Recent content by okok1345

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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    I believe you are referring to Watkins? I thought it's his his middle name starts with J as in Howard J. Watkins. I could be wrong.
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    Transfers Thread

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVqUDdu2cMg He is an inch taller than Lunt (marked as 6'6), but he is fast when he takes off.
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    Game Thread: Illinois at Michigan

    at least im happy I wont have to hear about how JG JR. can be a better option.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Western Michigan, Saturday, September 17th, 3:00pm CT, ESPNews

    Right. WMU is not on the same level as UNC who won the ACC division title last year. But, what I am concerned about is mistakes on our side rather than how good of a team the opponent is. I think even for a MAC-level team it is pretty easy to take advantage of undisciplined penalties, good field...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Western Michigan, Saturday, September 17th, 3:00pm CT, ESPNews

    I normally hold very optimistic view on my Illini, but the last game totally turned my hope for this season into dust. Not saying I am jumping off the Lovie bandwagon, simply saying we need to be more realistic on our schedule. I feel like Lovie being hired as our head coach largely has...
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    Illini Football Posters 2016

    :o It appears I confused 'campus branding' with the unis rebranding..apologize for any confusion http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-05-25/project-rebrand-ui-pulled-house.html
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    Illini Football Posters 2016

    does this gravitation towards Lovie and players rather than the shield or any other re-branding sort of symbol in these posters have anything to do with the fact that we ended our contract with the consultant who had previously been working on rebranding?? in other words, are we making any...
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    Spring Football 2016

    Yea I went too far :) but man he truly is talented.
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    Spring Football 2016

    Yea, hes got that athleticism that all of us wanted to see on the field! PLUS he could throw the ball! I really hope he doesn't redshirt and get some playing time to prove himself. watched couple of his films, man I really like how he ran over defenders we NEED that!
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    Lovie Smith Named Illinois Football Coach

    http://www.scout.com/college/illinois/story/1649394-lovie-mania-hits-illini-campus Werner just posted a video of Lovie addressing students and fans at Illini Union.
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    Lovie Smith Named Illinois Football Coach

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlT7_fGmd3I I don't know why I instantly felt like I had to watch this..but yea my eyes welled up watching Illini fans jumping around after Harvey's td. 1999 Michigan game
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    Josh Whitman Named 14th Illinois Athletics Director

    yea with bonus based on performance and academic achievement
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    The Illinois AD Search

    reading Tupper's piece on George makes me want him even more. I was just nodding my head really hard reading last few sentences http://herald-review.com/blogs/mark_tupper/rick-george-is-the-answer-illinois-desperately-needs/article_dfabc35e-cb7c-11e5-87a6-3fd413c264a4.html
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    The Illinois AD Search

    Yeah cuz "University of Illinois is about process".
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    The Illinois AD Search

    Agreed.