What system is that exactly? He won with the system Wisconsin had in place and failed at turning Arkansas into a relevant program despite bringing in decent recruiting classes. Paul Chryst would run circles around this guy.
What do you consider decent? The MAC guys, Bielema, Monken(s) would all come here and I'd say they're all good options.I'm not one to hate on Lovie's time at U of I. It's not like we had options aplenty prior to him coming on. I think the fact that Josh tried to make it work will show to the next guy that we are trying to build a successful football program.
That said, I sincerely doubt we get anyone decent to come here. We're bad, have been bad, and will likely continue to be bad. It's a totally lackluster program. At best we are a stepping stone job. If anyone comes here and has a few 8-4 seasons or better, they'll get picked off by someone very quickly. Illinois football is dead.
I do hope I'm wrong though
Yes, I sat through the 0-0 debacle. Gave up my student season tickets right afterwards.I give you November 1979 and Gary Moeller departing having won four BT games in three seasons, and tying two. The Sept. 1978 scoreless tie in Memorial Stadium with eventually-winless Northwestern (0-10-1 that year, while we went 1-8-2) is reputed to have been the worst BT football game in decades. (Did anyone here actually see it?)
Forty years ago, Illinois and Northwestern played the worst football game of all time
The Pointless Game turns 40www.offtackleempire.com
And then Mike White, who had coached Steve Bartowski and Chuck Munice as HC at Cal in the mid-'70s, came to town.
Andersen left because of the admissions.
This is as of 12.1.20
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I was there too and it was BRUTAL.
I agree that the program currently is pretty lackluster. I disagree that if someone comes and has success, that we will lose him. Josh will not be cheap like Guenther. He will have the financial resources to compete with anyone short of the NFL and maybe a small number of top college programs, and I am confident that Josh will spend whatever it takes to retain a successful coach.I'm not one to hate on Lovie's time at U of I. It's not like we had options aplenty prior to him coming on. I think the fact that Josh tried to make it work will show to the next guy that we are trying to build a successful football program.
That said, I sincerely doubt we get anyone decent to come here. We're bad, have been bad, and will likely continue to be bad. It's a totally lackluster program. At best we are a stepping stone job. If anyone comes here and has a few 8-4 seasons or better, they'll get picked off by someone very quickly. Illinois football is dead.
I do hope I'm wrong though
"In total, the game had 572 yards of punting and 514 yards of offense." To me, this sums up the Moeller years in a nutshell. It was so desperate that I took to studying on Saturdays instead of spending them at Memorial Stadium.
I might have been at that game, but would have been 9 years old so have no recollection. I guess that's a good game to not remember.I give you November 1979 and Gary Moeller departing having won four BT games in three seasons, and tying two. The Sept. 1978 scoreless tie in Memorial Stadium with eventually-winless Northwestern (0-10-1 that year, while we went 1-8-2) is reputed to have been the worst BT football game in decades. (Did anyone here actually see it?)
Forty years ago, Illinois and Northwestern played the worst football game of all time
The Pointless Game turns 40
And then Mike White, who had coached Steve Bartowski and Chuck Munice as HC at Cal in the mid-'70s, came to town.
Yes, I had season tickets. To add insult to injury Sports Illustrated commentedi in their pre-season review that Illinois and Northwestern were so bad "that it's doubtful than anyone will win this game"
Illini fan in Madison here.
Correct, That is what the school pays if firing without cause rather than him leaving on his ownThis is as of 12.1.20
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Confirms earlier reported numbers, but unclear if that is the school terminating him or if he leaves to go to another school. You may be correct on what we would owe.
Good info. Pretty significant info to have in our hip pockets, in the event He is the second coming........
1/200? Sorry, couldn’t resist.
I personally take offense with your comment above. It's a look only a few of us can pull off.
A 38-26 record in a P5 conference is a stronger record than a lot of the other names being thrown out. Leipold is 36-32 at Buffalo, FYI.
