Bret doesn't exactly hide his disdain publicly for the amounts others get to spend...
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...I think that tells us a whole lot about what's going on.
I'm not even crying poor - Illinois is not poor, and we've ramped up our game big time by being ahead of the curve over and over (have to give Lovie some credit for poaching transfers when he couldn't recruit, then you look at BU recruiting Europe, etc. etc.)...
So the question is how do we get to that place again? The NCAA's rules + rev share are a fucking farce (as predicted), and we lack the additional funding in football that established schools have.
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Are you going to bark all day, little doggie? Or are you going to bite?
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 Football recruiting is looking pretty bleak right now - illini21 April 30, 2026, 8:35:29
- All 4 commits this week are >1000 national composite ratings - UofIL6 Today, 13:45:31
- Bert signal activated* - OB25 Today, 12:40:37
- We seem to be benefiting from Matt Campbell leaving Iowa State* - biclops Yesterday, 22:06:49
- picked up another JUCO DL - assassin June 1, 2026, 16:48:56
- CBS ranks Bielema #25 - biclops May 27, 2026, 18:50:52
- have we tried getting the 5 star guys?* - VIV May 27, 2026, 14:10:12
- Game times set for non con- UAB 8PM, Duke 2:30, SIU 1PM* - assassin May 27, 2026, 14:08:06
- We got a D2 defensive line transfer. - OB25 May 23, 2026, 18:47:19
- new JUCO commit: 3* DL - ATL May 15, 2026, 15:07:34
- new commit: 3 star LB from St. Laurence - assassin May 15, 2026, 13:23:17
- Indiana keeps rolling. - EffinIllini May 15, 2026, 13:10:06
- The new JUCO TE we brought in was just rated the #1 JUCO TE in the country - JacobRDaugherty May 14, 2026, 21:57:53
- Apparently we offered Dez Bryant’s kid.* - bjl63 May 14, 2026, 18:44:59
- Got another pretty solid OL - OB25 May 14, 2026, 9:03:59
- Signed a Juco TE - jdl May 13, 2026, 18:03:22
- I’m officially starting to get nervous - snipes824 May 12, 2026, 10:51:28
- SJO lineman Cameron Wagner to Oregon* - illini21 May 11, 2026, 12:14:25
- We actually got a commitment and it looks like a pretty good one. - OB25 May 9, 2026, 11:49:44
- Bert’s long time chief of staff heading to Oklahoma. - uofi1998 May 4, 2026, 21:52:17
- Bert on recruiting - illini21 May 1, 2026, 15:41:07
- On the flip side, I was just thinking this week about how we've gone 19-7 with two bowl wins - Blazer April 30, 2026, 16:44:32
- real quick roster glace... I have 92 players who could be back next year (with a 5 in 5 rule) - ijustkrushalot April 30, 2026, 14:25:54
- Let's see how it goes this year. I was a much bigger Aaron Henry defender - JacobRDaugherty April 30, 2026, 8:44:12
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