Just one of too many articles, but this one states that U of I NEVER waivered on recruiting THT, stayed in the hunt until the last minutes despite the MIV not wanting the two to play together. Perhaps ultimately THT decided the garbage stench from the MIV camp would taint his college experience lead him to ISU. Perhaps he was never going to pick U of I? Regardless, at the end of the day WE LOST OUT ON ANOTHER recruit the staff wanted in a bad way.
I have said it here many times before, and created a list of first year coaches who have reeled in a great 2018 class. I really want to join the camp of " Move On Whose Next", but I can only let my opinions be guided by the facts at hand to date, which is that Illinois has had (of course outside of Ayo), a bad 2018 recruiting period so far. Whose next is the million dollar question?