So who on the board are fact checkers?
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There aren’t any...this is Internet message board free for all
But illinois is no longer the illinois of that moment.
I'm still haunted by the line in the Monken article about hiring "a good coach that will go to Illinois to die." That has to be a consideration in potential coaches choosing Illinois. An up-and-coming-coach has to worry that taking the job is one step forward, and two steps back (when it's over). Of course, you want to hire a guy with the confidence that they can turn around the program...so, a guy worried about failing is a bad candidate anyway, I guess.
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no , we should have him come here right now , pay the lads tuition differential between instate v outstate, and give Bob 12 r/t flights on donors jet to Norman from Champaign
TMC999
- Not Iowa
There has never been a more true statement. And in this exact order.
TMC999
- Not Iowa
We just created a Saliva test for BS. Waiting for FDA approval.
I’ll test positive for sure
I’m just surprised that someone hasnt posted a poll yet.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
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I get it now. Your avatar is someone collecting a saliva sample. Thanks for doing your part!I’ll test positive for sure
Isn’t that what lovie did? And maybe unknowingly Zook, and Beckman. I think Zooks assisstants have fared alright though.
Epsilon
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We don’t play fact checkers in America anymore. We play fact chess.
Bill Self never coached 02 Main! HAHAHAHA!
Wait a minute ... we're a golf school!
C'mon, Gritty. Wisky sucked for 30 years before they hired Alvarez. Northwestern was the doormat of the league from its founding until Barnett came along. If those two programs can become perennial respectable, so can Illinois.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
Of course we CAN. But the odds are against us.
I find that a lot more fun and a lot more emotionally compelling than pro sports that relentlessly pushes bad teams upward, punishes good teams for their success, and general just leaves you with a product where everyone is basically the same.
Every NFL game is like 27-21, it's so boring.
In 1989 I bumped into Jim McMahon in a beer garden in Munich, Germany.
We ended up having a beer and shooting the breeze for about 30 minutes.
In 1985 my mother was the banquet mgr at Jumers Castle Lodge where the Bears stayed while practicing in the bubble at U of I. I didn't work there but I came and worked a breakfast anyway. Spilt Buddy Ryan's coffee, lol, served sweetness also. My sister showed McMahon around town and I got a pair of his sunglasses and 2 autographed footballs. Still have them, oh to be 20 something again.
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MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
And tennis.
If we had the right water, we'd probably kill it in yachting.
altenberger22
- South Carolina
Superbly done!
And very true when we have football seasons with just two wins. However, in the hey-dey of Illini sports in my lifetime (the 1980's), football actually slots-in as a tie for first at #1. It's soooooooooo much darned fun to be good.........and to be ranked in the Top 15........and to be featured routinely as the Big 10 game-of-the-week!!
I can recall a couple of weeks in November(s) where just 2 schools were AP/UPI ranked in both football and basketball....Illinois and perhaps Boston College if I recall correctly.
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Allen Green, the Auburn AD was hired from Buffalo. Leipold was hired by Green at Buffalo. Don’t be surprised if Leipold is introduced at Auburn Sunday or Monday.
Allen Green, the Auburn AD was hired from Buffalo. Leipold was hired by Green at Buffalo. Don’t be surprised if Leipold is introduced at Auburn Sunday or Monday.
I agree the coach must come from a power 5 program or prove they can recruit at a high level. LL can't recruit. His team was near the bottom of the division in recruiting.
illini80
- Forgottonia
I will be very surprised if that happens. Shocked. They didn’t fire Gus Malzahn to hire Leipoid. Their fans would be in an uproar. They care about one thing. Winning. And they have no problem hiring a scumbag if he is a proven winner. I think the record is crystal clear on that.
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Right, but I find it funny they say Steele is the leading candidate.
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