Lovie’s buyout I’m guessing is finished paying out. Staff already had to budget that dead money. Roll it over to TP for this year.
Assistants are normally a little different. I’m sure he will get some of his contract paid out to him but not all of it.Lovie’s buyout I’m guessing is finished paying out. Staff already had to budget that dead money. Roll it over to TP for this year.
BB lives at second and chalmers confirmedMaybe Chief Gritty IS Bret Bielema. And this board is his medium to deliver hot takes/anecdotes and see firsthand how they are received by the fanbase.
So it is written…
Was that '90 game the one where we all chanted Rose Bowl as we left the stadium?This^.
Jason Verduzco was listed as 5'9" and did us proud under center back in the day. I believe he was slightly shorter than that based on my lone encounter with him and my decidedly average stature. Wasn't quick or flashy but he was smart and tough as nails. One of the memorable games I saw in Memorial Stadium was #8 Illinois beating #24 MSU 15-13 in '90. Just a brutal defensive struggle. Jason played the entire game on a bum left knee. After falling behind with 1:40 remaining he drove us down to the 30 in less than a minute to set up the winning field goal. Spartan coach George Perles called him the difference in the game. Money quote from UPI article:
'You would have had to kill me to get me out of that game,' the Antioch, Calif., native said. 'I was staying in that game no mater what. You could have tore my leg off and I would've still been in that game.
I'll take his 5'9"-ish clone any day.
I was at that game as well - fantastic environment. Our games during that era against MSU were always wars.Such a great game. Doug Higgins was Beaveresque w/ 5 FGs. It's funny you mention the balcony. I was sitting in the west balcony at that game, around the end zone, the first time I'd ever been on that side of the stadium, and it moved, too. 31 years later I still remember the collective release in the crowd when he nailed that final 48-yarder through the north goal posts. One of the hardest-hitting games I've ever seen. Perhaps my fondest Memorial Stadium memory.
Loved those 2:30 p.m. ABC national TV slots with Keith Jackson and Bob Griese in the booth. Am confident with BB we'll be back to those days soon, my friends.
I ran on the field after that HIggins kick went through. What a battle. Verduzco really showed his wrestler's heart in that one. Thought that put us in the Rose Bowl. With a home win against Iowa, we could still go to Pasadena even if we lost in Ann Arbor. Before the Iowa game, in Block I they passed out a "memo" from John Mackovic asking students not to storm the field or engage in other potentially dangerous celebrations. Clearly, the memo worked.I was at that game as well - fantastic environment. Our games during that era against MSU were always wars.
I think we were ranked #5 after that game, then proceeded to get blown out by Iowa the next week
Bears... us maybe too.Who was it that announced a coach before they were supposed to and he walked?
You are probably right. I was thinking there was a Mike Thomas thing, but maybe I’m just projecting that on him because I dislike him so much.Bears... us maybe too.
Was that Larry Fedora as the OC under Zook?Who was it that announced a coach before they were supposed to and he walked?
no- he was our OC for like 48 hours. He did an interview on channel 3 and everything.Was that Larry Fedora as the OC under Zook?
I still have no reason what’s so ever to believe it won’t be LunneyI mean, we are in the coaching carousel season so there will be plenty of good OCs to go find, but I have the feeling BB would have gotten confirmation of his guy before he fired TP.
But maybe not? I’ll defer to @illini0440 since he is more plugged in.
It was the Bears with Dave McGinnis in 1999.Who was it that announced a coach before they were supposed to and he walked?
There have been and are, NFL head coaches that were never coordinators.I'm not sure I understand the lionization of Nate. He needs to build something himself before I get on board. I
For the most part, these qb's need to be in a rollout system. Not sure that BB would ever approve of that despite the success that Russell Wilson has had. That was more or less, a one year thing in a program that just needed someone to throw the ball a few times/game.I don't necessarily disagree with your other points (haven't done any research myself), but the complaint about height is a reach. Russell Wilson is listed at 5'11". Doug Flutie listed at 5'10". Drew Brees, Joe Theismann and Michael Vick all 6'0". Not saying this guy's any of those, but there are plenty of good "short" qbs