Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

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TentakilRex
Fricking Mark Cuban, the Temu Jerry Jones.

I say this as a Mavericks fan, btw punk knew about the Luka trade and did nothing about it!.
 
#777      
lstewart53x3
kmunt09 said:
$1mil each I’m sure.

Dixon, Clement $500k-$750k each? Same with 2/3 of Khalil, Laughery, and Faegin.

All of the above are worth it.

I don’t mean to say I don’t support Houser, I’m just saying the facts are the more you pay him the less you can pay others (existing roster, or transfers). I think it is fair to say there is a particular number we would ALL be disappointed to hear we paid Houser (i.e. $4-6 million), especially in light of what we paid Luke, and the amount of roster building that still needs to be done.
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Has anyone here said Houser will cost $4-$6m?
 
#781      
lstewart53x3
kmunt09 said:
No, but there is a number at which it wouldn’t make since, we would all agree.

We can be excited to have him, but it’s fair to wonder at what cost.
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Your hyper fixation on it is odd, honestly.

1. It’s been said that our total budget this year will likely be the in the $20-$25m range.

2. Our staff has said they’ll likely follow the NFL model for budgeting. NFL teams tend to use 10%-15% of their budget on quarterback. That gives us a $2-$3.5m budget for quarterback. Nothing has indicated to me so far that Houser will cost more than that. The staff has been planning for and budgeting for this moment for months.

3. How could anyone watch last year’s team and see a quarterback single handedly elevate the team from ~6 wins to 9 and have their top concern be to not spend too much on quarterback going into this year?
 
#782      
ChiTown
Success brings more money, more people wants to be associated with a winner.
 
#784      
kmunt09
lstewart53x3 said:
Your hyper fixation on it is odd, honestly.

1. It’s been said that our total budget this year will likely be the in the $20-$25m range.

2. Our staff has said they’ll likely follow the NFL model for budgeting. NFL teams tend to use 10%-15% of their budget on quarterback. That gives us a $2-$3.5m budget for quarterback. Nothing has indicated to me so far that Houser will cost more than that. The staff has been planning for and budgeting for this moment for months.

3. How could anyone watch last year’s team and see a quarterback single handedly elevate the team from ~6 wins to 9 and have their top concern be to not spend too much on quarterback going into this year?
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The position is absolutely important! And I do have trust in the powers that be (Whitman and Bielema).

My main point is, as a fan, it’s hard to see these committment announcements and know how to react without also seeing the price. In pro sports the price is the first thing you look at when debating the move, whereas in college you really have to dig for that information.
 
#789      
BrimfieldBomber
band camp said:
On3's rankings have Houser as the 16th ranked QB and have him 100% to Illini @ $1.695 million.
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College Football Top Transfer Portal Players

The best 2026 college football players that have entered the transfer portal.
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I believe that 1695 "mi" = Flight of the bird Player's hometown to new Destination. (Bellflower, CA to Champaign) - which is really an unnecessary metric on this tracker.


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Battle89
#794      
kyillini
Will PSU be renamed to Iowa State in Penn. What happened to Ia State can happen to any team each year.
 
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