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Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
tepid, at best. Witherspoon is/was a CB (which I know you know), so he has no bearing on a safety discussion. same with X Scott. Rooks is a backup.
quibbles aside, I agree that this S unit is on par with '22. I think Bailey has a chance at being top dawg. for those slaves to recruiting ratings, how do you explain Bailey, Miles Scott, Resetich and Spoon?
They applied for a sixth year. It was denied by the NCAA.
Last week’s scrimmage was closed to media and public. I am assuming the same this week.
And in that simulation, we were blown out by PSU 51-7 in the B1G Championship Game.
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
Guaranteeing that Comcast has some difficulties in my area on the day of the National Championship if that scenario plays out.
RabidDawgClassic
- Los Angeles, CA
Who were our two regular season losses to?
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
I am FAR from a recruiting expert, but it’s always been my perception that the ratings are a lot more accurate, and therefore matter much more, for basketball.
lstewart53x3
- Scottsdale, Arizona
Yeah IANARE (I am not a recruiting expert), but I think football has a couple of extra challenges:
1. The sheer volume of players. Using the 13 vs 85 scholarship model, that means the top 100 in basketball is equivalent to the top 650 in football.
2. More difficult to scout. How do you scout offensive lineman who are going to completely transform their bodies and might not even contribute for another 4-5 years?
3. As Robert’s pointed out plenty of times, the incentive of the scouting services today is to sell subscriptions and what sells the most subscriptions is telling the teams with the biggest fan bases that they’re landing the best players. So the quality of football scouting has decreased quite a bit over the past decade.
Yea, I think opening up that Wednesday practice traumatized Bielema so bad, he's done opening it for the year.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
proud papa:
Not sure. And I was actually wrong on the score of the B1G Championship. It was 54-7.
In the scenario where Illinois wins the Natty, the coaching carousel goes absolutely insane:
-Kalen DeBoer and Shemar Moore take NFL jobs
-Sarkisian goes to Michigan
-Mike Norvell goes to Texas
-Jedd Fisch to Florida State
-Kyle Whittingham to Washington
-Justin Wilcox to Utah
-Dabo to Bama
-Lane Kiffin to Clemson
-Rhett Lashlee to Ole Miss
-Shane Beamer to LSU
-Matt Campbell to South Carolina
-Brian Kelly to Auburn
-Bielema goes to USC
-Lincoln Riley returns to Oklahoma
-Venables goes to Oklahoma State.
Illini end up hiring Chris Creighton of Eastern Michigan in that scenario.
the national
- the Front Range
The FPI is a joke….
And he’s right, Bret should be livid as should the fanbase.
And he’s right, Bret should be livid as should the fanbase.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
Elzy up to 225. full unit status attained. your table is ready, sir
size info update don roster. some pretty good gains, especially by the young guys
size info update don roster. some pretty good gains, especially by the young guys
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The chances that Illinois wins the Natty, and as a result Bret moves to USC and we end up with the coach from Eastern Michigan are not 1 in 25. That's more like 1 in 10 billion. I didn't know computers could do such serious drugs.
Defense was as physical as I can remember last night.(even for a scrimmage) They were flying around and laying the lumber. Luke looked really good last night as well.
garbage in, garbage out
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