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Illinois Football Recruiting Thread
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ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Juice, X and Bailey as three seniors on the back end is mega stuff. Now let's go get the beef up front to pressure QB's into throwing them the ball.
illinidarrin
- from parts unknown
this is great news! With that out of the way lets finish strong in the portal.
LFG!!! Made my day.
TheFlyingIllini1317
- Chicago, IL
Wow, we are an edge and mutliple D-linemen away from being an 8 win team next year. Great to have him back.
You must be fun at parties
From reading the thread it sounds like X coming back is meh news and we are all set on the DLine so the coaches can shut down portal recruiting for the season.
For everyone that's dogging on the "what about the D-line?" people, I do have a serious question (partly because I guess I'm kind of stupid).
As it stands right now... who are the main starting 11 on defense... and how do they rank (just better or worse) compared to who we mainly started last year? And for this comparison, I am willing to consider X. Scott as having "not started" last year, so him being back is an obvious upgrade to those who filled in in his place last year.
Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled Scott is back (worst kept secret, by the way... even though he was having serious conversations about all possibilities), but I am genuinely interested in how we think this upcoming year's defense looks compared to this past year. I'm just not as optimistic as some are...
As it stands right now... who are the main starting 11 on defense... and how do they rank (just better or worse) compared to who we mainly started last year? And for this comparison, I am willing to consider X. Scott as having "not started" last year, so him being back is an obvious upgrade to those who filled in in his place last year.
Don't get me wrong, I'm thrilled Scott is back (worst kept secret, by the way... even though he was having serious conversations about all possibilities), but I am genuinely interested in how we think this upcoming year's defense looks compared to this past year. I'm just not as optimistic as some are...
You make it sound like 8 wins is a bad thing.
HUGE! Now just need some bodies on that DL.
I don't take it that way at all. He is saying we wont even be an 8-win team without getting some sort of help on the defensive line front.
Great news. Thinking this could help attract other defenders in the ports at positions of need. Now get a few coaches that can develop!
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