Illini Football 2026

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SescIllini
Beilema likely gave Eberhart the facts, situation and context. Then let's the player make the decision. Beilema may have saw immediate playing time was at WR and not defense this year. Will have option to go back to defense if player/coaches want imho. Illinois has been pretty good at putting players where they and team can succeed.
 
#105      
therealmiket86
mhuml32 said:
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Interesting move because it seemed like he was going to replace Matt next year. I do think with his size and speed he could make an impact this year at wr. Also Straughton and Williams were just moved from safety to linebacker.
 
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#106      
Joel Goodson
SescIllini said:
Beilema likely gave Eberhart the facts, situation and context. Then let's the player make the decision. Beilema may have saw immediate playing time was at WR and not defense this year. Will have option to go back to defense if player/coaches want imho. Illinois has been pretty good at putting players where they and team can succeed.
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+1

getting on the field >>> sitting on the bench

dollars to donuts, he flips back to D after this season
 
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RabidDawgClassic
RabidDawgClassic said:
Crazy to think that there are enough great wins to form a top ten list, let alone four more for an honorable mention category. I think we’d struggle to even come up with five from the Beckman/Cubit/Lovie era.
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So I found five games in the Beckman/Cubit/Lovie era that you could qualify as top wins — only two of which would have a reasonable argument to rival any of the top wins in the Bielema era.

1. 2019 at Michigan State (37-43)
2. 2019 vs Wisconsin (24-23)
3. 2015 vs Nebraska (14-13)
4. 2014 vs Penn State (16-14)
5. 2014 vs Minnesota (28-24)

“Honorable” mention
2013 at Purdue (20-16)
2016 vs Michigan State (31-27)
2019 at UConn (31-23)

Looking at the highlights from these games I must say… we had some dreadful uniform combinations during this period. I’m glad Bret has righted the ship in that area, as well as on field play.
 
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