Brutal to be stuck pre-Whitman Illinois. He had his finger on the pulse of this before it started*
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Rocco Becht visiting Penn State in coming days and presumably will land there with Matt Campbell.
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You hear me talking, hillbilly boy?
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 College football portal thread - the portal is now officially open - OB25 January 1, 2026, 23:04:34
- my buddy in Columbus says rumor is that Bo Jackson is unhappy with his current deal - Gene Parmesan Today, 9:09:11
- Demond Williams returning? - assassin Yesterday, 18:37:53
- WR Alex Capka Jones portaling * - biclops Yesterday, 17:55:24
- Angelo McCollum in the portal* - snipes824 Yesterday, 14:15:26
- like Tomi D, annoying because projected starter - jayd Yesterday, 20:10:15
- hosting a UNT EDGE tomorrow - assassin Yesterday, 18:58:46
- Do we even have a defensive line at this point?* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 14:34:52
- Likely starter, so my guess is someone came with a big offer. Otherwise I don’t get it* - UofIL6 Yesterday, 14:29:05
- That sucks* - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 14:24:28
- Oh man I hate that. He was "my guy." He's going to be a stud wherever he goes* - illini21 Yesterday, 14:24:24
- Damn what is going on on the d-line. This must be a surprise given that it’s happening late.* - OB25 Yesterday, 14:23:10
- Didn't see that coming* - uofi1998 Yesterday, 14:16:47
- Fla's DJ Lagway to Baylor* - assassin Yesterday, 12:28:33
- Demond Williams' agent cuts ties - jdl Yesterday, 12:22:47
- WR from FIU Alex Perry signed with Illini - DanSaint Yesterday, 10:26:14
- got a edge rusher from Utah State - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 10:00:00
- Jojo Hayden to Purdue * - biclops January 7, 2026, 18:22:24
- Per Warner we got Ty Robinson - WR from Ball State.* - Warrin'_Illini January 7, 2026, 17:02:30
- I don’t understand what roughy is getting at here. - OB25 January 7, 2026, 14:35:13
- Have all schools signed the College Sports Commission agreement? - EffinIllini January 7, 2026, 16:34:38
- ooo - jdl January 7, 2026, 16:37:00
- Will read. - EffinIllini January 7, 2026, 16:41:51
- chicken curry*
 - ijustkrushalot January 7, 2026, 16:18:25
- I mean, Mark Cuban can dump money into IU football NIL *AND* not break the system - ijustkrushalot January 7, 2026, 16:17:51
- Under the House Settlement rules, which were not in effect for last season IIRC, this is not - ATL January 7, 2026, 15:09:46
- Dylan Lord entering portal as well. Illinois State Freshman WR* - DanSaint January 7, 2026, 13:01:05
- Good read on how some of these new deals work - jdl January 7, 2026, 11:28:45
- Interesting take on American youth sports culture - Sounder January 7, 2026, 10:54:15
- Ty Simpson declares for the draft. Taking advantage of a weak QB class, I guess* - Carl Spackler January 7, 2026, 10:44:58
- Malachi Hood to West Virginia* - LovetheChief January 7, 2026, 9:42:43
- Michigan targeting four-star QB committed to Big Ten school - EffinIllini January 7, 2026, 8:55:31
- Samoan kid from Utah ending up at Illinois - illiniranger January 7, 2026, 10:31:50
- That one hurts... it wouldn't get this public if it wasn't really far along. - uofi1998 January 7, 2026, 10:12:14
- Sucks, but it has felt likely it would end this way eventually - whether Michigan or someone else* - OB25 January 7, 2026, 9:31:02
- Didn’t really think that one would ever stick anyway. * - illini21 January 7, 2026, 9:27:51
- He gawn. 90/10 rule * - meanjeans January 7, 2026, 9:17:12
- Meh. - ijustkrushalot January 7, 2026, 9:02:50
- Fuck you Larry Ellison* - ATL January 7, 2026, 8:58:49
- We got a long snapper from Arkansas* - OB25 January 6, 2026, 23:27:44
- how much do you think we paid to get Houser? between $2-3M?* - ECEIllinois January 6, 2026, 20:15:25
- Washington QB Demond Williams to the portal. Huge loss for them* - UIHuskie January 6, 2026, 20:10:56
- I hope Washington tries to enforce the contract. There must be some rules. And I'm willing to draw - LovetheChief January 7, 2026, 6:49:35
- Sounds like Leavitt is gonna pick Tennessee so LSU dropped a huge bag for Williams.* - OB25 January 6, 2026, 21:40:57
- rumor is Washington is enforcing the deal he signed last week - DanSaint January 6, 2026, 20:58:03
- Pulling a Morez? - jdl January 6, 2026, 20:18:30
- wow. He’s gotta be getting a bag* - biclops January 6, 2026, 20:12:10
- MSU QB Chiles to NW * - jdl January 6, 2026, 20:08:03
- Brendan Sorsby is getting 6 million dollars from Texas Tech. Wow* - illini21 January 6, 2026, 19:41:46
- Nebraska now has UNLV’s former QB Anthony Colandrea* - biclops January 6, 2026, 18:10:18
- I still had hope that Indiana was just a two year fling but they clearly aren’t - illini21 January 6, 2026, 13:59:44
- I don't like that it's Indiana, but I kind of love it* - gvibes January 6, 2026, 14:41:10
- Have we had IU boss’s take on this?* - AintHatin January 6, 2026, 14:37:52
- I will always hate Indiana, but I don't hate seeing a new program emerge... - uofi1998 January 6, 2026, 14:24:04
- as long as Curt Cignetti never experiences a moment of happiness, I'm good - Sammich January 6, 2026, 14:07:24
- I think beating Ohio State and then destroying Alabama changed everything. - OB25 January 6, 2026, 14:02:58
- Numbers update from BB - jdl January 6, 2026, 13:33:09
- TE Cole Rusk to Arizona* - Poldark January 6, 2026, 12:44:30
- Bert said only one player in the portal was not expected. - OB25 January 6, 2026, 12:34:27
- The coaching staff is totally cutting off the insiders with some of these recruitments. - OB25 January 5, 2026, 20:32:21
- Renfro was* - JacobRDaugherty January 5, 2026, 20:33:26
- Doug was* - General Engineer January 5, 2026, 21:18:50
- Kentucky flipping Minchey from UNL * - jdl January 5, 2026, 20:07:31
- FAU wide receiver Jayshon Platt to Illinois * - jdl January 5, 2026, 18:19:35
- Colorado State OL Christian Martin to Illinois* - Poldark January 5, 2026, 18:13:59
- Let me throw this out there. BB is what Cignetti would have been if he came to IU… - LeatherneckIllini January 5, 2026, 17:54:01
- Bailey's back - Jersey January 5, 2026, 17:32:28
- Matthew Bailey back. That's nice* - UofIL6 January 5, 2026, 17:32:25
- now do X * - ijustkrushalot January 5, 2026, 17:42:03
- Jake Renfro signed - DanSaint January 5, 2026, 17:02:23
- Ethan Hampton gone... Carson Boyd, backup QB? * - ijustkrushalot January 5, 2026, 16:10:16
- so as of 4pm, I've got us at 23 guys in the portal - ijustkrushalot January 5, 2026, 16:03:15
- We got a center from Wisconsin. - opossum jenkins January 5, 2026, 15:57:00
- Interesting one, has only had one real season of actually playing since 2021. - OB25 January 5, 2026, 16:54:18
- Hmm... goes with Fickell from Cincy to Wisconsin... now to Illinois. - uofi1998 January 5, 2026, 16:33:51
- Immediate upgrade* - Mrap24 January 5, 2026, 16:29:15
- nm.* - ijustkrushalot January 5, 2026, 16:02:48
- Hopefully he is healthy (and eligible)* - UofIL6 January 5, 2026, 16:00:51
- that seems very good* - John Coctostan January 5, 2026, 16:00:39
- Juice Clarke to stay at Illinois. - opossum jenkins January 5, 2026, 15:07:27
- What are the chances we have guys committed that haven’t announced?* - opossum jenkins January 5, 2026, 14:21:06
- Olana to aTm is officially official * - jdl January 5, 2026, 12:48:41
- Saboor Karriem portaling* - OWWDig January 5, 2026, 12:34:13
- Caleb Patterson to K-State* - KCWildcat January 5, 2026, 11:30:23
- Fire Bert, can’t let this one get away - OB25 January 5, 2026, 9:11:33
- I'm not even sure what the draw is for me anymore for college sports - Chilango January 5, 2026, 7:51:25
- I understand why people feel this way but it really hasn’t hit me in the same way. - OB25 January 5, 2026, 9:18:16
- Probably because we're in the best place we've ever been - jdl January 5, 2026, 11:32:53
- as I said below, I'd like to see contracts become multi-year - ijustkrushalot January 5, 2026, 9:43:27
- Yes, paying players is fine, free movement is fine, but the two together with no limits - larue33 January 5, 2026, 10:22:23
- Agreed. I've been thinking about it a lot, and I'm not sure exactly the right answer... - tvillini January 5, 2026, 12:29:45
- The house settlement just did that. The upcoming freshman just signed their NIL - JacobRDaugherty January 5, 2026, 12:01:49
- Yep... portal, fine. Money, fine. Combined with no guardrails, not fine* - uofi1998 January 5, 2026, 11:37:44
- Yeah if I was a fan of a mid major I would feel differently, it’s brutal for them.* - OB25 January 5, 2026, 9:53:40
- I dunno, we're pretty good, the football team is basically what we spent 20 years saying we wanted - ijustkrushalot January 5, 2026, 9:13:34
- The brand and the coach is all that is left. Glad we've got Bert and Brad. I like them. It would be - LovetheChief January 5, 2026, 8:25:18
- “Always has been” astronaut meme.* - Carl Spackler January 5, 2026, 7:58:09
- Sorsby to Texas Tech* - AintHatin January 4, 2026, 21:42:48
- This is so fucking stupid and I hate it.* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes January 4, 2026, 21:00:31
- It went from suck to blow* - uofi1998 January 5, 2026, 5:58:12
- Yeah, I don’t care for it much either.* - opossum jenkins January 5, 2026, 5:11:43
- IU killing it in the portal? You and me, brother.* - Toonces January 5, 2026, 4:05:12
- 1/3 of CFB players in the portal definitely seems unsustainable* - Blazer January 4, 2026, 21:05:33
- Need a handle on amount of times one can transfer. The every year thing isn’t feasible. * - assassin January 4, 2026, 21:04:54
- Tomiwa Durojaiye to the portal. We need like an entire DL* - UIHuskie January 4, 2026, 20:01:36
- Yikes, so Tomi, Neal, Coenen, Warren all to the portal. Nearly the whole DL* - UofIL6 January 4, 2026, 20:51:43
- so far he’s been on teams in the SEC, B12, ACC, and B1G.* - biclops January 4, 2026, 20:17:43
- Wow* - snipes824 January 4, 2026, 20:09:16
- I don’t like that * - biclops January 4, 2026, 20:05:46
- That one seems bad, but maybe we have an upgrade in mind like we did with Coenen* - OB25 January 4, 2026, 20:03:36
- sheesh * - jdl January 4, 2026, 20:02:05
- Looks like we got the ecu qb * - uofi1998 January 4, 2026, 19:33:10
- Harvard QB to TCU* - OB25 January 4, 2026, 19:22:46
- nm* - bbonb January 4, 2026, 17:58:10
- nm* - DocWalk20 January 4, 2026, 17:01:38
- nm* - ECEIllinois January 4, 2026, 16:29:44
- TCU QB Josh Hoover to Indiana. So that’s annoying * - biclops January 4, 2026, 16:10:38
- They've got a top QB, WR, and DL today. Must have a ton of $$ to throw around* - UofIL6 January 4, 2026, 16:19:53
- You guys understand the sort of GLP-1 money Lilly is pumping into that program, right?* - opossum jenkins January 4, 2026, 19:52:09
- I've heard they are top 5 in NIL budget/spending nationally* - WhitmansFolly January 4, 2026, 17:41:34
- That, or they have comparable money and unreal results the last two years - tvillini January 4, 2026, 17:15:59
- And now a top RB: Turbo Richard from BC* - biclops January 4, 2026, 16:44:41
- Lots of our billionaire grads have no interest, are crazy or give to Michigan* - illini222 January 4, 2026, 16:24:01
- Rocco Becht to PSU official* - illini21 January 4, 2026, 15:19:00
- IU gets former MSU WR Nick Marsh. Still odd getting used to them paying for blue blood talent - UofIL6 January 4, 2026, 13:50:42
- Jojo Hayden visiting Purdue, Arizona State, and Kansas State - snipes824 January 4, 2026, 12:20:21
- Assuming QB is done, we need a nose/0 tech type—and badly* - opossum jenkins January 4, 2026, 11:53:57
- Penn DL Carter Janki signs - UIHuskie January 4, 2026, 11:37:34
- Hell yeah* - opossum jenkins January 4, 2026, 11:44:29
- Another SEC bashing article with an Illini hero photo - ATL January 4, 2026, 10:36:55
- One obscure kid on our roster I never want to see in the portal is Andre Lovett - opossum jenkins January 4, 2026, 10:33:49
- Crystal ball for East Carolina quarterback * - Poldark January 4, 2026, 10:08:14
- Eli Coenen in the portal* - Mrap24 January 4, 2026, 10:06:37
- Safety Lavon Williams commits - snipes824 January 4, 2026, 9:19:05
- Alabama is Illinois now. - Poldark January 4, 2026, 9:05:38
- Kentucky's QB to Arizona State, Arkansas State's to Iowa State - assassin January 3, 2026, 21:46:20
- IL Crystal Ball picks coming in for a Western Carolina DB (Hasaan Sykes)* - OB25 January 3, 2026, 21:30:13
- "in contact with" a scUM DB - jdl January 3, 2026, 15:20:16
- No rebuild. Only reloads. So happy we have Bret, Brad, and Josh leading us during this era* - Phytynlini January 3, 2026, 15:17:47
- This is bonkers. 4500 in the portal. We’ve got like 6 guys on visit now or imminently* - opossum jenkins January 3, 2026, 15:13:30
- Tysean Griffin enters the portal * - jdl January 3, 2026, 13:25:16
- looks like we're interested in East Carolina QB Katin Houser* - ECEIllinois January 3, 2026, 11:36:03
- Looks solid…but only 1 year of eligibility * - OWWDig January 3, 2026, 17:17:51
- They see us bowlin, they Katin * - meanjeans January 3, 2026, 15:17:41
- He appears to be our #1 target and will be a battle between us and Arkansas* - OB25 January 3, 2026, 13:20:36
- That would be a good add, imo - snipes824 January 3, 2026, 13:20:22
- Grandson of Barry Houser. - osklister January 3, 2026, 11:38:38
- Well, outta South Alabama comes a country safety, said he's looking for a guy named Bertie-Bert.... - osklister January 3, 2026, 11:35:59
- Northwestern hiring Jerry Neuheisel (Ken doll from UCLA) as QB coach - biclops January 3, 2026, 10:20:36
- Curt Neal portaling - biclops January 2, 2026, 18:03:58
- Austin Simmons is now in the portal* - bjl63 January 2, 2026, 18:01:06
- Olano visiting Texas A&M, so all the smoke was in fact correct* - OB25 January 2, 2026, 16:32:40
- oof Koi Perich (Minnesota) entering the portal* - ECEIllinois January 2, 2026, 16:31:15
- Early indications are that we’re shopping pretty heavily in the FCS aisle - OB25 January 2, 2026, 14:38:19
- Wonder if some of the ISU players would be worth a gamble? - DanSaint January 2, 2026, 15:53:32
- The Cignetti effect * - jdl January 2, 2026, 15:30:31
- at the risk of aping ranger - Sammich January 2, 2026, 15:25:39
- Smart, we need 2-3 million for a QB * - MC January 2, 2026, 14:50:16
- I think that's the right play for most of your portal shopping * - ijustkrushalot January 2, 2026, 14:42:25
- Do we have a running list of our players that are in the portal?* - reggiedunlop January 2, 2026, 14:30:38
- Dang, Bowick to the portal* - assassin January 2, 2026, 13:36:39
- The KS OC (Kotelnicki) who went to PSU is back at KS - biclops January 2, 2026, 11:13:49
- I assume we are buying a QB and DL as priority? * - MC January 2, 2026, 9:55:53
- Couple of CB picks for Minchey to UNL * - jdl January 2, 2026, 8:45:16
- idkwti * - biclops January 2, 2026, 9:01:39
- 1000 players already in - biclops January 1, 2026, 23:20:53
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