Recent content by TX Illiniwek

This looks like a really good commitment...he had some big time offers within the B1G and SEC.

What matters is where they were when we played them. Two things....1.) Maybe the loss to the Illini was the negative turning point for their season, and 2.) When we played IU last year we were in the Top 10, and IU got credit for a "Top 10 Win". As lstewart53x3 references, we are not Ohio...

I think this is spot on! The only slight "correction" I'll offer up is that in the OSU game, we essentially had 4 turnovers in our own territory...that kneel-down punt was basically a turnover. OSU was working off of short fields the whole game...if we made them start deeper in their own...

I'm in this boat, right here! 50+ years of witnessing bad or, at best, mediocre football with a good season sprinkled in (remember before last year, only 4 seasons of 9+ wins since Illinois joined the B1G in 1953.) All the while thinking 'why can't a major institution like the University of...

Holmes also has already played professional baseball. That experience can never hurt...should be a great locker room presence.

Correct me if I'm wrong, Loyalty dudes, but I think BB's relationship with AHen goes much deeper than just a Coach/Coordinator level. AHen played for BB at Wisky and they developed a close relationship there, from what I understand. My bet is that BB is going to do everything that is humanly...

How much eligibility left for Perry? I know Holmes (UT St.) is two and Robinson (Ball St.) is only one. Hadn't seen it on Perry - apologies if I missed it somewhere.

Sorry, its probably been said somewhere along the line here, but how much eligibility does Houser have left? Is there a place that shows that for each player? I typically look on 247 Sports and that site doesn't show how much eligibility a player has left.

Don't mean to knit-pick as I agree with much of your analysis here, but the "Last 2 QBs in the League"??? TDV is #3 for New England but that's all we have in the NFL. Peters signed with the Chargers after the draft but was waived and has officially retired. Or are you counting Luke? I think...

The real question is...are we going after a QB in the portal??? /s (Merry Christmas, Illini Nation!!! See you all in Nashville!)

1983 - 84 for Illini athletics was the first time that anyone in the Big Ten defeated all of the other nine school in both football and basketball in the same school year. I don't think it has ever been done since then but once Penn State entered the conference in 1993, it was not doable any...

Sad to hear. He brought the first Illinois football success in my lifetime, after the Blackman and Moeller eras. Changed the Illini football fortunes by bringing in a bunch of JUCO transfers from California and engineered the first of our 10-win seasons since the formation of the Big Ten...

Its ESecPN! Wouldn't expect anything different from them, especially in an SEC/B1G matchup. Also after the way those two knuckleheads called our Citrus Bowl game last year, again I wouldn't expect anything different.

Buck, I don't think anyone else has thrown their two cents in here yet, so while I definitely don't claim to be the most knowledgeable person on this site and I don't know all of the stat comparisons, and some, maybe many, will disagree with me, I'll give you my perspective on the two seasons...

Actually, I hope Valentine has a huge 2026, gets drafted in one of the first three rounds, and Barnett becomes RB#1 in 2027...or platoons with Wheeler. Can't believe we are seeing all of this. Winning will bring them in!!! BB is setting us up for continued success! Illinois Football =...