When tho? I can’t remember Illinois every being good for more than 1 year maybe. They had a fluke 2007 year where they beat OSU and made the rose bowl bc OSU was in the title game.
I do agree they could be good in the 8-10 win range while playing in the west.
Def more of a hoops school w/ a hoops following. Same with IU and PU
I think lovie was building something, but my biggest gripe with Illinois is they don’t hit the chicago land area I’ll look at random rosters in the big and see Illinois players and in particular chicago kids, it’s not a plethora of chicago kids, but i think it’s some talent that you can cultivate into solid contributors to studs, and it would go a long way into changing perceptions with Illinois for the city, obviously hit up other hot spots in Missouri,Ohio Texas, Florida, but there’s an added bonus of Arizona has a lot of Chicago transplants they can woo some of those kids to Illinois given how big our conference is
Nu will have to take them as they get them admissions is a road block (i understand the trope of good education, but honestly all the big schools and depending on the major just as competitive) i think northwestern needs to play on the Chicago element( not like they haven’t) but that’s the draw good education new facilities chicago
