Looking ahead to 2023

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This team should have won 10 games to be fair. (IU, MSU). Get yourself a good QB and you will always have a good shot at 8 wins. That schedule isn't all that bad all things considered.
I think our two shoulda been wins were UM and IU. We were just put muscled by MSU. There was one critical bad call against us in the Purdue game which could’ve changed the outcome, but it was in the first half and we had time to overcome that.
 
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BZuppke

Plainfield
The Lamb/Menkhausen debates in '86 were vigorous, and extremely pointless. (And those debates turned into Mohr/Menkhausen debates in '87, which were eventually solved by a coaching change and a notable transfer QB in '88.)

I don't see any path ending in us starting a freshman QB next year that isn't an enormous honking red flag for our prospects of sustaining success.
Seeing these QB names gave me nightmares last night. 😳

Shane ‘Lame’ lol
 
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Seeing these QB names gave me nightmares last night. 😳

Shane ‘Lame’ lol
was going to say weaver and hoekstra but came across some interesting coincidences.... that mean absolutely nothing.

when looking at past rosters to see if there was a qb i wanted to add, on the '95 illini football roster were:

OL: Ryan ARCHIBALD
S: KENNY BATTLE

then for good measure a Ken Blackman (relation to Bob?)
 
#104      
was going to say weaver and hoekstra but came across some interesting coincidences.... that mean absolutely nothing.

when looking at past rosters to see if there was a qb i wanted to add, on the '95 illini football roster were:

OL: Ryan ARCHIBALD
S: KENNY BATTLE

then for good measure a Ken Blackman (relation to Bob?)
Ahh…Almost forgot about Dream Weaver.
 
#105      

Dan

Admin
 
#106      

JFGsCoffeeMug

BU:1 Trash cans:0
Chicago

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#107      
is there a way you can force this to be opened, read and meditated upon before anyone can then comment on a football thread moving forward? :) really great stuff
 
#108      
Can’t find it now, but last night I read a pretty scathing condemnation of Iowa’s offense by a Hawkeye. He closed his article by saying they need to land a QB from the transfer portal, but added someone like McNamara would be unlikely to chose IA over IL or WI, given the Hawkeye’s terrible offensive strategy and coaching. He blames both father and son btw, saying firing Brian wont fix it.
And where does he commit to? :(
 
#109      
The schedule is daunting, but I'm not scared of any opponent. I don't look at any 2023 opponent and say "Uh oh. That's a 56-6 beatdown." We won't win them all, but I have hope for each game. Of course we schedule Kansas when they were 1-11 and now improved. On paper Wisconsin and Nebraska have upgraded coaching staffs.

Barring catastrophic injuries, I think bowl-eligibility is certainly doable. Disappointing year is 5 wins. Another 8 win season is possible.
 
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Mr. Tibbs

southeast DuPage
And where does he commit to? :(
one has to wonder, what exactly was it about Iowa and the football program that made him decide so quickly ? NIL ?
in theory, he could not have been talking to them before he announced just two-three days ago , correct ?
 
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one has to wonder, what exactly was it about Iowa and the football program that made him decide so quickly ? NIL ?
in theory, he could not have been talking to them before he announced just two-three days ago , correct ?
The long-standing relationship with Ken O’Keefe
 
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MustangWally

Mayfield
So, I'm looking at the QB roster. Sitkowski has a year left, then there are four freshman: Leary, Huber, Michaux and Sheehan. Do any of them have the possibility of being the starter somewhere down the road? Are any of them on scholarship? Are we going to have to go the portal for the forseeable future?
 
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Yes, it should. Everyone who was on a roster in 2020 got an extra year of “eligibility”. That doesn’t mean a scholarship as I understand it. I think where it gets fuzzy is if a player was hurt. I don’t think they can redshirt AND get an extra covid year the same year.
I don’t think it’s that fuzzy. Normally athletes have 5 years to play 4 seasons, and the NCAA revised that to be 6 years to play 5 for athletes enrolled the COVID year.

”Division I rules limit student-athletes to four seasons of competition in a five-year period. The Council's decision allows schools to self-apply waivers to restore one of those seasons of competition for student-athletes who had competed while eligible in the COVID-19-shortened 2020 spring season

The Council also will allow schools to self-apply a one-year extension of eligibility for spring-sport student-athletes, effectively extending each student's five-year "clock" by a year.”



Additionally, and separately, athletes can apply for a hardship waiver if there are circumstances beyond their control (eg injury), but that waiver cannot be applied for until the player exhausts their remaining eligibility.
 
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cuillini

San Bernardino, Ca.
Is there any reason to think Donovan Leary can't be a starter comparable to his brother Devin, who led NC State to a No. 10 ranking before he was injured this season? I'm asking in good faith; I honestly don't know how he compares to Devin, who threw for 35 TDs and 5 ints in 2021. But if he's reasonably close in talent, why wouldn't he be a legit option at QB for next season, at least as the No. 2? Just wondering if BB might have his future starting QB (for 2024 if not 2023) already on the roster.
Devin is now in the portal. Any chance he'd come here to mentor his brother?
 
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Mr. Tibbs

southeast DuPage
Nice sentiment, but does it really make sense to come in and push his little bro down the depth chart?
Donovan is not our starter next year, and probably not in 2024 . anyway. maybe . slight chance yes
Devin being here to help mentor him next year can only HELP him in the long term. wont hurt at all
 
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