Terrance Brooks has left the building * Archived Message Posted by jdl on March 11, 2025, 12:53:17, in reply to "College Football Offseason Thread*" Previous Message Football Message Thread: | This response ↓ College Football Offseason Thread* - biclops February 28, 2025, 17:02:36 CBS Sports and ESPN both have a "spring questions" feature for top teams. Illinois question is the - ATL March 11, 2025, 13:57:22 Terrance Brooks has left the building * - jdl March 11, 2025, 12:53:17 Re: Terrance Brooks has left the building - Phytynlini March 11, 2025, 14:30:51 Magnus Moller has given up football - jdl March 11, 2025, 12:57:34 The Great Dane OL Moeller also left the building a while ago evidently* - UofIL6 March 11, 2025, 12:57:22 Bummer. Was rooting for him to make it* - bjl63 March 11, 2025, 13:01:16 I was going to say 'what took so long?' but evidently it happened a while ago* - UofIL6 March 11, 2025, 12:54:09 No spring game - jdl March 11, 2025, 12:49:50 Good to see nothing has changed since Sunday (Saturday).* - Dilbert March 11, 2025, 12:50:46 Just checked again - jdl March 11, 2025, 12:52:47 For those hard of hearing... - osklister March 11, 2025, 13:13:50 Injury update - jdl March 11, 2025, 12:48:48 FB friend just posted a video of Gabe Jacas paying for ~40 boxes of his daughters Girl Scout cookies - illini21 March 9, 2025, 15:55:21 video - illini21 March 10, 2025, 11:10:28 Bielema yesterday on Saturday Sportsline said no Spring game due to stadium improvements - ATL March 9, 2025, 11:01:10 Personally I’m fine with it. Spring games are boring.* - bjl63 March 9, 2025, 19:11:48 What improvements? - tvillini March 9, 2025, 11:28:36 bringing the east side into the 21st century? hi ollie!* - Ari Gold March 9, 2025, 16:00:05 wifi?* - Poldark March 9, 2025, 12:14:21 They told the fan council not until next year* - Taz March 9, 2025, 19:44:40 Just curious: They=... who? Bret? Whitman? Someone else? TIA. * - osklister March 11, 2025, 14:05:20 WiFi? Why not? :-) - osklister March 9, 2025, 15:58:53 Bowling Green hiring Eddie George - biclops March 9, 2025, 10:39:07 Another super smart hire... grab a guy with inroads to one of the best... - uofi1998 March 7, 2025, 10:10:37 Have some old coaches left? Or is the staff just getting bigger?* - Illini Guy March 7, 2025, 12:51:37 Roughy had a great explainer on this for his site members - reggiedunlop March 7, 2025, 13:42:30 Yep yep. Suddenly, all sorts of "GM" positions, etc. - osklister March 7, 2025, 13:59:57 Recruiters remain capped, but no cap on the actual coaching staff this year* - Dilbert March 7, 2025, 13:30:10 I’ve never seen an interview with Art Sitkowski before - biclops March 6, 2025, 20:48:37 he's starting to sound like a mini Bielema* - ECEIllinois March 7, 2025, 11:45:02 I was going to post that too, he’s picked up a lot of his language/mannerisms* - OB25 March 7, 2025, 12:09:58 That guy will be a head coach in 10 years or less... and hopefully,... - uofi1998 March 7, 2025, 9:44:28 Never forget that Pat Bryant bailed him out at Rutgers - Blazer March 9, 2025, 19:20:26 Why hopefully be our OC? - bjl63 March 7, 2025, 10:40:14 Seems like the logical progression, and if you have the right guys... - uofi1998 March 7, 2025, 11:37:53 Not 98, but constantly replacing promoted coordinators is a good problem to have* - ISeeDeadHawkeyes March 7, 2025, 10:50:44 I am jealous of the stability Iowa has at DC with the Parkers for the past 25 years* - ECEIllinois March 7, 2025, 11:47:18 Parker is a unicorn. Has no desire to go beyond what he's doing. - tvillini March 7, 2025, 13:33:17 So darn impressive. Easy to see why he connects with everyone* - UofIL6 March 6, 2025, 20:51:23 Giants re-signing Tommy DeVito* - ECEIllinois March 6, 2025, 17:28:28 Cool. * - harb March 6, 2025, 17:47:06 ooo - biclops March 6, 2025, 17:30:33 nm - KingTalkyTiki March 7, 2025, 10:47:24 Ehhhh!!!* - SurfTheBoneyard March 6, 2025, 17:29:56 What, you tinks dat's funny? Funny how? - osklister March 7, 2025, 9:48:49 Shoehorns in a tired reference to a 35 year old movie. - KingTalkyTiki March 7, 2025, 10:48:52 ACC settlement - biclops March 5, 2025, 7:26:33 Sitkowski named co-QB coach. Love it. Future coaching star* - UofIL6 March 4, 2025, 11:26:22 James White, former UW and Pats RB, new Asst. RB coach* - uofi1998 March 6, 2025, 10:20:31 He averaged 6 ypc in college....such a 'legit program' move* - UofIL6 March 6, 2025, 13:38:20 That's pretty great.* - ATL March 6, 2025, 10:32:22 Former Illini - Antonio James named Assistant DL coach - Jersey March 6, 2025, 10:26:34 I wonder how BB's staff construction compares with peers. - uofi1998 March 6, 2025, 10:41:57 Thats pretty sweet* - illini21 March 6, 2025, 10:24:25 Bret signal... - uofi1998 March 4, 2025, 10:02:15 OL from Olney - Jersey March 4, 2025, 10:18:13 Home of the white squirrels!!!!* - Jackie March 4, 2025, 12:45:40 seems like type of player that usually ends up at Iowa* - ECEIllinois March 4, 2025, 12:15:13 Fantastic. Now get JC Anderson.* - LovetheChief March 4, 2025, 11:25:58 OLney.* - Warrin'_Illini March 4, 2025, 10:41:26 Just an ideal recruit for Illinois. The type of kid we need to land annually* - uofi1998 March 4, 2025, 10:38:53 Hear hear. Totally shut out Dome, Meechigan, all the rest. Control the state. - osklister March 4, 2025, 16:43:52 Good. Need to get kids like him.* - EffinIllini March 4, 2025, 10:25:18 Hell yeah* - illini21 March 4, 2025, 10:24:42 6'7" 300. Big kid* - CanHartlebHireSnider March 4, 2025, 10:23:28 Top 500 composite kid. This will be best class in nearly 20 years* - UofIL6 March 4, 2025, 10:23:00 Yep, the Zooker era. - osklister March 4, 2025, 16:17:52 Per 247 composite, 10 commits, all in top 850 nationally* - UofIL6 March 4, 2025, 11:03:46 Another nice in-state pull. Great class so far* - UofIL6 March 4, 2025, 10:19:33 Whitman's testimony - jdl March 3, 2025, 21:23:05 Lots of Title IX questions for Josh * - jdl March 4, 2025, 14:30:32 not wearing an orange and blue tie??* - ECEIllinois March 4, 2025, 12:14:34 I'm colorblind but I thought he was. Congressman from Idaho complimented it - CanHartlebHireSnider March 4, 2025, 12:19:20 oh I saw some poor quality video on twitter where it looked red and black* - ECEIllinois March 4, 2025, 12:38:37 Whitman is testifying right next to Shane Beamer lol* - CanHartlebHireSnider March 4, 2025, 9:56:10 All these southern congressman praising Beamer on SC football - CanHartlebHireSnider March 4, 2025, 10:52:49 ooo - IlliniSax05 March 4, 2025, 7:01:29 Tom Fornelli on Bielema’s confidence about next season - biclops March 3, 2025, 16:52:06 Jackie fail - jdl March 3, 2025, 17:28:14 Wait what’d I do now?* - Jackie March 3, 2025, 18:33:34 It's what you didn't do! - jdl March 3, 2025, 21:06:38 You are now the poster woman for all editors everywhere* - ATL March 3, 2025, 18:34:27 At last!* - Jackie March 3, 2025, 19:33:08 #goldstandard* - DocWalk20 March 3, 2025, 18:38:37 Yeah I saw that too..WTF?* - Desert March 3, 2025, 17:55:51 And Fornelli's an Illinois guy* - ATL March 3, 2025, 17:57:54 Heres his response - illini21 March 3, 2025, 18:07:11 That really doesn't make any more sense than is original statement. * - larue33 March 3, 2025, 19:14:38 Maybe he should have said, “…and that was before the Big Ten even had ten teams” but I’m not sure - ATL March 3, 2025, 20:57:05 It had 10 teams and was known as the Big Ten for decades. And MSU joined in 1949. * - larue33 March 4, 2025, 9:26:45 Ok but what a bizarre way to say what he intended to say * - ATL March 3, 2025, 18:10:07 Haha no doubt* - illini21 March 3, 2025, 18:50:21 He majored in CYA, ya know. * - osklister March 4, 2025, 8:28:55 This seems like a really smart hire by Illinois. - uofi1998 March 3, 2025, 10:10:55 Using martial arts techniques sounds a bit hokey imo.* - ECEIllinois March 3, 2025, 15:49:43 You won't feel that way when our entire DL lines up in the Stork like Ralph Macchio in Karate Kid* - ATL March 3, 2025, 17:49:52 Stork?! Somebody going to deliver a baby on the field?* - DocWalk20 March 3, 2025, 18:23:23 It's the Crane, man. Please deposit your Gen X card in the nearest receptacle. - Sammich March 3, 2025, 17:54:03 In all seriousness, Brad's hit-to-miss ratio is pretty dam good. - osklister March 3, 2025, 10:56:01 pat bryant coming up in the 40* - snipes824 March 1, 2025, 14:38:55 4.63 on the second attempt* - illini21 March 1, 2025, 14:58:27 4.62* - illini21 March 1, 2025, 14:42:41 not great* - snipes824 March 1, 2025, 14:43:16 Has Bielema said what we are doing for spring? - biclops March 1, 2025, 14:13:10 I heard no spring game* - Taz March 1, 2025, 15:52:38 I assume we're having a spring game. He did not mention format on the 247 Pod. - ATL March 1, 2025, 14:40:46 Playfly Sports to pay $515,000,000 to TAMU over 15 years to be its multimedia partner - bbonb February 28, 2025, 19:42:56 per some guy on Reddit, it looks like the deal includes the standard ad & marketing stuff - biclops February 28, 2025, 20:57:39 Playfly is now the middleman for virtually all Aggie stuff (except TV rights). You want to be the - bbonb February 28, 2025, 21:24:12 Hugh Freeze has prostate cancer - assassin February 28, 2025, 19:02:44 Bielema gets another rule change - biclops February 28, 2025, 17:57:38 So that’s four rule changes across football and basketball directly related to Illinois games* - ATL February 28, 2025, 18:12:11 Pretty sure Bret got a rule change while he was at Wisconsin too. - osklister February 28, 2025, 18:47:49 Poor uofi1998* - ATL February 28, 2025, 18:12:45 LOL* - DocWalk20 February 28, 2025, 19:25:01 Poor uofi1998 - DocWalk20 February 28, 2025, 18:02:52 This is me not paying attention * - biclops February 28, 2025, 18:09:53 I wonder if these guys will have a side discussion about any new rules? - jdl February 28, 2025, 17:07:33 Coaches can’t go by “Mr.” apparently?* - DocWalk20 February 28, 2025, 17:52:33 says the doctor - assassin February 28, 2025, 17:54:14 ;-). Actually I’m not opposed to going by “Mr.” - DocWalk20 February 28, 2025, 17:56:11 Werner had Bielema on the II podcast today - biclops February 28, 2025, 17:03:20   Searching