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Illinois Fighting Illini (you'll see)

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Illiniman39, thakid:

Re: Does Illinois go to the BCS Playoff by 2020?
Yesterday at 9:40 AM
Rated your post 2 stars by mistake my bad...I think yes. I think it will happen before then. I say by 2018 at the latest. They will go to a bowl this year (I think major bowl) and they will have an absolutely ridiculous recruiting class. They will then have another for the 2018 class led by Houston Griffith and others. So I say 2018 at the latest but 2017 wouldn't surprise me as I think they're really going to run it up on the recruiting trail. Heck, I am not counting out this season as I already thought it would be special.
With the coaching upgrades here anything is possible. People are sleep on this year's talent. But a lot is leaving so they need those players. They will definitely get them. Its amazing that this is a question people (Besides myself) are now starting to legitimately ask.
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BuckeyeNation27 said:
Wait. ThaKid thinks that this upcoming recruiting class is going to be special?
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No, he thinks the 2016 season is going to be special.

On the field.

Mostly because people are sleeping on the kind of talent they have been amassing.

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NFBuck said:
You must not have been around to experience how insufferable they were in 2008. Fuck them. I hope Lovie fails miserably. I can guarantee they are not gonna receive the return they're expecting with the lather they're already working themselves into.
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Oh, I was around. I have no particular affinity for Illinois, but they are part of the B1G, and when we beat them, I'd like for the CFBPC to assess it with more than "they did or should have beaten them by 3 scores" or "they should have beaten them worse". There's 4 playoff spots, and OSU is going to be always competing with other conferences for those spots. if a win over Illinois means something, that's good for Ohio State. If it's worth little, or if a close win is like a loss, that's bad. At some point, we have to adjust our thinking to the realities of what the end game is. That's all I have in mind. Otherwise, meteorites can hit AA, Happy Valley, et.al.
 
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colobuck79 said:
Illiniman39, thakid:

Re: Does Illinois go to the BCS Playoff by 2020?
Yesterday at 9:40 AM
Rated your post 2 stars by mistake my bad...I think yes. I think it will happen before then. I say by 2018 at the latest. They will go to a bowl this year (I think major bowl) and they will have an absolutely ridiculous recruiting class. They will then have another for the 2018 class led by Houston Griffith and others. So I say 2018 at the latest but 2017 wouldn't surprise me as I think they're really going to run it up on the recruiting trail. Heck, I am not counting out this season as I already thought it would be special.
With the coaching upgrades here anything is possible. People are sleep on this year's talent. But a lot is leaving so they need those players. They will definitely get them. Its amazing that this is a question people (Besides myself) are now starting to legitimately ask.
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Bolded #1: Major accomplishment, risky assumption. Definitely the first step towards making the final four by *holding back laughter* "2018 by the latest" *struggling* so you should hope so, great masters of the gridiron.
Bolded #2: Their recruiting classes are always ridiculous...(probably different definitions)
Bolded #3: Special, indeed...(probably different definitions)
Bolded #4: Astounding, confusing, mind-blowing
 
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More from our guy Illiniman39:

Everybody talks about the West. I think they can dominate the East and the rest of CFB too. Like Lovie said there isn't one single team they're going after. They will win no matter who it is. They aren't playing out here.
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That's the thing though...people keep saying the Illini aren't a better team than all these teams. Who is to say? Last time I checked the season hasn't started. They returm arguably the best skill position AND some of the best defensive players in the entire B10. They have solid depth everywhere (Fingers crossed) and some nice young talent. People keep downplaying the Illini but like I keep saying I think THIS season will be special. That was before this avalanche of NFL coaching fell on the Illini. We will see but I'm not going to be surprised to see them do big things this year.
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This staff as it is being put together is definitely one of the elite staffs in the country. Depending on who they close out with you just might not find a better staff anywhere.
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The staff so far is excellent. Not a bad move yet. Spencer would have been even more ridiculousness added to this. Maybe he will still come? Who knows but what I do know is there isn't a shortage of great coaches who want to be on this staff. Its crazy that they're going to have to turn down NFL coaches, etc. Who would've thought (Besides me obviously)?
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