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2020 Big Ten Football Recruiting: How do the Illini stack up?
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<blockquote data-quote="ILL_INI" data-source="post: 1541800" data-attributes="member: 4851"><p>Iowa has two 4 stars and 14 top 1,000 recruits. Illinois 0-8, 0-4.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]6082[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Minnesota has two 4 stars and 14 top 1,000 recruits. It looks like a mini Iowa. Illinois 0-9, 0-5.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]6083[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Mel Tucker at Michigan State pretty much inherited this class. Illinois 0-10.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]6084[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Northwestern has one 4 star and 12 recruits in the top 1000, even if they barely made it. Illinois 0-11 and dead last in the division.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]6085[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Indiana brought in one 4 star and 14 recruits in the top 1,000. Getting pretty close but I have to give this one to Indiana. Illinois now 0-12 in the conference.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]6088[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>At last! Victory, Illinois! Here is where I appreciate Lovie's approach to holding on to the six scholarships. If you can't get the recruits you really want, I think you're better off holding on to the scholarships for the transfer market than just taking bodies, as it appears Schiano did. (I'm sure the Rutgers fans are talking up their superior scouting and all the diamonds in the rough.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]6087[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>So, how did this class compare to other years? It was slightly worse than Beckman's final class in 2015. But that class did have some talent, including Ke'Shawn Vaughn, the 2020 NFL 3rd round draft pick who was benched for most of Lovie's initial 3-9 campaign and transferred to Vanderbilt.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]6089[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>However, this class was much better, in my opinion, than the "not-ideal" class of 2016. Who in their right mind would say that the 2016 class is better than the 2020 class? Well, 24/7 would: they gave the 2016 class a score of 153.64 while the 2020 class had a score of only 152.9. Still, there are some solid contributors from the 2016 class, and I think the 2020 class will have even more.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]6090[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>But comparing this class to Lovie's first class in 2017, this one again seems to come up slightly short. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]6091[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And if we look at Lovie's four recruiting classes together, we see how three players last year really built up some expectations for this year. But in hindsight, was that just an anomaly? (Maybe I should have used different colors, but I have a theme going here. Haha.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]6092[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Continued...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ILL_INI, post: 1541800, member: 4851"] Iowa has two 4 stars and 14 top 1,000 recruits. Illinois 0-8, 0-4. [ATTACH type="full"]6082[/ATTACH] Minnesota has two 4 stars and 14 top 1,000 recruits. It looks like a mini Iowa. Illinois 0-9, 0-5. [ATTACH type="full"]6083[/ATTACH] Mel Tucker at Michigan State pretty much inherited this class. Illinois 0-10. [ATTACH type="full"]6084[/ATTACH] Northwestern has one 4 star and 12 recruits in the top 1000, even if they barely made it. Illinois 0-11 and dead last in the division. [ATTACH type="full"]6085[/ATTACH] Indiana brought in one 4 star and 14 recruits in the top 1,000. Getting pretty close but I have to give this one to Indiana. Illinois now 0-12 in the conference. [ATTACH type="full"]6088[/ATTACH] At last! Victory, Illinois! Here is where I appreciate Lovie's approach to holding on to the six scholarships. If you can't get the recruits you really want, I think you're better off holding on to the scholarships for the transfer market than just taking bodies, as it appears Schiano did. (I'm sure the Rutgers fans are talking up their superior scouting and all the diamonds in the rough.) [ATTACH type="full"]6087[/ATTACH] So, how did this class compare to other years? It was slightly worse than Beckman's final class in 2015. But that class did have some talent, including Ke'Shawn Vaughn, the 2020 NFL 3rd round draft pick who was benched for most of Lovie's initial 3-9 campaign and transferred to Vanderbilt. [ATTACH type="full"]6089[/ATTACH] However, this class was much better, in my opinion, than the "not-ideal" class of 2016. Who in their right mind would say that the 2016 class is better than the 2020 class? Well, 24/7 would: they gave the 2016 class a score of 153.64 while the 2020 class had a score of only 152.9. Still, there are some solid contributors from the 2016 class, and I think the 2020 class will have even more. [ATTACH type="full"]6090[/ATTACH] But comparing this class to Lovie's first class in 2017, this one again seems to come up slightly short. [ATTACH type="full"]6091[/ATTACH] And if we look at Lovie's four recruiting classes together, we see how three players last year really built up some expectations for this year. But in hindsight, was that just an anomaly? (Maybe I should have used different colors, but I have a theme going here. Haha.) [ATTACH type="full"]6092[/ATTACH] Continued... [/QUOTE]
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