Well not really related, but something you can talk about with local recruits
Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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Bert has a long (and successful) history of recruiting NJ for Wisky. Lots of relationships
Looking at this being potentially one of the best classes in forever, How absolutely insane was it that Zook managed to get the 24th and 26th players in the class in Benn and Martez? Especially when he did.
I was thinking Bret had a New Jersey pipeline back to his days at Wisconsin. Plus the Tommy Devito effect as well.
Wisky literally got a Heisman winner out of NJ. Iowa also had a lot of strong players from there.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
burner WR from Texas, 6' 2" 188, 4 star, '26:
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TentakilRex
- Land O Insects between Quincy-Macomb-Jacksonville
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
bring a coat!
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
$ article, but tweet has value:
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
'27 Gainesville, QB:
holds GA offer
holds GA offer
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Trieu podcast episode (free) said this is current a big Michigan - Illinois battle, with the chance that Alexander piles up more offers this summer. Could mean Illinois will try to push really hard, really soon in hopes of keeping out more competitors.
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
want:
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
top safety target:
would be a huge win
would be a huge win
IMO that's what we need to be a National Champ contender next year. A WR, RB, or KR/PR that is a threat to house it every time he touches the ball.
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
We got Belichick recruiting for us?
Noblesville Illini
- Nappanee, IN
My 17 year old daughter can easily throw down that triple! FYI…..5’4”, 110 lbs. They better have bought him 2!!!!
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
I like it, I like it a lot:
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
'27 GA QB, 6’3”, 200lbs; 4.2 GPA; 
Off POY; 
️ State Champ:
Off POY; ️ State Champ:
Those are nice thoughts, keep it up. we're a far piece for there, but thanks for the good thoughts!
Could we have a IU 2024 year and sneak into the tournament, maybe. Will we be contender, not
so sure. Gonna need another 20-30 mil in NIL$, and that pales in comparison with OSU's $200 mil.
Perhaps Hank Beatty, who led the B1G in punt return yards?
mhuml32
Gesture of Northern Aggression
Nothing to take away from these guys, they were all excellent and deserve their place on the mantle of Illinois football legends. My qualm is while each of these guys was awesome, their teams excelled because the surrounding talent was sufficient to compete for a conference title. The 1989 Illinois team had (a) Jeff George AND (b) the 7th best defense by points allowed. Dana Howard had a first round left tackle (Brad Hopkins) to work against every week. Thinking of a hypothetical, dropping Brandon Lloyd and Corey Luiget on the 2017 Illinois team and they still are not making a bowl, let alone raising the team's play to being able to play with anybody.
I think these lists lean too much on nostalgia and undersell the performances of recent players. What about Devon Witherspoon, Sydney Brown, Isiah Williams, Pat Bryant, Johnny Newton, and Chase Browns? Or great players during less-heralded eras like Mikel LeShoure, Whitney Mercilus, or AJ Jenkins? I think too much of history/nostalgia implies the previous list were better performances than the latter because those teams (not players) set program high-water marks in a way that was never available for someone like Mercilus.
For the current team - you can make an argument that we are going to be talking on here in the mid-2030's and realizing how fortunate it was as fans to have a Luke Altmyer, JC Davis, Kreutz, Jacas, Scott x2, Bailey, McCray, etc. all on the roster at the same time. That's the magic of having such high retention: each of those players could take a sizable step forward and become a 1st-team all-B1G player. The fun is getting the past 8 months of enjoyable college football and what might come in the next 12 months.
Pat Bryant this year.
Luke next year.
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