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What are your expectations for the football program?

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frankiew

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What are your expectations for the football program?

« on: June 07, 2020, 08:46:04 AM »

I expect to us at least make a bowl game every 4 out of 5 years on average

No reason why we can't be a consistent 7-5 team with a 8-4 thrown in every now and then and even a surprise 9-3

I could see a down year being a 5-7 due to being young

I just see no reason why we can't go into BIG TEN play 3-0 or 2-1 every year

Last year we should have gone in 3-0 but that damn loss to eastern Michigan.

There's no reason why we can't be a KANSAS ST type program, from what they have had the last 8 seasons. Theu can't compete in the upper echelon of the BIG 12 with Oklahoma and Texas but year in year out they win 6-8 games, with a random 9 wins and finish mid pack of the BIG 12

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Custard

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2020, 10:58:12 AM »

I believe this is what most fans ever wanted for Illinois football

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2020, 03:15:39 PM »

This year? Based on no non-con games? 0-10....unless Rutgers gets added to the schedule....then 1-9.

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Chickengeorge

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2020, 04:32:12 PM »

Quote from: ThePAMan on July 09, 2020, 03:15:39 PM

This year? Based on no non-con games? 0-10....unless Rutgers gets added to the schedule....then 1-9.

This

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Somewhere in Mn

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2020, 04:39:06 PM »

At Rutgers to open the season.
No bowl game.
0-9.

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Miles Leonard

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2020, 06:04:29 PM »

Not looking promising for Lovie’s boys

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ILLove1997

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2020, 10:47:10 PM »

so whats bowl eligibility going to be like?

https://bigten.org/news/2020/7/9/big-ten-statement-on-2020-21-fall-season.aspx

asking for friends of other schools, obviously

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frankiew

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #7 on: July 10, 2020, 08:00:34 AM »

I say 2-8

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Custard

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2020, 10:22:44 AM »

I’ll be shocked if they actually have Big Ten football.

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illinicalvin

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2020, 10:57:18 AM »

If they actually have a season, I see us picking off 2 teams at home and getting sandblasted in most of the away games.

HOWEVER, Covid-19 is a huge variable. The wrong 5 players test positive and suddenly a mid-D1 defense has been brought down to our level.

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illiniray

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2020, 02:24:29 PM »

There are too many variables to have expectations. Even if there is a season, participation by players will be optional. If this were a normal season; I would expect some improvement over last season.

« Last Edit: July 11, 2020, 05:22:58 PM by illiniray »

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Somewhere in Mn

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2020, 08:56:24 AM »

Cleveland.com preseason poll. Dead last in the West, but we did get more votes than Rutgers got in the East.

• Illinois, a bowl team last season, was the only team in the West not to receive higher than a fourth-place vote. However, that was a step up after receiving every last place vote in each of the last two preseason polls.

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Chickengeorge

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Re: What are your expectations for the football program?

« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2020, 05:11:55 PM »

Quote from: Mn on August 01, 2020, 08:56:24 AM

Cleveland.com preseason poll. Dead last in the West, but we did get more votes than Rutgers got in the East.

• Illinois, a bowl team last season, was the only team in the West not to receive higher than a fourth-place vote. However, that was a step up after receiving every last place vote in each of the last two preseason polls.

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