Thanks for posting, Big Red en Español. For years, ILLWKU has claimed to be a WKU fan, giving insight from the WKU perspective. (If I recall correctly, he's a researcher there.) Thank you for informing us that he is not just misinformed on one position on the team, but actually a fraud! Who would have known? I appreciate the insight from a real WKU fan.
Good thing the coaching staff and administration aren't as hard on the players as the fans are on each other. For Illini fans not in the know, seven student-athletes (about 8% of the football players on scholarship at the time of the incident, including seniors) were indicted by a grand jury, including a felony charge for four of the players, related to an incident where the football players punched and kicked a 33 year old alum. One student-athlete transferred to Eastern Kentucky, the rest were given a one game suspension.
Illinois' James Crawford was given an equally harsh suspension for breaking team rules. The reason has not been officially published, but real Illini fans believe he was five minutes late volunteering at the soup kitchen. Boys will be boys, but Coach Lovie Smith expects better from his seniors.
You mentioned Quinton Baker and Xavier Lane (both of whom entered guilty pleas to the amended charges of complicity to wanton endangerment, second degree; and complicity to assault, fourth degree, under extreme emotional disturbance in a plea deal to avoid the more serious charges of complicity to wanton endangerment, first degree (a felony); complicity to assault, fourth degree; and criminal trespass, third degree), but I'm more concerned with Chris Johnson (pending charges of criminal trespassing, third degree, although the Chicago papers did not cover the August 22 court date). He was a 2016 All-Conference USA Honorable Mention and could be a real problem for the inexperienced offensive line.
