nikkaS WANNA GET OUT OF THE COLD WEATHER.
exactly, if I had any skill I'd get the fukk up out of the midwest and play for some school in Cali or any warm weather place
Why is Illinois so bad at recruiting the Chicagoland area?
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exactly, if I had any skill I'd get the fukk up out of the midwest and play for some school in Cali or any warm weather place
Illinois isnt a big program with a recent history of dominating and winning...if ur a top recruit ur not going to be looking in ur backyard....ur looking at Ohio State,Alabama,Florida and Kentucky,UNC,Kansas or Duke for basketball...
Champaign is a country ass town surrounded by corn fields. That doesn’t appeal to a lot of Chicago city kids. Illinois cares more about catering to the farmers in the surrounding communities than creating a culture that will attract city kids. I thought Lovie could help change this, but I don’t know if he is fully invested in the school.
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U still have Decatur, Bloomington and Peoria with a fair black population tbhMy home state school, but they can't get right for shyt.
I live like 35 minutes from the assembly hall. I might check out a few games this upcoming season.
On a side note, Ohio State got commits from DJ Carton & Alonzo Gaffney
shyt, Illinois should be able to go into Iowa and get DJ Carton.
I just thought about it. If you took Chicago out of Illinois, the state would basically be Iowa
lovie is doing the best he can
illinois is a tough tough job
illinois is a tough tough job
when has chicago ever been a hot bed for football recruiting?
The Chicago Public League and those Suburban Public and Private Leagues used to produce quite a few guys. The better players ended up at Notre Dame and the other Big Ten schools though.
Northwestern and Northern Illinois had a few good season recruiting some kids around Chicago.
the best bet for schools like this is hiring like a penny
like if deron willims gets into coaching hiring him or something
minus that tradmill status
like if deron willims gets into coaching hiring him or something
minus that tradmill status
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and we see what the results are at the end of the year for those teams..
East St. Louis too.
I'm surprised that Josh Pastner isn't recruiting well a Georgia Tech. He kept a Top 5 recruiting class at Memphis.
I'm staying in the Midwest for life, bucko
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Northwestern advertises as Chicago's team and notre dame with the other big ten schools squeeze them out. Going to need someone to want to go there. Guy that went to my high school, Eugene Wilson was dope at Illinois in football. Won some super bowls with the patriots.
That wouldnt matter if the school had a winning history and track record....Alot of big schools are in the middle of nowhere.
Rashard Mendenhall was another guy from the Chicago land area that went to the University of Illinois.