I'm not sure about this Blue Out idea for Friday night. Hopefully we can pull it off and it will look cool, but it's going to pain me to not wear Illini orange at the game. Blue just doesn't "pop" the way orange, or even white, does. IMO...
Illinois vs Nebraska, Friday, November 6th, 7:00pm CT, FOX
I agree. I have a lot of orange and only one blue hoodie. Any weather reports.
He got hurt again. This isn’t him just not wanting to play
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Absolutely. It was a short-sided move thinking that they should be winning national championships consistently. They had one down year the year before he was fired (2002), but in 2003 when he was fired after the regular season, the team was 9-3 (apparently losing to Kansas State at home was the unforgiveable last straw). It was the first time a coach was fired after finishing with at least 9 regular season wins due solely to team performance.
They then followed up two coaches later firing Pelini (who never finished a season in Lincoln with less than 9 wins). Those are two firings that look worse and worse with every subsequent head coach they bring in. Any new head coach is cursed immediately walking in because of the unrealistic expectations from a rabid fanbase. They have won 9 or more games only one time in the twelve seasons since firing Pelini, and it does not look like it will change anytime soon.