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Posted by opossum jenkins on October 9, 2023, 11:05:58, in reply to "I think "bullshit" is a bridge too far..."
No part of my rational mind thinks Bert can’t make a call to a guy who makes a call to a guy who gets a fixer to deliver money to an athlete whom Bert thinks will need it. Previous Message ...where is our monetary standing comparison to others? I asked the question because I legit don't know how the processes work. Symmetry sounds great, but there needs to be actual dollars to use, or it's just another word used to make people feel warm and fuzzy. I have no clue where ICON is with donations for football, but as of right now, it appears the proof is in the results. If the Avery Jones story is true - and given our history I have no reason to believe it isn't - I know everything I need to know about our current 3rd party financial dedication to football. NW is in deep shit. They had a once in a lifetime hire with Fitz on the heels of getting lucky with Barnett. With the Fitz embarrassment staring them in the face, I have a hard time believing they have a steady group of people ready to throw infinite money at keeping their program relevant. Purdue is basically identical to Illinois in a lot of ways... and they have a lot more momentum and interest in the program right now than we do. If we were coming off a Jeff Brohm era like theirs and hired a young dick-swinging coach like Walters who is winning in recruiting, our alumni would probably be more open with their wallets as well. Louisville doesn't seem like a relevant comparison. I've always been under the impression they throw money at sports at an SEC-like clip. Which comes back to where are we? Does our HC truly have the ability to make that call and make $ happen for a player he needs?
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- Maryland football game week - illiniranger October 9, 2023, 9:18:51
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- Is this game on TV in Chicago?* - gullit October 14, 2023, 13:24:10
- 31-7 MD * - illini thunder October 14, 2023, 13:12:52
- This is a lot of contributors out or questionable - illiniranger October 14, 2023, 13:01:30
- Revising my score below: MD 34, Illini 24* - CubsWonWorldSeries October 14, 2023, 11:53:26
- going to be sloppy conditions* - memyselfandillini October 14, 2023, 6:56:07
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- Friday night football sidejack. Tulane might have the best uniforms in college football. - Toonces October 13, 2023, 18:04:34
- Hard to believe the day before a B1G game on major network TV that this thread dropped to bottom pg3 - RSMBob October 13, 2023, 17:46:39
- Partial analogy to Weber after 2004-5 of failure to take advantage recruiting on a positive upswing - RSMBob October 9, 2023, 15:44:39
- Jesus, even Brian Barnhart was getting snarky on MMQB about the 4th down call on drive 1 - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 13:32:37
- Love likely out - jdl October 9, 2023, 13:07:40
- Best news in about a month: - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 11:51:27
- DWWH? - IlliniSax05 October 9, 2023, 12:37:31
- Maryland 49 Fighting Bert's 10* - WhitmansFolly October 9, 2023, 10:32:44
- Can we talk about ICON and NIL? - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 10:30:56
- Here's the real fun rant: - ijustkrushalot October 9, 2023, 11:19:01
- That shit is so opaque, I have no idea. * - illiniranger October 9, 2023, 11:02:54
- Thing is, we don't operate in a vacuum... everybody else has high NW donors paying for... - uofi1998 October 9, 2023, 10:38:04
- I'm sure there is some money there, but I doubt that it is sitting in a bank unused. - larue33 October 9, 2023, 10:36:33
- This. I think we have enough resources to support a winning program - UofIL6 October 9, 2023, 10:33:28
- I keep going back to that Avery Jones recruitment. - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 10:39:55
- Yep, and what a huge loss that was. Need to be able to bring the resources - UofIL6 October 9, 2023, 11:08:12
- Exactly. - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 11:13:31
- This aspect and portal scare me the most * - illini thunder October 9, 2023, 10:46:58
- I don't know enough to know, but Bret isn't coming out of pocket for that stuff. - uofi1998 October 9, 2023, 10:42:45
- We are probably going to get shit pumped* - Mrap24 October 9, 2023, 10:23:29
- I’m so completely crestfallen that I’m ready to fast forward to the inevitable…. - opossum jenkins October 9, 2023, 10:10:05
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- 2-10 on the table.* - Warrin'_Illini October 9, 2023, 9:44:40
- Going to be real grim after these next two games* - illini21 October 9, 2023, 9:20:35
- 55-17* - bjl63 October 9, 2023, 9:19:44
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