Recent content by mhuml32

I probably missed this but did Laughery get hurt during the game?

"Get Collin Dixon a TD, defense show some improvement, no injuries, and lots of backups getting second half reps. I really, really want this score to be a very lopsided. Illinois hasn't scored 50+ in regulation since 2018 Minnesota." Almost a clean sweep on my wishlist.

My interest is growing in the Batavia QB committed to Wyoming

I hate to say it but Shack is not good. No inside information here but I'll be surprised if he enrolls here in 2027. His season stats are really bad.

Is there any evidence to this? I've heard it discussed on here before. I'm just skeptical because Snyder was ESPN Coach of the Year in 1991 and he had three years left on his contract (which was a real barrier back then between bigger conference job openings).

Get Collin Dixon a TD, defense show some improvement, no injuries, and lots of backups getting second half reps. I really, really want this score to be a very lopsided. Illinois hasn't scored 50+ in regulation since 2018 Minnesota.

Playing the roulette game of coaching candidates in 1991 were Jim Colletto, Curley Hallman, Jackie Sherrill, Gerry DiNardo, Tom Rossley, and Jery Pettibone. Jackie Sherrill would have been preeeeetty interesting considering how his TAMU tenure ended but I cannot imagine Illinois would have hired...

We should have a heavy helping of scrutiny on the dollar estimates for the private schools compared to the others.

This is a circular issue. They were caught off-guard because TAMU was offering many multiples more to McCollum than Illinois was or willing to pay. You can also look at how the program responded and the players they were able to convince to join the team was not impressive. There was an...

I've held onto my Eddie Tuerk stock. Fingers crossed he gets a chance and runs with it.

Reality is Bielema was probably right. He needed the offense to chew up almost all of the clock. Worse yet is that Illinois started that possession with 6:06 on the clock, Duke had all three time-outs, plus the two-minute warning, and Illinois needed a TD (not a FG). The offense had to do a...

I have no insider information but my priors assumed that Bielema was influencing the offensive pace late in the game because of how he wanted the end-game to play out (Werner seemed to either also have the same thought or got insider information confirming that).

The two plays that are the most frustrating were the (1) fake punt for Duke and (2) 4th down run by Duke that was stuff but negated because Illinois mistakenly had a player running off the field. Both are huuuuge swings, smell of being out-coached, and are startling because those are the plays...

Everyone was concerned about the run *defense* during the offseason. Everyone was right.