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Congrats to Lovie Smith!!

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Breal31

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Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« on: December 08, 2020, 02:43:36 PM »
I know we had such huge fans of Lovie here, so I wanted to make sure he is recognized for this extraordinary feat!

Lovie Smith is the first Illinois football coach to oversee 5 consecutive losing seasons in the entire 129 year history of Illini football!

Yes, you read that right



Congrats Lovie!
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2020, 03:32:08 PM »
Quote from: Breal31 on December 08, 2020, 02:43:36 PM
I know we had such huge fans of Lovie here, so I wanted to make sure he is recognized for this extraordinary feat!

Lovie Smith is the first Illinois football coach to oversee 5 consecutive losing seasons in the entire 129 year history of Illini football!

Yes, you read that right



Congrats Lovie!

hard to believe
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2020, 03:44:07 PM »
Quote from: sharethejuice on December 08, 2020, 03:32:08 PM
hard to believe

Agreed. With all the shitty coaches and seasons we’ve had that’s an all-time low for us. Yeah he needs to go.
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2020, 04:06:27 PM »
I dont know what went wrong today, but we'll look at the tape. We played a lot of young guys and we'll clean things up. We'll play better next week.
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2020, 04:25:04 PM »
He could still theoretically finish .500 can’t he?
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2020, 04:26:08 PM »
Quote from: Mn on December 08, 2020, 04:06:27 PM
I dont know what went wrong today, but we'll look at the tape. We played a lot of young guys and we'll clean things up. We'll play better next week.

Brandon Robinson Isaiah Coran Brandon is our quarterback.
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2020, 05:52:35 PM »
Quote from: Custard on December 08, 2020, 04:25:04 PM
He could still theoretically finish .500 can’t he?

yes? i think
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2020, 02:44:24 PM »
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2020, 03:34:43 PM »
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2020, 10:42:16 AM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on December 09, 2020, 03:34:43 PM
When the Illini romp over NU who will look like the moron for wasting their time at this thing, huh?


The romp over Northwestern will happen on December 19, 2020, in Indianapolis.
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Re: Congrats to Lovie Smith!!
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2020, 11:15:23 AM »
   
Quote from: Breal31 on December 08, 2020, 02:43:36 PM
I know we had such huge fans of Lovie here, so I wanted to make sure he is recognized for this extraordinary feat!

Lovie Smith is the first Illinois football coach to oversee 5 consecutive losing seasons in the entire 129 year history of Illini football!

Yes, you read that right



Congrats Lovie!

I get your point (sh*tty football is sh*tty football), but I'm going to asterisk this one.

If the 1937 Illinois team (3-3-2) had been eligible for a bowl game, Coach Zuppke might also have finished his career at the UofI  with 5 consecutive losing seasons. His teams finished with losing records from 1938-1941 (3-5, 3-4-1, 1-7, 2-6 respectively). Under Coach Smith, the Illini finished 6-7 in 2019 after losing 35-20 to Cal in the Redbox Bowl, very conveniently played -- for the Bears -- in Santa Clara, CA.

Also, back when Zuppke was coaching, a tie was a possible outcome, so it was much easier to avoid losing a game. Teams tended to play for a tie rather than risk losing a game. During the 1937 season, Illinois played DePaul & Notre Dame on consecutive weekends, with both games ending in a 0-0 snooze fest. A tie hasn't been an option in college football since the 1995 season.

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