Yep. It's not like it's a secret who the QB's have been at Illinois and how the transfer market served them well several times. It's not like Lovie has ever paid attention to the offense. The OC's were the ones who did the QB recruiting overall.
He doesn't.
The Fickell rumors aren't true. Just some garbage that got spun up on Illinois Loyalty or the 247 boards. No real reach out. Fickell is waiting for WAY bigger opps than Illinois.
I think he can. Midwest guy, I think he gets it. Illinois has some great in-state talent now. Just have to keep those kids home.
Obviously went fishing briefly, but definitely had a certain coach ready to come. Team Meeting Sunday at 1p. .1% chance it isn't LL.
Wrong.
You have to swing and miss. If you aren't ever hearing "no", you aren't aiming high enough.
He does. And if Ianello comes with, he has solid connections to Illinois HS coaches, too.
Why do you think he can't?
Well, That speaks even more highly to his coaching ability then I guess. I don’t expect him to start pulling kids down to Champaign that are otherwise going to Notre Dame or Ohio State but if he can get the kids that were otherwise going to go to Minnesota or Iowa it certainly will be a step in the right direction.
No, it's 100% right. You're acting like I didn't talk to people at Illinois about this. There was a zero percent chance Fickell would come here. There were zero conversations with Fickell, or even his reps, about him taking the job. Whitman took the temperature of engaging and was told not to even bother. That somehow turned into the silliness you saw on MB's.
