why...

Imagine moving to Nebraska and this potentially happening.