ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
It's an easy joke, but it is. We don't get to play Kent State every week.
Eastern Michigan 34, Illinois 31 POSTGAME
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It's an easy joke, but it is. We don't get to play Kent State every week.
Ron Zook was a superior recruiter, put many more players in the league, and (a low bar to be sure) easily an equal to Smith as an in-game tactician.
In this comparison, I'll take Zook, thanks.
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Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
“Miss” is relative ... we went from bad to worse to worse.
Can I say this I’m upset with the result . But on the bright sidethe team has grown in years past we don’t make a comeback like that. The defense will make or break the remainder of the season. I truly believe that we can play with the Minnesota,Purdue’s, and Rutgers. I even say Nebraska
Fair points in regards to recruiting. He’d almost be forced to tkeep a number of current staff members to try and aide in those efforts, namely Cory Patterson, whereas another candidate may not have those problems. Or maybe they would, hard to imagine which type of candidates this job will attract. It’s not an easy sell here. Contrary to your comment, this isn’t big time football. This is low end football with little to no wide stage attention that happens to affiliate with a big time conference. Two very different things.
As for the shirt, I smirked at it myself but I also don’t buy PJ Fleck’s whole schtick and that clearly has some value with the kids. I wouldn’t dismiss that type of stuff nor would I give it any real consideration in terms of this discussion.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
$4 million is small potatoes. You'll rarely see a Power Five head coach who can be let go for less than that these days.
I am an Illini supporter but am always amazed that our fan base thinks we are going to get a top notch coach. 20,000 fans at games and a history of continually firing coaches. Would you come?
illini80
- Forgottonia
That history is one of the main reasons I wanted Lovie to succeed and build something stable even if not great. But when you are willing to shell out top 12 money in the entire country for a coach, there should be some pretty good candidates willing to cash that check.
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We still suck.
I really expected us to be better but I dont see it. I have been a Coach Smith supporter but this is not working.
BTW- where is Isiah Williams?
Oh, one more.....Rod Smith sucked today and so did his offense
I really expected us to be better but I dont see it. I have been a Coach Smith supporter but this is not working.
BTW- where is Isiah Williams?
Oh, one more.....Rod Smith sucked today and so did his offense
It’s possible to rationalize a 34-31 loss to a quality MAC team in year four of a coaching regime. It’s not going to be easy to rationalize the 52-3 beatdowns at the hands of our upcoming ranked conference opponents that this loss (and struggles at UCONN) foreshadow.
This.
My blow up last week had nothing to do with the University of Connecticut. It had to do with what that type of performance would do for us against teams that are significantly more talented than the University of Connecticut.
All moot now. The season is over.
I kind of feel like we need a miracle. We need to hire a young, no name coach and he needs to turn out to be one of the best coaches in the league. Then he needs to stay with us long enough to build some kind of new tradition before he moves on to Texas or whatever. Then we need to hire a great new coach that would want to come here to continue the new tradition our miracle coach created.
Seems plausible
Seems plausible
Having watched this staff for better than three years this was exactly my expectation.
DaChief4ever
- Urbana
I've heard this for so, so , so long.....what good is " talent" if it does not translate into play on the field.?
DaChief4ever
- Urbana
Zook= Texas Bowl, Rose bowl......I'll take that kinda bad over what we got today
Every secondary that we face will outplay ours by a mile.
Agreed, also penalties are killing us. I hope the team doesn't give up as easily as some...fans.
34k, but that is much inflated. Today was Band Day, Scout Day and Teacher Day. There were 2000 high school band members and an entire section of scouts in the west stands. Any local teacher or student could get free tickets.
This is a point when some posters realize that their kooliad should really be bourbon. He may find a way to 6 wins at some point, but lovie ain't getting much more than that, regardless of how many years he has.
Very likely, aside from Rutgers. We’ve set a low bar.
So much optimism about Hobbs and Martin. Neither has been up to the task.
illini80
- Forgottonia
Sad. I honestly wonder if they gave away free tickets to everyone if we could fill the place for these early games. Should be a big Nebraska contingent next week if they win tonight.
illini80
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I don’t even feel confident against Rutgers if we play like today. I agree Hobbs and Martin were bad today against mediocre at best receivers.
Their QB was better than our QB. Somehow they found a QB that could play. Somehow we didn't.
Their OL was better than our OL. Somehow they found 5 guys that could play. Somehow we didn't.
Their DL, their LB's, their DB's were better than ours. Somehow they found guys that could play. Somehow we didn't.
Their team played with discipline and poise. Somehow they found a coaching staff that made that happen. Somehow we didn't.
I'm out. 55 years of this BS is enough. Beat somebody that's not a cupcake. Then do it again. Then I'll pay attention.
Their OL was better than our OL. Somehow they found 5 guys that could play. Somehow we didn't.
Their DL, their LB's, their DB's were better than ours. Somehow they found guys that could play. Somehow we didn't.
Their team played with discipline and poise. Somehow they found a coaching staff that made that happen. Somehow we didn't.
I'm out. 55 years of this BS is enough. Beat somebody that's not a cupcake. Then do it again. Then I'll pay attention.
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