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Title: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on March 21, 2024, 09:30:33 AM
Opening game against Eastern moved to Thursday 8/29....
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: No one in Mn on April 18, 2024, 12:25:26 PM
He's baaaaaack.

https://fightingillini.com/news/2024/4/18/football-dre-brown-returns-to-illinois-as-director-of-player-personnel.aspx
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ILLove1997 on April 18, 2024, 02:03:19 PM
He's baaaaaack.

https://fightingillini.com/news/2024/4/18/football-dre-brown-returns-to-illinois-as-director-of-player-personnel.aspx

Illini didn't forget about Dre
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: No one in Mn on April 18, 2024, 02:50:51 PM
Illini didn't forget about Dre
Not too shabby having recruiting at Tn and ND on the resume'.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on April 20, 2024, 11:32:18 AM
Spring game today at 1pm. Gonna be on BTN too.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on April 29, 2024, 02:35:33 PM
What the fuck?! This one is gonna sting! Son of a bitch! Hasn’t even played a single season here or anything and already in the transfer portal. College sports are starting to fucking suck…

https://x.com/mrwagner25/status/1785022785909137800?s=46&t=nLWTarDKWNHMqYhTVD-LQQ
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ILLove1997 on April 29, 2024, 02:45:33 PM
What the fuck?! This one is gonna sting! Son of a bitch! Hasn’t even played a single season here or anything and already in the transfer portal. College sports are starting to fucking suck…

https://x.com/mrwagner25/status/1785022785909137800?s=46&t=nLWTarDKWNHMqYhTVD-LQQ

thats strange, did they tell him he needs to redshirt and said nope or what
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on April 29, 2024, 02:59:28 PM
What the fuck?! This one is gonna sting! Son of a bitch! Hasn’t even played a single season here or anything and already in the transfer portal. College sports are starting to fucking suck…

https://x.com/mrwagner25/status/1785022785909137800?s=46&t=nLWTarDKWNHMqYhTVD-LQQ

We did not want him anyways.

Or do we only do that for basketball?
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on April 29, 2024, 03:48:05 PM
He was our best fucking recruit and this fucking sucks. What are you doing Bret?! How the fuck do you let this happen?! You start him if he wants. Quit fucking around!
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on April 29, 2024, 04:19:42 PM
He was our best fucking recruit and this fucking sucks. What are you doing Bret?! How the fuck do you let this happen?! You start him if he wants. Quit fucking around!

The number of guys leaving after the spring game makes me wonder how strong our NIL game is for football....
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: No one in Mn on April 29, 2024, 04:24:22 PM
Somebody do some tampering ?

Freshmen OL don't start. They hit the weights, work on nutrition and try to get some playing time in.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Reacher on April 29, 2024, 04:38:14 PM
Somebody do some tampering ?

Freshmen OL don't start. They hit the weights, work on nutrition and try to get some playing time in.

If they are your top incoming prospect, they probably start.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: No one in Mn on April 29, 2024, 06:32:18 PM
If they are your top incoming prospect, they probably start.
At any other position, except qb, yes. Probably sooner or later.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on April 29, 2024, 06:34:27 PM
It appears AJ Dennis said that he was homesick and that was the factor in entering the transfer portal.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: illiniray on April 29, 2024, 07:37:48 PM
Dennis was not going to play right away.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Reacher on April 29, 2024, 09:33:17 PM
Where is he from?
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on April 29, 2024, 09:41:37 PM
Where is he from?

Michigan. He was originally committed to Michigan State.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: No one in Mn on April 30, 2024, 07:15:03 AM
It appears AJ Dennis said that he was homesick and that was the factor in entering the transfer portal.
The gofs also had a guy enter the portal yesterday after a January commitment.
But he was only a Div II player who got recruited over.
At least that's the story line, instead of 'I'm homesick.'
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on May 02, 2024, 06:41:26 PM
And there you have it. Back to Michigan State he goes…

https://x.com/andrewdennis_08/status/1786170696877461628?s=46&t=nLWTarDKWNHMqYhTVD-LQQ
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: No one in Mn on May 24, 2024, 08:57:55 AM
tBIG10 opener at Nebraska has been moved to Fri night Sept 20.

CB Terrance Brooks, a transfer from Texas, has signed.
Brooks started 13 games last year as a soph after starting 3 as a true freshman.

Last year .....
Limited opponents to a 58.7 passer rating while in coverage according to PFF, ranking 17th in the nation among Power-5 cornerbacks with 500+ snaps
81.3 tackling grade by PFF was 13th-best in the nation among Power-5 cornerbacks with 500+ snaps
Played 559 snaps and committed only three penalties.
https://fightingillini.com/news/2024/5/19/football-terrance-brooks-signs-with-illinois.aspx
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on June 13, 2024, 06:28:59 PM
Missed in all the hoopla surrounding TSJ, Illini got the #1 returning WR in college football to transfer here…

https://x.com/jwerner247/status/1801378660814925864?s=46&t=nLWTarDKWNHMqYhTVD-LQQ

https://x.com/champaign_room/status/1801380870814670931?s=46&t=nLWTarDKWNHMqYhTVD-LQQ
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: illiniray on July 08, 2024, 08:45:42 PM
Another Illinois rule

https://x.com/ALionEye/status/1810422859552227451?t=C6JG_O8NoJS-eKoHa8UC6w&s=19
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on July 08, 2024, 09:18:53 PM
Another Illinois rule

https://x.com/ALionEye/status/1810422859552227451?t=C6JG_O8NoJS-eKoHa8UC6w&s=19
.
How about hit the guy and knock him on his ass on the play instead of fucking whining about fucking rules being broken. Fucking Illini whine more than Democrats about rules and shit. Man up and stop acting like pussies.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on July 08, 2024, 09:20:45 PM
(https://media.tenor.com/AhmqbQcclyEAAAAM/ron-burgundy-escalated-quickly.gif)
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on July 08, 2024, 09:22:45 PM
(https://media.tenor.com/AhmqbQcclyEAAAAM/ron-burgundy-escalated-quickly.gif)

Nichi: When he isn't defending Biden he is defending Illini football.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: illiniray on July 08, 2024, 09:33:48 PM
The rule was changed to remove any ambiguity. How hard is that to follow?

How many Illinois rules are there?
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on July 08, 2024, 09:37:43 PM
The rule was changed. How hard is that to follow?

How many Illinois rules are there?

Boo fucking hoo. They had, what, a 21-7 lead in the 4th quarter that they blew? Don't whine because an Illini coach got outcoached, again.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: illiniray on July 08, 2024, 09:42:28 PM
Boo fucking hoo. They had, what, a 21-7 lead in the 4th quarter that they blew? Don't whine because an Illini coach got outcoached, again.

Wisconsin cheated after the officials stole our
 time out. Neither of those is the point.

The new rule removes any wiggle room. It's pretty clear this is a reaction to the crap Wisconsin pulled.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on July 08, 2024, 09:49:41 PM
Wisconsin cheated after the officials stole our
 time out. Neither of those is the point.

The new rule removes any wiggle room. It's pretty clear this is a reaction to the crap Wisconsin pulled.

Let me know when the NCAA bans Illini opponents from scoring 18 4th quarter points in football and going on 30-0 runs in basketball.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: illiniray on July 08, 2024, 09:57:59 PM
Let me know when the NCAA bans Illini opponents from scoring 18 4th quarter points in football and going on 30-0 runs in basketball.

Maybe when they ban whiney fairweather fans that think they know more than the coaches.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on July 08, 2024, 10:01:31 PM
Maybe when they ban whiney fairweather fans that think they know more than the coaches.

Sitting in Memorial Stadium watching 4th quarter leads get blown and watching  30-0 runs in tournament games is awesome!
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: illiniray on July 08, 2024, 10:20:22 PM
Sitting in Memorial Stadium watching 4th quarter leads get blown and watching  30-0 runs in tournament games is awesome!

Don't you miss Lasagna and Weber ball?

The refs still screwed us out of a TO and Wisconsin cheated. Voila, the NCAA tightens up the rule.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on July 08, 2024, 10:34:40 PM
Don't you miss Lasagna and Weber ball?

The refs still screwed us out of a TO and Wisconsin cheated. Voila, the NCAA tightens up the rule.

Just a different type of ineptitude.

Yay! They changed the rule after the Illini fucked up! Hooray for us.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ILLove1997 on July 08, 2024, 11:47:21 PM
Just a different type of ineptitude.

Yay! They changed the rule after the Illini fucked up! Hooray for us.

Many such cases
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: rouseboilbound on July 26, 2024, 02:13:27 PM
6-6

4-5
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on July 26, 2024, 02:23:11 PM
6-6

4-5

6 wins would be nice. See Custard, I'm lowering my expectations for Illini football
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on July 26, 2024, 02:37:08 PM
I think 6 wins is realistic and depending on matchup in bowl game we could end up 7-6. I thing more like 5-7 is probable…
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Jrock74 on July 26, 2024, 03:34:10 PM
Well EA thinks we are the worst team in the Big Ten. LMAO

That being said our offense is being highly underestimated.  Even with Paddock leaving.  Luke got some good reps last year as a sophomore.  Got to step back and see how it was supposed to be done right.   It could really boost his potential having seen what Paddock was able to see and do where Luke couldn't.   

Our defense is a giant concern.  Our Defensive line is weak.  Linebackers and secondary are okay.  This team might be hard pressed to stop the run.  Last year we couldn't stop anything.  That being said we'll probably have a bottom 5 defense in the conference, but we could very well have a top 5 offense.  Having Franklin and Bryant on the outside and Feagin to the hand the ball off too is going to be a very nice luxury.  Just need Feagin to stay healthy.  Our offensive line is no joke and never will be again as long as Bret stays here.

6-6 sounds about right.  Probably 3-3 going into Michigan contest.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on July 26, 2024, 05:01:03 PM
I think we win 4
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on July 26, 2024, 07:37:24 PM
Sounds like everyone is confident we are Rouse Boil bound!
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ridingthegrange on July 26, 2024, 07:58:50 PM
I'm thinking one of Bret's decent Badger teams.
7 wins. 
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on July 26, 2024, 11:19:17 PM
Schedule is brutal and we lost a ton. Didn’t set the world on fire in any way in the offseason. I kinda feel like the final nail in the Illini football coffin came when we added the four PAC schools.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on August 07, 2024, 07:15:02 PM
The Illinois uniforms for the Rededication Game look like Spiderman costumes.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ILLove1997 on August 07, 2024, 07:45:15 PM
The Illinois uniforms for the Rededication Game look like Spiderman costumes.

Link?
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on August 07, 2024, 10:01:41 PM
The Illinois uniforms for the Rededication Game look like Spiderman costumes.

I think they look pretty badass!

(https://i.ibb.co/r3Mg6Cx/IMG-4116.jpg) (https://ibb.co/xYGyjp1)
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ILLove1997 on August 08, 2024, 12:19:12 AM
Yeah old leather lookin, i dig it
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ridingthegrange on August 08, 2024, 05:53:30 PM
Yeah old leather lookin, i dig it

Agree.  I may need to look for a new "old" avatar. 
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ILLove1997 on August 09, 2024, 02:07:10 AM
Agree.  I may need to look for a new "old" avatar.

Looks good to me 👍
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ridingthegrange on August 09, 2024, 03:18:22 PM
Tommy Cutlets rides again!  The legend grows as he replaces an injured Drew Lock and takes the NYG to a pre-season win with the only two scoring drives in the game.  Gotta love it!
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on August 10, 2024, 11:53:03 PM
Knowing the Illini we will lose a star player to an eye getting put out, at least the SEAL training made some kind of baseline sense.

https://x.com/IlliniFootball/status/1822319193145880699
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: murphstahoe on August 24, 2024, 11:02:05 AM
Schedule is brutal and we lost a ton. Didn’t set the world on fire in any way in the offseason. I kinda feel like the final nail in the Illini football coffin came when we added the four PAC schools.

Speaking of, I'm going to the game in Eugene. That ought to be a nice beatdown. At least there is good beer up there.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on August 24, 2024, 11:06:22 AM
Hopefully we hold them under 35 by half
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: murphstahoe on August 24, 2024, 11:10:52 AM
Hopefully we hold them under 35 by half

It's a four day weekend for those of us who are not anti-semites like Tempo
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on August 24, 2024, 11:46:07 AM
(https://y.yarn.co/e390b234-22b4-4a18-a6e9-5de6232c5ee4_text.gif)
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: ThePAMan on August 24, 2024, 12:51:12 PM
It's a four day weekend for those of us who are not anti-semites like Tempo

Murph just ran Tempo over with his Schwinn.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Reacher on August 24, 2024, 02:35:14 PM
Anyone who doesn’t praise Israel for everything they do is an “anti-Semite.”
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on August 24, 2024, 03:43:17 PM
Anyone who doesn’t praise Israel for everything they do is an “anti-Semite.”

Tell us about your take on women and minorities…

Custard bangs women and you take issue. Somehow he’s a misogynistic pig! Uh oh, I want the border closed and to have voter ID. Somehow I’m racist! Come on, quit being a dick.

Others can play your game too…
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on August 24, 2024, 04:07:04 PM
🙋🏻‍♂️
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Reacher on August 24, 2024, 04:30:03 PM
Tell us about your take on women and minorities…

Custard bangs women and you take issue. Somehow he’s a misogynistic pig! Uh oh, I want the border closed and to have voter ID. Somehow I’m racist! Come on, quit being a dick.

Others can play your game too…

Wut. At no point did that rambling incoherent thought make sense.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Reacher on August 24, 2024, 04:30:54 PM
What does being a perv on the internet have to do with Israel?
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Reacher on August 24, 2024, 04:31:46 PM
What do you mean by “closed?”
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Reacher on August 24, 2024, 04:33:31 PM
I’ve never taken issue with Custard’s sex life. You have me confused with someone else.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: illiniray on August 24, 2024, 04:40:10 PM
What do you mean by “closed?”

The idiots think it is currently open.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: murphstahoe on August 24, 2024, 06:03:09 PM
What do you mean by “closed?”

that's the sign that's actually on the women who Custard goes out with, despite his protestations otherwise
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on August 24, 2024, 10:47:39 PM
that's the sign that's actually on the women who Custard goes out with, despite his protestations otherwise

Timing for this was perfect, I got a standing beej not half an hour ago.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on August 24, 2024, 11:08:46 PM
Timing for this was perfect, I got a standing beej not half an hour ago.

I’m getting one right now (standing beej) as I’m typing this.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on August 24, 2024, 11:09:45 PM
Love your ability to multitask. I was pretty locked in
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on August 24, 2024, 11:14:30 PM
Love your ability to multitask. I was pretty locked in

It’s just starting. She broke her foot and I brought her a few Oxy’s and a polar pop in exchange for one 😂
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on August 24, 2024, 11:19:54 PM
Nice! When did you move to Appalachia?

If still in Mattoon, any cows on the loose in your area today?
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on August 24, 2024, 11:23:42 PM
Nice! When did you move to Appalachia?

If still in Mattoon, any cows on the loose in your area today?

😂 we’re a civilized people! I’m no JD Vance!
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Custard on August 25, 2024, 12:04:53 AM
I saw something about a cattle hauler wrecking between tuscola and arcola and a bunch of cattle were unaccounted for
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on August 25, 2024, 12:08:48 AM
I saw something about a cattle hauler wrecking between tuscola and arcola and a bunch of cattle were unaccounted for

Yeah I saw that the other day too.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Reacher on August 25, 2024, 06:46:01 AM
It’s just starting. She broke her foot and I brought her a few Oxy’s and a polar pop in exchange for one 😂

That’s the most Southern Illinois thing I’ve heard all year.
Title: Re: 2024 Illini
Post by: Judge Judy on August 25, 2024, 09:08:17 AM
That’s the most Southern Illinois thing I’ve heard all year.

Glad I could brighten your morning 😂