The Deuce: Lopati might be our best prep QB recruit since... uh....

new Illinois football thread: RB coach hired - Poldark February 16, 2026, 13:54:32

Lopati on the rise - jdl February 18, 2026, 12:53:05
- Little chance he comes here, right?* - gvibes February 18, 2026, 12:56:03
  - Whittingham being at Michigan... I'm assuming he's going to Michigan.* - uofi1998 February 18, 2026, 14:15:25
    - He wasn't interesting in playing for him at Utah... - bjl63 February 18, 2026, 14:18:14
      - 90/10 rule* - uofi1998 February 18, 2026, 14:21:52
  - Said the same thing about Trey Petty* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 18, 2026, 13:07:58
    - Lopati might be our best prep QB recruit since... uh.... - ijustkrushalot February 18, 2026, 13:16:49
  - Even if he does there’s a good chance he transfers anyways* - CanHartlebHireSnider February 18, 2026, 13:04:27
  - I assume 50/50... genuinely not too upset if he doesn't - ijustkrushalot February 18, 2026, 13:01:52
hey taz! Chicago State schedule! - Poldark February 18, 2026, 11:38:12
- LOL, they WILL play in convenient Bridgeview. :-) - osklister February 18, 2026, 12:59:24
coulda waited a few days and hired Thomas Hammock. hi timmer!* - Poldark February 18, 2026, 7:31:10
- Leaves big shoes to fill at DeKalb. (Big sweatshirt, sweatpants, you name it.) * - osklister February 18, 2026, 9:02:01
TIL: frats and sororities don’t do football blocks at the games anymore - ATL February 18, 2026, 7:15:38
- Student tickets are dirt cheap, the team is good, and you can drink in the stadium - RVA February 18, 2026, 14:45:41
- Diglet's frat is out at Grange Grove every home game as are other houses* - OWWDig February 18, 2026, 8:08:36
  - yea, up until a few years ago they didn't make their way south of Daniel Street, at all - ijustkrushalot February 18, 2026, 8:22:37
  - Interesting. At the end of Roughy's podcast, they made it sound like Greek Blocks just watch - ATL February 18, 2026, 8:22:14
    - I'm sure some do...there are so many. But I also see a lot of them out in GG - OWWDig February 18, 2026, 9:07:57
- Hasn't that been true for 10 or 15 years? * - larue33 February 18, 2026, 7:44:41
  - I have no idea but just learned about it. I was a GDI but the greek orgs generally were - ATL February 18, 2026, 7:47:42
    - I think the involvement in greek orgs has dropped in recent years - IlliniSax05 February 18, 2026, 8:29:37
      - When I was in school (early '70s) greek orgs were supposedly at an all-time low - larue33 February 18, 2026, 14:22:56
been thinking about our defense - ijustkrushalot February 17, 2026, 13:47:40
- 3-3-5 is the defense weve been running, personnel wise - illiniranger February 18, 2026, 7:38:14
  - it's my preferred defense for the modern game - VIV February 18, 2026, 9:08:00
  - Also, blitzing should be situational. An “aggressive” defense can get itself into more problems than - illiniranger February 18, 2026, 7:42:49
    - Here's a guy on the internet who claims to be a Defensive Guru describing the Rocky Long defense - ATL February 18, 2026, 8:37:12
      - Nate Longshore was Aaron Rodgers backup at Cal and took over when he graduated* - CanHartlebHireSnider February 18, 2026, 11:39:29
- ooo - AintHatin February 17, 2026, 17:38:18
- Been thinking about our defense a LOT.... * - osklister February 17, 2026, 15:17:15
- I think they’re going for the opposite of that - snipes824 February 17, 2026, 13:54:33
- Both Bret and Hauck have said they want to be really aggressive - CanHartlebHireSnider February 17, 2026, 13:53:56
  - Yeah, that’s almost certainly bullshit. - opossum jenkins February 17, 2026, 16:31:49
    - That’s what Rocky Long did. Which is the defense we’re supposedly running - CanHartlebHireSnider February 17, 2026, 16:36:00
- Out on a limb there with the last sentence* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes February 17, 2026, 13:52:38
New DL coach Jordan Thomas from BC* - CanHartlebHireSnider February 17, 2026, 10:36:01
FWIW Some not so great things on twitter about him as a HC - illini21 February 17, 2026, 9:49:09
- Typical Michigan man. Will be watching closely.* - Warrin'_Illini February 17, 2026, 13:07:02
- his record certainly reflects that* - assassin February 17, 2026, 12:54:50
Anthony Thomas wasn't available?* - LWillhite February 16, 2026, 14:28:10
- Likely didn't want to put him in position to admit to critical fumbles in the 2000 game* - UofIL6 February 16, 2026, 14:33:11
  - Okay, how about Tim Biakabatuba?? * - osklister February 17, 2026, 12:46:24
    - Or Joe Horn* - AintHatin February 17, 2026, 17:12:31
Werner floated that name on his podcast * - biclops February 16, 2026, 14:04:31
home run hire?* - VIV February 16, 2026, 14:03:25
- would think he can recruit better than Thad Ward - Poldark February 16, 2026, 14:44:39
Lot of HC experience on staff* - CanHartlebHireSnider February 16, 2026, 14:02:00
Pretty big name… to recruits’ parents anyway * - uofi1998 February 16, 2026, 14:00:01
- ...or grandparents* - assassin February 16, 2026, 14:03:30
Cool beans* - illini21 February 16, 2026, 13:58:26
*trigger warning* - jdl February 16, 2026, 13:54:58

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