QB Pete DiNovo transfers to Illinois, eligible immediately
Lol wut
If you are right again this will be one of the strangest episodes I remember.
Was he expecting a scholarship that didn't materialize?
icengineer
- Southern Illinois
Or maybe he just decided being a 3rd string emergency QB wasn't worth the additional time and effort he was going to have to invest. How many grad-transfer, 3rd string, non-scholarship quarterbacks do you think are out there? I'd venture you could count them on one hand in the D1 ranks. Wouldn't surprise me if he were the only one.
He was actually taking 5th string reps.
is this real life
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Not on the roster on fightingillini.com when I checked a moment ago. I'm pretty sure he was there last week.
C'mon man, a little over-dramatic don't you think?
I'm sure there are two sides to the Littlejohn story, and as far as Dinovo is concerned, the guy started one game at UCF as a Quarterback. So he transferred here and it didn't work out? Barely a blip on the radar.
Let's win some football games.
Joel Goodson
- respect my decision™
A walk on graduate transfer back up quarterback quitting is going to hurt recruiting?
I'd be willing to bet 99.99999% of the recruits have never heard of this guy.
Regarding Littlejohn, we will probably never know the who,e story. I admit it doesn't look good, but if you can find one program who has never rescinded an offer, well that would probably be the first one ever.
ILLINIShox24
Orange Krush '04 & '05
Screen name checks out.
Dren1
- Glenview, IL
:thumb:
Ugh, remember those days well. Solid defense, but horrible play calling on offense. Johnny Johnson was a pretty good QB, though.
Probably not. Of course, given our Oline losing two QB's isn't out of the question. Even so, we might trot out others at the position before we burn his RS.
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
There are 7 QBs on the roster per fightingillini.com. That doesn't mean that more than 0 of them should see B1G play, but there are 7 on the roster.
We already know the whole story. MJ Rivers committed and Littlejohn isn't having a good Sr. year. That's it.
Better to pull the scholarship now than have the guy come to IL, never play, and then transfer down a level or two.