Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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riffraff

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TheBucket said:
Hey look - you are right!
http://www.sportingnews.com/ncaa-fo...eorgia-commitment-quarterback-5-star-prospect

What's weird is if you Google "Tony Eason" the Wiki page on the right pops up as the U of I all-time great QB. That lists his son as Jacob. Damn you, Wikipedia!
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Yep, shows why you can't always trust an open wiki source for information. :)

Kind of like accepting "insider" predictions on sports message boards from people on their first post (may be an insider, may not be)...
 
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illinidarrin

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Is it true that we lost out on Jarvis and Marwede? Jarvis to MSU and Marwede to Duke.
 
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illinidarrin

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RyanK said:
New staff didn't really go hard after either.
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Why? They are both 2 of the top 10 players in the state and we are not going after them hard? I thought it was a big goal keeping top players in state?
 
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IAmChrisFarley

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illinidarrin said:
Why? They are both 2 of the top 10 players in the state and we are not going after them hard? I thought it was a big goal keeping top players in state?
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Jarvis has academic issues; Marwede was going big time no matter what. He had offers from virtually everyone. Since he committed to Duke, I'd imagine academics played a huge role.
 
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illinidarrin

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IAmChrisFarley said:
Jarvis has academic issues; Marwede was going big time no matter what. He had offers from virtually everyone. Since he committed to Duke, I'd imagine academics played a huge role.
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I hope that's the case because i can't believe we wouldn't do it otherwise.
 
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RyanK

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illinidarrin said:
I hope that's the case because i can't believe we wouldn't do it otherwise.
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Pretty much what the poster above said. Tight end is not really a position of need right now, anyways.
 
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Lake Camelot

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If I haven't lost track nobody has verballed since Lovie was hired. I know we have commits. But I would think somebody would be the one to jump first and try to start building the program.
 
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dsboyce

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Lake Camelot said:
If I haven't lost track nobody has verballed since Lovie was hired. I know we have commits. But I would think somebody would be the one to jump first and try to start building the program.
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They haven't had a chance to meet him yet. This is one of the biggest decisions these guys will ever make. Even with a coach like Lovie, I'm sure the players at least want to meet the coach they'll be playing for.
 
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coltjames03

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It's basically been a dead period since Lovie was hired so maybe the expectations should be nothing until they can actually recruit. Just because his name is Lovie doesn't mean a kid is going to say yes without meeting the coaches his future is on
 
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CARPET

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This Staff is going to open doors- More Doors than any Illini fan can imagine.

:hailtotheorange:
 
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