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Illinois has not won a big 10 football or basketball game since March 1, 2017
Posted on 1/15/18 at 9:17 am
Posted on 1/15/18 at 9:17 am
March 1, 2017
Football 12 game streak
Basketball 7 game streak
Michigan state
is the last victory in both sports
Football 12 game streak
Basketball 7 game streak
Michigan state
is the last victory in both sports This post was edited on 1/15/18 at 1:16 pm
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Posted on 1/15/18 at 9:20 am to jb4
It's shocking how bare the talent is there. They are closer to being a mediocre MAC athletic program than they are to competing in the B10.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 9:24 am to 0
How are they so bad? I mean if Northwestern can win 8 or 9 games in football with Fitzgerald and make the NCAA tournament in basketball, you'd think Illinois could at least be competitive.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 9:24 am to 0
I’m going with this has to do with banning the war chant 
that is like FSU banning the tomahawk chop. You went PC and pissed off the spirits
that is like FSU banning the tomahawk chop. You went PC and pissed off the spirits Posted on 1/15/18 at 9:40 am to SCLibertarian
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How are they so bad? I mean if Northwestern can win 8 or 9 games in football with Fitzgerald and make the NCAA tournament in basketball, you'd think Illinois could at least be competitive.
The previous coaching staffs in both sports basically recruited at a MAC level for years. Lovie may be a good coach but he doesn't care enough to recruit, he is just collecting a paycheck at this point.
It really is a shame how shitty the athletics here are. You are two hours away from St Louis, Chicago, and Indy yet you cant find 25 decent recruits a year? Or 5 decent basketball recruits a year? Just awful
This post was edited on 1/15/18 at 9:44 am
Posted on 1/15/18 at 9:43 am to jb4
Zero reason for them to be in such rough shape in hoops. Those teams under Self then what Weber inherited were so awesome
Also Kurt Kittner TYFYS
Also Kurt Kittner TYFYS
Posted on 1/15/18 at 10:19 am to jb4
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Michigan state is the last victory in both sports
probably the most surprising stat
Posted on 1/15/18 at 10:23 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
I feel like if Illinois campus was in Chicago, they would have a totally different identity. Being in Champaign really hurts them in my opinion. 134 miles and 2hrs and 16 mins away from Chicago makes it feel like its in a different world. Its like there is a disconnect with the rest of the in state talent. But having said that, they are still the sleeping giant of the B1G. Too much talent in Chicago to be a doormat. Quite puzzling to be honest.
This post was edited on 1/15/18 at 10:25 am
Posted on 1/15/18 at 10:50 am to ShaneTheLegLechler
GOAThan Davey TYFYS
Posted on 1/15/18 at 11:44 am to jb4
Simeon Rice
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:00 pm to S
Ro threw for 444 in that Sugar Bowl!!!!
#MosesMalone
#MosesMalone
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:09 pm to jb4
Missed Illinois and DePaul being good in hoops. All the Chicago power brokers are in bed with the brand names now.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:38 pm to etm512
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Simeon Rice
Juice Williams?
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:42 pm to S
Herb Tyler
Posted on 1/15/18 at 12:52 pm to Buckeye Backer
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I feel like if Illinois campus was in Chicago, they would have a totally different identity. Being in Champaign really hurts them in my opinion. 134 miles and 2hrs and 16 mins away from Chicago makes it feel like its in a different world. Its like there is a disconnect with the rest of the in state talent.
It is a different world, but Illinois is to blame for not bridging the gap. They were an administrative clown show for a while, particularly during the player abuse scandals and the new AD search. There was also a report on Chicago radio a year or two ago that Shad Khan volunteered any assistance that was needed and he was mostly ignored.
To make things worse for them, Northwestern has lapped them in local marketing. The whole "Chicago's Big Ten Team" thing has been working, and Fitzgerald and Collins have been front and center in the media.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:10 pm to nvasil1
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It is a different world, but Illinois is to blame for not bridging the gap. They were an administrative clown show for a while, particularly during the player abuse scandals and the new AD search. There was also a report on Chicago radio a year or two ago that Shad Khan volunteered any assistance that was needed and he was mostly ignored.
To make things worse for them, Northwestern has lapped them in local marketing. The whole "Chicago's Big Ten Team" thing has been working, and Fitzgerald and Collins have been front and center in the media.
It helps NU that most of the Chicagoland news outlets (and some national ones like ESPN) are full of Medill grads, so any time Purple Power has any breath of life, they get extensive coverage.
You are right that UofI's admin has been the biggest culprit. I am also not sure the current admin or the alumni want to win badly enough. They seem content on being locusts and popping up in huge numbers every fifteen years or so. UofI has also lost any connection with the local schools - when was the last time they got a great Simeon or Whitney Young or Morgan Park or Farragut or even a New Trier kid?
DePaul just made its big move with the arena, and I think that is really going to help them.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:14 pm to jb4
Illinois and Rutgers being as bad in everything as they are is extremely perplexing.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:23 pm to truthbetold
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Illinois and Rutgers being as bad in everything as they are is extremely perplexing.
Add in Cal in football and basketball, UNC in football, and Maryland in football, and you have my five biggest underachievers in college sports.
Also, some of the SEC schools, especially LSU, Alabama, and Georgia, really should be consistently good in basketball. Ditto University of Washington.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:28 pm to AbuTheMonkey
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.
Instead, Penn State, WVU, everyone else comes in there and gets them. Bama lately as well.
Posted on 1/15/18 at 1:58 pm to truthbetold
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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.
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.
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