Exactly why they should have been going hard after Abrams from Montini the whole time. Kid is special.
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illinidarrin
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DeonThomas
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DeonThomas
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While fully acknowledging that W-L record is not the only metric, let me just note the following records over the past four seasons:
Illinois 31-19
TAMU 31-20
Florida 25-27
Vandy 24-27
I’d agree that ‘average P2’ is a fair description. And I’d say that puts Illinois comfortably within the Top 30 programs nationwide, which is fantastic given where we were pre-Bielema.
Too bad. Guessing the injury really limited his upside.
We haven’t had a better BT record than Iowa for like 15 consecutive years.
Washington KILLED us this year and just played for the National Championship.
Vandy is probably easily top 10 in the country in football investment right now.
Missouri has an extremely good program.
I don’t think the rest of the country thinks we have a better program than those schools. We have greatly improved but saying Illinois now has a better program than Iowa, Washington, Vandy and Missouri is a biased opinion.
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illinidarrin
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Lets hope we don't any more surprises with transfers.
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DeonThomas
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Actually, I tend to agree. (I had to go back 50 years to find a good counterpoint.).
So this is just based on this season? Because outside of this season, what has Vandy done to show they are a better program overall than us? Absolutely nothing. How do we know any of this carries forward post Diego Pavia? All the money stuff is well and dandy but we really don't know how much money is going in, or if it will be used wisely. Certainly don't know enough to say it's a better program than what we have.
Wake me up when Mizzou beats a winning team. Historically they've been no better than us, and if we're talking about this season, they had a 0-5 record against teams who ended the season with a winning record. Most overrated team in the country and it's not even close.
Rest of the country also thinks the SEC is better than the B1G, but for the 2nd year in a row that narrative appears to be going up in smoke in the postseason. At this point the ACC and Big 12 look better than the SEC
Maybe he’s waiting to see who wins the bowl game before fully committing/s
Missouri was 26-5 in their previous 31 games when their QB got hurt this year.
Iowa and Washington and in the Big Ten. Under what metric is Illinois better than Iowa and Washington? It’s not on the field or wins and losses.
I didn't argue with Iowa and Washington.
We're a (barely) top half Big Ten program. The Big Ten is at least as good as the SEC. I think it's accurate to say we are a top-half P2 program, and I certainly don't think Mizzou and Vandy are standing in our way to making that claim.
Mizzou with Drink probably hit their ceiling. He can recruit, but his in game management is very questionable. The bowl game proved that. Took over the offense play calling duties and many Mizzou fans in and around StL are disappointed in that result. Now he gives the reins to the ex Michigan OC?
Yikes.
Yikes.
Vandy....LOL. FSU, Clemson, Miami, ASU, T-Tech, BYU, probably UNC aren't P2, but otherwise belong on the list.
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Let him go on the visit. TN is low class. Hopefully he sees it too.
Hopefully he watched the game today.
We will have a quality QB next year with our track record of winning QB’s from the portal.
If the Olano to aTm stuff is true:
Love the message. Hate the source.
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