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Ed Cunningham is an Illinois fan?

I'm OK with that. We did the same thing against Illinois State two weeks ago, running another play from the 15 instead of taking a knee. But we ran the ball. And it wasn't 4th down. My theory is that the play call was a giant eff you from JT to his USC game detractors. And to the Justin...

So only pro-Buckeye content is allowed? Really? Not the way I read things around here. I chose this site to post my Illini brand of crazy because it wasn't Bucknuts-y or Hineygate-y. Was I wrong? Look, it's the dumbest statement of Tressel's career, and, combined with throwing for a TD with...

*waves at Mili* I'm prepping my "Same Old Sorry Illinois" signature as we speak, sir. Lot's of great photos of Illinois tacklers flailing in the rain in Columbus to add to the sig. I'm really happy for you guys, and I'mma let you finish, but Illinois had one of the worst Septembers of ALL...

This post really makes me happy, Kid. Seriously. It's the first time I can remember you owning up to all of your talk (mostly). The first step is admitting you were a knucklehead. The second step is preventing a relapse. A word of advice? Try to mix in some negatives with the thousands of...

As one of possibly 4 Illini football fans that has obsessively followed recruiting for 20 years, I am more than familiar with the Jay Cutler/Ron Turner story, unfortunately. The way I remember it, Cutler's uncle played baseball at Illinois or something, so he was excited to camp in Champaign...

FWIW, I did not think our trajectory was up last year. But again, you gotta look at this through orange and blue glasses, not scarlet and gray. We won 14 regular season games over 2 seasons? Pinch me. Times that Illinois has won 14 regular season games over two seasons in the last 50 years...

Sadly, this is correct. Sadly, under Joe Novak, NIU had a better eye for Chicago talent than Ron Turner or Lou Tepper did. Of course, that's not saying much. As I've said in this thread several times, if you ranked every Big Ten football coach in the last 20 years on "importance of recruiting...

Damn. I guess I'm still not a pain for anyone. :sad: Some day I will matter. Some day I will have relevance! *shakes fist* (Coincidentally, I think that day arrives about the same time as our AD comes to the realization that scheduling non-con games at Cincinnati, vs. Fresno State, and at a...

If we're so, you know, Northern Illinois-y, then how the hell is our record against you guys 9-11 in our last 20 games? Wait - that's an excellent question I've come up with right here. We were downright awful from 1995-2006, going a combined 46-90. How the hell is our record against you guys...

*ventures outside the Zook/Recruiting thread for the first time to begin his "Penn State will suck next year" campaign* AYFKM? Nine returning starters. 9. Less than 10. Nine. I read Rittenberg's ESPN blog saying things like "The Big Ten's best offensive backfield and the league's best...

OK, I'm in. Just so we're square. We get to double digits (even if it's with a bowl win), you lose. We go 6-6 and lose our bowl (or 5-7 or worse), you win. Anything 7, 8, or 9 is a wash. Good. From my seat at the Cap One bowl, I'll be thinking of you as we go for win #10.

Oh, one other thing, and then I'm going to do some work. Since I can't leave this afternoon without a little bit of Illinois schmack... The 2009 Illini will have the top receiving corps in the Big Ten, and top-3 in the country. When we line up 4-wide with off-to-the-NFL-next-year Arrelious...

Fun fact that you guys may no know: ThaKid first appeared on the Illinois boards pimping himself as a high school linebacking sophomore. He linked an altered article from a Chicago newspaper listing himself as "the top sophomore in the state" who will garner "multiple high major offers in both...

This year only has 20 - Darryl Lee never signed and is headed to Juco. Average stars in 2009: 3.1 - Average stars in 2008: 3.0 But we're splitting the split hairs at this point. Are we talkin' big large font with orange letters? 'Cause I could go for some of that. If so, deal.

It's a two step process. And we're just starting to get there with step #1. If we can put together, say, 8 bowl games in the next 10 years (pinch me), then I'll start thinking about making that impossible climb to "elite". A few years ago we averaged 39,000 in attendance. I don't care who...

SOLD. Seriously, where do I sign up for "perennial powerhouse among the also-rans"?

So.... you told me that only the '07 and '08 classes were solid and I showed you otherwise? Additionally, do you have any idea what it's like for an Illinois fan to look under the tree on Signing morning and find 7 blue chippers? It's the kid who got Lincoln Logs every. damn. year. and one...

So much to respond to, so little time. So in the interest of brevity, I'll hit everything in this one post: This confuses me. Using Rivals, 2009 had more 4-stars in 2009 than 2008. The main difference I see is 9 less scholarships to give. Add seven or eight more 3-stars to this class, and...

You see tomatoes, I see pasta puttanesca. 7 more 4-stars for the Zooker, and it would have been 9 had Drummond and Tank been anywhere close to qualifying. Through Scarlet and Gray glasses, that's a disappointment. Through orange and blue? Glorious. One more time: Ron Turner 4 and 5-star...