Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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GatorMcKlusky

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So how did we get here? Well, for those of us who were students during the Mike White era, we were on the cusp of being a consistent Top 25 program. But in the 1980s the Big Ten Commissioner was Wayne Duke, a graduate of the University of Iowa. And the NCAA was run by Iowa-born Walter Byers (he took some classes at Iowa but didn't graduate). Those two did anything and everything to stop our football program from a becoming a success. I know, because as an alum who employed a lot of the Chicago are football players, I was constantly investigated by the Big Ten and NCAA. But the worst offender was, of course, an alumnus of our own school - Taylor Bell, the high school beat writer for the Chicago Sun-Times. He poisoned the well for Illini recruiting in Chicagoland like no other, revenge because he felt he should have be given the Illini SID job in the '70s. So glad the Tribune and Sun-Times have been replaced by other media.
 
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ptgrd23

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We never dominated state of Illinois recruiting

Mike White succeed by bring in CA JC talent like Tony Eason, Jack Trudeau, David Williams, Craig Swoope (FL)
Ron Zook's relied heavily on out of state - Vontae Davis, Aerelius Benn
 
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TheDrinkinLincoln

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ChiefGritty said:
Leipold brought most of his Buffalo staff including both coordinators and used the new added roster flexibility of that moment to bring in an army of transfers, including a whole raft of them directly from Buffalo. And that massive immediate overhaul has continued with very portal-heavy roster management ever since.
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Not only from Buffalo, he has brought most of his staff all the way through from UW-Whitewater. That staff is a well oiled machine that knows how to coach complementary football.
 
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redwingillini11

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Simeon Rice said:
We can't cancel this series quick enough

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Disagree. The Missouri series can be a good thing. The way things are changing, in five years ,a record of 5-7 may be identical to 7-5. Bowl games won’t survive in the new structure. Player opt outs and transfer portal will ensure that. Competing in games that garner fan interest, and especially recruit attention, will be more of an attraction than a hindrance to program growth, as long as we are competitive, and we hopefully walk with a W! Maybe it will even inspire more donations to our NIL collaborative from alumni.
 
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