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Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by aTm » Tue Apr 12, 2011 5:40 pm

2017 Schedule

9/2 Ball State
9/9 Western Kentucky
9/16 @ South Florida
9/29 Nebraska
10/7 @ Iowa
10/14 Rutgers
10/21 @ Minnesota
10/28 Wisconsin
11/4 @ Purdue
11/11 Indiana
11/18 @ Ohio State
11/25 Northwestern

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2019 Akron, @ UConn, Eastern Michigan
2020 Florida Atlantic, UConn, Bowling Green

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Robert Zuppke (1913-41): 131-81-13 (.611)
Ray Eliot (1942-59): 83-73-11 (.530)
Mike White (1980-87): 47-41-3 (.533)
Ron Turner (1997-04): 35-57 (.380)
Ron Zook (2005-11): 34-51 (.400)
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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by Dr. Strangelove » Mon May 16, 2011 8:31 pm

Illinois AD Ron Guenther retiring after 19 years. More lows than highs in football

http://www.bigtennetwork.com/dpp/school ... 30-2011516

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by Jungle Rat » Mon May 16, 2011 11:45 pm

Go away douchebag.

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by Dr. Strangelove » Tue May 17, 2011 9:33 am

Don't you want to read about retirng Illinois AD Ron Guenther? It's the offseason

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by Red Bird » Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:20 pm

Unlike most people, Rat refuses to read while he poops, and that leaves so little time ..

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by Dr. Strangelove » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:48 am

Zook wants more Wrigley Field games. Understandably he wants more exposure in Chicago.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/ncf/story/_/ ... UHeadlines

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by Dr. Strangelove » Wed Oct 19, 2011 6:36 pm

Some belated thoughts on Memorial Stadium...

I love the look of the stadium from the outside. Very, very tall and imposing. Looks like a fort or armory. They didn't build down into the ground very much here.

Inside it's pretty much no-frills, which is fine. It's not run down or anything. However scoreboard improvements would be nice. The jumbotron in the south end zone shows an occasional replay but that's it. I don't once recall scores from other games being reported even once. Not shown on the scoreboard or announced over the PA. There are no banner scoreboards anywhere.

The north end zone is entirely student seating and the band. They are a pretty good student section. Last year some renegade group had "The Chief" come out and lead a cheer at halftime. This year he was absent.

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It would appear the Ron Zook era in Champaign is ending.....

Post by JRB » Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:01 pm

http://www.quickmeme.com/Uninformed-Zoo ... /?upcoming

It's possible Illinois beats Minnesota and wins its bowl game, which would put Zook at 8-5. That might save him for one more year. But when this kind of stuff starts popping up...let's face it, it's over.
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Illinois likely hiring Toledo's Tim Beckman

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"Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope." F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by It's me Karen » Fri Dec 09, 2011 7:25 am

Sorry to hear that...

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Post by Dr. Strangelove » Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:06 am

Defense wins in a sloppy Illini Spring Game

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges ... raged.html

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by Dr. Strangelove » Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:44 am

The NonConference

Youngstown State (8-4)
Western Kentucky (8-4)
@ Washington (9-4)
Texas State (6-6)

Solidly mediocre. Nothing much to say other than they will lose to Washington

Grade: C

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by Dr. Strangelove » Fri Aug 28, 2015 2:48 pm

Wow, Tim Beckman fired just a week before the season. Internal investigation revealed he mistreated injured players and coerced players into not reporting injuries so that they could remain in games.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/co ... story.html

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by dave_rickart » Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:19 am

you stay classy, B1G...
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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by DooKSucks » Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:29 pm

This squad is just terrible. Good grief. I don't think UNC played all that well (left 20+ points on the field...and couldn't tackle worth a shit), but UNC felt in control the entire time.
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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by Dr. Strangelove » Sun Sep 20, 2015 9:56 pm

Should have kept Zook

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Re: Illinois Fighting Illini

Post by dave_rickart » Sat Sep 11, 2021 9:58 pm

i like Bielema overall, but this Illini team is shitacular. Their tackling was soft
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