I'm looking for a scapegoat. Found one: Curt Flood! He's to blame!
(Never would knock Mr. Flood, No. 21, great Cardinals' CF. I say that as a Cubs' fan who lived in St. Louis as a kid in the 60s).
Just wondering: what's to stop recruits like Fears and Morez from de-commiting? Nothing. Change of heart, like four-star Illini football OL? Or NIL? Better offer? Do high school recruits get NIL$?
Don't know. I'm an ignoramus. And kinda proud of it.
But whoever is an Illini next season, I will warm up to them, get to know them and root for them (as I did last season) even if I don't know today who they are.