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Illinois fires Lovie Smith / hires Bret Bielema

This seems like a mistake. They went to a bowl last year, they're starting to get 5-star recruits and grad transfers.
Illinois is a tough job. Good luck to the next guy.
Hire him as HC here.
 
Program with very similar profile to ours...4 winning seasons this century versus our 5.

Will be hiring their 6th coach vs our 5th since Y2K.

He finally got them to a Bowl Game last year and you use 2020 as the basis for firing him?

These ADs are delusional.

Going to be interesting to see if Indiana can maintain its recent success under Allen. Michigan, MSU & PSU all clearly down this year; Rutgers on the rise...

Another program with a profile similar to ours. This was their 3rd winning season this century and they clearly have a tougher schedule having to play in the Big Ten East each season.
 
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Thamel's list is just that, his list of who he thinks, not who they're interested in or interviewing, him putting lewis name on his list means nothing
 
It's a real shame some of you on this forum can't handle others with a differing opinion. Pete Thamel's list is about as meaningful a list as yours or mine and thats just a fact. I don't think many AD's are calling up pete asking his opinion on who they should hire.
Why are you so bothered by the list. It’s a sports reporter putting up a list of names to watch. Nothing more then that
 
Why are you so bothered by the list. It’s a sports reporter putting up a list of names to watch. Nothing more then that
Not bothered by the list was simply pointing out it's his list, he's not reporting those are the names Illinois is interested in or talking to, he's not prefacing his tweet by saying IMO or here's what I think, he says some names for as if that's what he's hearing or reporting. What are you petes cousin or something
 
FWIW: We had only offered two Illinois 2021 commits:

Josh Gesky, an OT from Manteno, IL

and Patrick Bryant, a WR from Jacksonville, FL.

Bryant had loads of offers. Gesky only had a couple of P-5 offers.
Seems like we use to do pretty good recruiting Illinois. Maybe we can get back to that
 
Dude you're schtick is already getting old. That's talent. Will you be posting this in every thread of a coach fired?

He's going to post it in the thread someday when Dino Babers gets fired.
 
Guess this year wasn’t an exhibition for the Illinois football program
Maybe their AD is crazy? Or maybe there are other factors.
 

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