re: Illinois has not won a big 10 football or basketball game since March 1, 2017

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Yep. Maryland football I'll never understand. You should be able to lock down the DMV and Baltimore, and that's all you need. Hell you can get 7 or 8 a year just from Dematha and Good Counsel.

Instead, Penn State, WVU, everyone else comes in there and gets them. Bama lately as well.

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Yea, Maryland and UNC have always baffled me. At least Illinois has some real football history. Unlike Rutgers, Maryland has been in a top flight conference for virtually its entire history and not only is itself a great producer of high school footballers, it is near other states with a whole hell of a lot of talent (VA, NJ, PA).

I just did a quick glance at current New Jersey products in college football - Minkah Fitzpatrick, Quenton Nelson, Rashan Gary, Kareem Walker, Mike Gesicki, Brandon Wimbush, Jordan Fuller, etc., etc. That would be a very good team if anyone ever figured out how to crack that nut at Rutgers. Just the Catholic schools alone (Paramus Catholic, St. Peters, Bergen Catholic, and Don Bosco, St. John Vianney) could probably produce a very good college football team.