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This needs to be a thing!
With Busey Bank being a sponsor, they need to do this at the annual Sweet Corn Festival.
Illini Football 2026
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With Busey Bank being a sponsor, they need to do this at the annual Sweet Corn Festival.
College football’s 2026 All-Geezer Team: The 7th- and 8th(!)-year players dotting rosters
Amazingly, there are still a few players in college football who began their careers in the 2010s.
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OL Jake Renfro, Illinois
First season of college football: 2020Remember way back in 2020 when Luke Fickell’s Cincinnati team went to the Peach Bowl and nearly upset Georgia? And then the next year when the Bearcats reached the Playoff? Renfro was the starting center on both teams, earning all-conference honors in ’21. Injuries cost him most of the next two seasons, but he returned to start for Fickell at Wisconsin in ’24 before injuries cut last season short. Now, in a full-circle moment, he’ll play for the school where his father, Rick, won a Big Ten title with the Illini in 1983.
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4th place finish at 10-2 (7-2 big ten). i see closer to 7 or 8 total wins, but this would be something
2026 full Big Ten CFB predictions: Indiana misses conference title game
The Big Ten is set for another big season in 2026. Who will win the conference and what will each team's record be?
4th place finish at 10-2 (7-2 big ten). i see closer to 7 or 8 total wins, but this would be something
via yahoo.com:
2026 full Big Ten CFB predictions: Indiana misses conference title game
The Big Ten is set for another big season in 2026. Who will win the conference and what will each team's record be?
4th place finish at 10-2 (7-2 big ten). i see closer to 7 or 8 total wins, but this would be something
I have them 10-2 as well but I can see 11-1. Think this offense is going to feed families plus the defense has the playmakers to keep giving them the ball back on the backend.
Inexperience on the both sides of the line raises red flags. My head says 6-6. But this staff will squeeze out another regular season victory along with a bowl victory 8-5. Illinois will be much better by the end of the season.
Yep, Moleface was awful and even ended up flaming out later in a great situation at UM. He gets my vote for worst
I would be thrilled if this prediction comes true .
Not sure how it will play out. Apparently, earlier in his coaching career, particularly during his time running defenses at Michigan State, Nick Saban preferred calling defenses from upstairs.
Curbelo Fanboy
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I was too young to remember Moeller tho I know some of the history. I wrote the post earlier on Tepper & how awful he was. To me he will always get the nod as the worst. The 94 team had the potential to be top 10/top 5 & he blundered them to 6-5. 5 losses by 27 points IIRC.
Losing to WSU and a bad PU team at home were inexcusable. We had PSU on the ropes and sleep walked through the Wisky game. We were behind UM all game but were within one score and gave up first downs on 3 straight third and longs late in the game to throw away a good chance to win. We had a legit chance to go unbeaten that year. I remember RG called us the "best 6-5 team in the country" before our bowl game and I threw up in my mouth
2-3 pretty bad injuries cut short what very likely could have been a decent pro career
Curbelo Fanboy
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Not to mention the missed clip on Amani Toomer (IIRC) punt return for a td that was the back breaker in the Michigan game. At worst that team should have been 9-2.
The Purdue game was the one where in the post game radio interview, Tepper (after promising Scott Weaver would play in the game some at QB) uttered the worst line I've ever heard by a head coach. He said "I'm not responsible for the offense" Shoulda been fired at that exact moment IMO.
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