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Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!

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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #15 on: October 24, 2023, 05:27:52 PM »
Quote from: Tempo34 on October 24, 2023, 05:14:03 PM
Illinois athletics have been much less aggravating since I’ve taken the “no expectations” approach.

So why that way with Illinois athletics, but not the Bears?
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #16 on: October 24, 2023, 06:04:53 PM »
Quote from: Judge Judy on October 24, 2023, 05:27:52 PM
So why that way with Illinois athletics, but not the Bears?

Dunno.
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"He commented more than once that, 'You know, Hitler did some good things, too,'" Kelly recalled to The Times. Kelly said he would usually quash the conversation by saying "nothing (Hitler) did, you could argue, was good," but that Trump would occasionally bring up the topic again.
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #17 on: October 24, 2023, 06:16:22 PM »
I probably just like the NFL product more than I like college athletics these days.
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #18 on: October 24, 2023, 11:47:14 PM »
Quote from: Custard on October 24, 2023, 03:56:45 PM
Which B1G coaches have the most B1G titles? Beliema’s all came years after Alvarez retired from coaching. Did he benefit from Barry? Of course he did.

Illinois’ lack of success in football has nothing to do with fans accepting mediocrity. It’s literally one of the dumbest sports takes of all time.

When Illinois is bad, fans don’t show up, donors threaten to quit donating and end up ponying up money to buy out bad coaches like Weber, Groce, Lovie, etc. Donors (fans!) have stepped up to pay top 10 salary for the basketball staff and very respectable football salaries relative to our standing.

What Illinois really needs to be successful is giant bags of NIL money, so get aligned with ICON and start donating early and often.

And to Tempo’s point, yes, Illinois revenue athletics over the last few years have been and are in a MUCH better place than the Chicago Bears. Golf, tennis, VB, and now women’s BB are pretty solid, too. If there’s anyone here with low expectations, it’s Tempo.

1. You have old man Tate, the Dean of ECI, always talking shit about how Illinois will never win squat. If he is the Dean, you are accepting mediocrity.

2. You had the reign of Guenther, where the goal was not to win, but to turn a profit and facilities and everything went to further shit. Guenther was the epitome of mediocrity (who would not pay Self). Now we have his minion in charge. He's spending cash on Lovie, Bielema, and Underfuckingachiever, who can't win in the 1st weekend of The Tournament with 2 All Americans (but yay, B1G Championships, golf, tennis, stuff only those who want to overlook the shit Tournament coaching love to focus on!).

3. You have an admin who can't figure out why funding isn't coming in so they turn to fucking China for cash. Well, idiots, maybe a little focus on having winning teams and less on maintaining higher standards than the NCAA requires for athletes (another Self issue) and you will be swimming in more cash and less Asian butthole.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

Wisconsin made sports a focus after being suck ass for many years. It has helped lift them up to where they are now considered an equal academically, and superior in sports and name brand. But hey, the people South of I-80 are satisfied.
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #19 on: October 25, 2023, 07:24:10 AM »
The fact that there is never any active pushback at Illonois by the "fanbase", not going to games or donating is not the active pushback you see at other schools, proves the point.
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #20 on: October 25, 2023, 07:34:19 AM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on October 25, 2023, 07:24:10 AM
The fact that there is never any active pushback at Illonois by the "fanbase", not going to games or donating is not the active pushback you see at other schools, proves the point.
When I posted pre-season that 6-6 would be a good year the inference was that 5-7 or 4-8 was a distinct possibility. The Nebraska home loss probably hurts us the most but if we do beat Indiana and NU we get to 5-7.
If we can sneak into a win at the gofs or xxxx we get to 6-6.
A healthy McCray, Love or Matthew Bailey could have helped but then every team has injuries.

You agreed that 6-6 would be a good year, which I took to mean 5-7 was a distinct possibility.
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #21 on: October 25, 2023, 07:48:56 AM »
Quote from: Mn on October 25, 2023, 07:34:19 AM
When I posted pre-season that 6-6 would be a good year the inference was that 5-7 or 4-8 was a distinct possibility. The Nebraska home loss probably hurts us the most but if we do beat Indiana and NU we get to 5-7.
If we can sneak into a win at the gofs or xxxx we get to 6-6.
A healthy McCray, Love or Matthew Bailey could have helped but then every team has injuries.

You agreed that 6-6 would be a good year, which I took to mean 5-7 was a distinct possibility.

Yes. Because I was being realistic that, despite it being year 3, Bielema does not have his shit together.
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2023, 08:01:31 AM »
It is Year 3, guys.
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #23 on: October 25, 2023, 09:30:03 AM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on October 25, 2023, 07:48:56 AM
Yes. Because I was being realistic that, despite it being year 3, Bielema does not have his shit together.
Nice after thought.  ;D
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #24 on: October 25, 2023, 03:47:03 PM »
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11 point game (and what appeared to be some momentum) with 8 mins left?

It still had the feel of a John Groce false comeback
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #25 on: October 25, 2023, 03:48:41 PM »
Quote from: Miles Leonard on October 25, 2023, 03:47:03 PM
It still had the feel of a John Groce false comeback

Thems were good times.
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #26 on: October 25, 2023, 03:56:07 PM »
Quote from: Miles Leonard on October 25, 2023, 03:47:03 PM
It still had the feel of a John Groce false comeback

Certainly did.

I applaud those who want to have hope, but this year has been a hope snuff film so far. Even if they somehow get to 6-6, Bielema needs to make a lot of changes in how things are done.
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #27 on: October 25, 2023, 04:58:40 PM »
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #28 on: October 25, 2023, 05:55:44 PM »
Quote from: Miles Leonard on October 25, 2023, 04:58:40 PM
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Re: Hey Tempo! The Illini have a bye week! No game 10/27-28!
« Reply #29 on: October 27, 2023, 02:22:51 PM »
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/10/27/23935150/illinois-illini-bret-bielema-josh-whitman-college-football

Is it really so hard to sustain football success at Illinois? Former Illini standouts weigh in


Anyone who has spent more than a little time steeped in Illinois football has been subjected to a drumbeat of doubt.

Interesting article....Plenty of guys who are positive...a couple, not so much....

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One former star needs more convincing.

“I think he’s a good coach,” he said, “but three wins and five losses? And we’re about to get more monsters in our conference [Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA from the Pac-12]. Those dudes can coach, too, and they’ll all be recruiting Chicago and Big Ten country.”

Another former standout player asked, “That eight-win team we had last year, were we really good or was our schedule that good? Anybody who could score points could beat us, and now we’re kind of back to it.”
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