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~3 months (90 days) from today is the first game of the season*

Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider

on August 4, 2026, 16:32:27, in reply to "Yeah, Werner is saying a few months"

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That could potentially be exhibition games, or December sometime, depending on recovery.

If he's back by conference play, we'll be fine. Maybe drop some non-con games we otherwise wouldn't, but if we're healthy and full go for conference play, we'll be ok.

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I’m pessimistic but that feels like worst case.

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August College Sports thread - assassin August 3, 2026, 11:34:22

Izzo sticking to his guns, says he recruited guys to fill his roster and won’t take Kohler back now* - OB25 5 hours ago
- *Will Wade pops out of dumpster** - assassin 4 hours ago
mirk had surgery for a foot injury - John Coctostan Yesterday, 14:52:57
- You’re not helping, Sam. - OB25 6 hours ago
- What'd you name the dog, Effin?* - RVA 7 hours ago
- Rando on Reddit saying they heard “Jones fracture”… - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 17:30:33
  - I got a basketball jones* - biclops Yesterday, 17:32:31
- Goodman sources say 6-8 weeks - jdl Yesterday, 17:03:50
  - He'll almost be ready for UAB. We're fine.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 17:30:18
  - Yes please* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:26:06
  - As good a guess as any at this point.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 17:10:23
- I doubt we’d do it, but do we have a scholarship open for these new 5th year guys? - OB25 Yesterday, 16:50:43
  - We have 1 open scholarship* - illini222 Yesterday, 16:54:25
- So the plan was to design the offense to run through him and now he’s going to be unable to - biclops Yesterday, 16:28:57
  - Yup. Not great, Bob.* - JFG Yesterday, 17:05:30
- Every offseason some main player gets injured* - snipes824 Yesterday, 16:12:50
- Be back by mid January please * - MC Yesterday, 16:07:13
  - That seems pretty far out to be the “please” scenario. - OB25 Yesterday, 16:12:36
    - Yes that would be a bad timeline but idc I just want a healthy team for FEB/MAR and a title - MC Yesterday, 16:36:03
    - Yeah, Werner is saying a few months - Blazer Yesterday, 16:18:58
      - ~3 months (90 days) from today is the first game of the season* - CanHartlebHireSnider Yesterday, 16:32:27
    - Would be nice to follow the Tomi timeline from last year - jdl Yesterday, 16:18:57
- God dammit* - Blazer Yesterday, 16:00:55
- Gotta wear that protective foot gear man - jdl Yesterday, 15:59:19
  - Yup, there is definitely a much greater than 0 chance he did this doing something dumb* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 16:04:41
    - Maybe this injury will prevent him from doing something stupid in the near future which - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 16:12:03
    - ooo? - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 16:10:58
      - You're implying he fell whilst trying to climb this tree? Definitely plausible* - OrangeSox Yesterday, 16:14:40
- cool, cool, coolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcool, coolcool, cool, cool - IlliniSax05 Yesterday, 15:40:24
- Will he still be able to participate in the autograph session before famILLy movie night at Gies - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 15:39:49
- t's August and not October. Not worried one bit* - bjl63 Yesterday, 15:23:02
- Werner saying "probably a few months."* - illini21 Yesterday, 15:22:04
  - Seems alright then, we have good depth. Take your time and come back healthy.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 15:27:49
    - He said this is what they’re hoping for, so I wouldn’t be too confident in it. - OB25 Yesterday, 16:02:54
    - I’m ultimately most worried about his conditioning. All indications were he’d amped up the fitness - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 15:42:26
- Quick surgery, “full recovery” and minimal detail portend badness. * - uofi1998 Yesterday, 15:19:49
  - My initial read of 247 is that this could be bad bad* - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 15:22:34
- Bears and Illini's pets having some head-attachment-to-body problems.* - Warrin'_Illini Yesterday, 15:15:06
  - LMFCO* - Jackie Yesterday, 15:43:07
- I hate everyone and everything. All at once.* - Chuck Woodaby Yesterday, 15:11:12
  - ^^^^^^This^^^^^^^* - ilinni11 Yesterday, 15:20:10
- God dammit, every fucking year. 90/10 rule rumor out there that he’ll miss all of non-conference* - OB25 Yesterday, 15:10:46
  - i mean we were pretty healthy last year really* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 15:20:23
    - Except for Ty, Tomi, Dre and Kylan * - jdl Yesterday, 16:19:52
      - That’s relatively good. No season enders (Ty i guess but whatever). No even half season miss - John Coctostan 6 hours ago
      - Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?* - Blazer Yesterday, 17:00:05
      - I’m not convinced Wagler was ever fully the same after the UCLA shoulder injury either* - OB25 Yesterday, 16:49:34
  - Jesus. A 16 week recovery would be fucking brutal* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 15:19:29
- full recovery when? * - ijustkrushalot Yesterday, 14:53:44
  - Exactly. Kind of a key piece of info they left out there* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 15:11:48
  - indeed* - John Coctostan Yesterday, 14:56:02
- uh oh? * - aimlessillini Yesterday, 14:53:20
Bielema says Davon Grant is gawn - jfinsocal August 3, 2026, 21:01:35
- Medical issue that will keep him from playing, but BB thinks he will still enroll. - Illiniphil August 3, 2026, 21:16:02
Unless there’s more to this story, terrible look for both Luke Murray and the BC AD - OB25 August 3, 2026, 20:37:38
- Yeah, that's a priority. How bad does your program have to be for THAT spit to fly? - osklister Yesterday, 17:31:45
- Imagine the level of scab that takes the job - assassin August 3, 2026, 21:35:40
- Hadn't realized Bill Murray's kid got that job. Sounds like a real prick.* - Carl Spackler August 3, 2026, 21:19:21
  - Just like his daddy* - bjl63 August 3, 2026, 23:15:23
Looks like Ayo got engaged. - tvillini August 3, 2026, 18:35:05
OL concerns me more than the DL at this point... - uofi1998 August 3, 2026, 11:50:00
- One good thing: Houser was #1 or 2 in time to release last year. So maybe that’ll help the situation - ATL Yesterday, 01:54:05

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