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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1325629" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>I think you can question the methodology, but the results seem accurate. (At least from the Illini fan perspective.)</p><p></p><p>You can sum things up better this way: in the 25 years since Ron Guenther was hired as AD, Illinois has a .392 winning percentage. Good for 98th out of 119 FBS teams, 61st out of 65 BCS teams, 13th out of 14 B1G teams. In the 90+ years before Guenther it was .540, 59 out of 109, 43 of 65, and 9th out of 14. (Every B1G expansion team starting with Penn St was better than Illinois in this period. Illinois was 5th out of the original 10.)</p><p></p><p>Illinois football was never particularly grand, but was at least competitive for long stretches, a middle of the pack program with occasional flashes of greatness. But now it has been rotten for longer than any Illinois students have been alive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1325629, member: 26283"] I think you can question the methodology, but the results seem accurate. (At least from the Illini fan perspective.) You can sum things up better this way: in the 25 years since Ron Guenther was hired as AD, Illinois has a .392 winning percentage. Good for 98th out of 119 FBS teams, 61st out of 65 BCS teams, 13th out of 14 B1G teams. In the 90+ years before Guenther it was .540, 59 out of 109, 43 of 65, and 9th out of 14. (Every B1G expansion team starting with Penn St was better than Illinois in this period. Illinois was 5th out of the original 10.) Illinois football was never particularly grand, but was at least competitive for long stretches, a middle of the pack program with occasional flashes of greatness. But now it has been rotten for longer than any Illinois students have been alive. [/QUOTE]
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