Post spring Top 25
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Man I hate these. Seems like we are always preseason top 25 then fail during the season. Hope we change that this year
They have everyone back but I imagine they will be closer to a 7 win team.
The Bowl win was the springboard to a 9- or 10-win season. GBR!!
We're making the playoffs this year so it doesn't matter where we start.
This possibly can’t be true. The fact Rhule had the audacity to not have the traditional spring game will boil over to the fall and we are f’d
Or the fact that he switched it up means it's time to start winning in the fall again. Not in the spring.
Exactly….Or the fact that he switched it up means it's time to start winning in the fall again. Not in the spring.
I totally agree! Unrelated question; how do I fire up that Cool Aid Man gif?
Mike Ekeler and his the improved special teams is worth at least 2 more wins.
I agree 100%. I think SFs third year we were ranked similar. We all know how that ended.
Well they do have a very doable schedule and they have Altmyer coming back at QB.
How many bowls did we go to and win under Scott Frost? Did we have a QB like Raiola under SF?
Ill has Duke in the non-con, so that game is not a lock. B1G games that are tossups include NU, MSU, Iowa, Minny, and Indy. tOSU is a loss. Four losses is a reasonable prediction.
Illini B1G schedule
@Indiana
USC
@Purdue
tOSU
@Washington
Rutgers
Maryland
@Wisconsin
NW
5 home games.
They do not play the Clarkeyes.
Microsoft Edge's AI is a POS. Top result appearing in the browser is incorrect. That's a cushy schedule. 9-3 is a reasonable expectation.
IL is a good team with a nice QB and they play defense. I did see a few of their guys selected. BB will have them playing well.
South Carolina had a nice run to end the year. They had their starters in and wanted to beat IL. IL was the better team
South Carolina had a nice run to end the year. They had their starters in and wanted to beat IL. IL was the better team
I’ll eat my shoe Illinois finishes in the top 10. I’ll be surprised if they finish in the top 20.
Big XII’s highest ranked team is TT at 11 and that’s generous IMO. Should be more like 14/15
The first four B1G games for them are Ill, Iowa, Oregon and MSU. They also face PSU. Non-con schedule is a joke. I would think 3-4 losses.
Who cares. Another half a quarter and Rhule would have lost that bowl game. Yeah, happy they finally made it to arguably the worst bowl game of College Football 2024. Whoopie whoo.
At the time, we all thought Adrian Martinez was that QB under SF. Hell, go compare their freshman stats. You could argue AM had a much better year without 2 extra starts. Remember how that played out? So, you never know.
We are still a few key injuries away from being 6-6 or 5-7 again. Yeah, sure, I'd love to drink that offseason kool-aid, but that's just foolish.
Obviously, I come off as being negative, but until I see some real results, I'm not falling for this offseason BS... again.
I knew Adrian was a whiff as soon as he made that bone head lateral in the OSU red zone. I was very very hated for that opinion.
Raiola needs to be more accurate on his deep ball in game this season.
How many blocked punts/kicks did we have? I'm thinking it has to be near 10. Add in the bad snaps, missed kicks, long returns given up and 2 wins seems reasonable. Also is Alvano still on the team?
Alvanto only played the first three games last year and we have Hohl back for his Sophomore season.
Now Ekeler is looking for Australian type punter.
