Why is Illinois so bad at recruiting the Chicagoland area?

[DropTopDoc]

It was ultimately between Florida and Alabama for Billingsley. They got two of his teammates from Phillips Academy committed though.

Illinois has been recruiting/offering mostly Texas and Florida kids the past two years anyway.

On the plus side, they got the #1 player in Missouri and the #11 player in Texas as commits.

Illinois 2019 Football Commits

That’s good but we need to convince our best talent to stay instate

 

[Astroslik]

we back brehs?
@CHICAGO @DropTopDoc
lowkey we got a core... were about a year away from making the tournament ATLEAST

 

[DropTopDoc]

we back brehs?
@CHICAGO @DropTopDoc
lowkey we got a core... were about a year away from making the tournament ATLEAST

 

[NigerianDonDada]

Ayo Dosunmo is nice like watching him play

 

[Taadow]

Football wise Illinois has too many major universities surrounding Chicago to survive. Notre Dame,Ohio State ,Michigan State,Wisconsin and Iowa (O-line wise) can walk in and take whoever the hell they want.

If you want to stay in state well...Northwestern is a better school academically and has been better on the field...which leads them to have to battle with Minnesota for scraps in their own state

Came in to say basically this.

 

[Astroslik]

Ayo Dosunmo is nice liking watching him play

Cps product out of Morgan park

 

[MF budz]

My 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

You ain't lying. I went to champagne for a work thing and also drive through that area to Missouri and there wasn't shyt. Looked the same as Indiana. Two worst states to drive through that I've personally been through.

 

[Buckeye Fever]

You ain't lying. I went to champagne for a work thing and also drive through that area to Missouri and there wasn't shyt. Looked the same as Indiana. Two worst states to drive through that I've personally been through.

Yeah, I like the Midwest, but this shyt is just flat plains, cornfields, and closed down factories.

 

[Piff Perkins]

You gotta have bag men to make an impact in Chicago recruiting. Illinois doesn't have them, so they lose out to big out of state programs.

 

[DropTopDoc]

You gotta have bag men to make an impact in Chicago recruiting. Illinois doesn't have them, so they lose out to big out of state programs.

I think they committed to getting talent, so its some money being dropped off, but it’s a commitment to cultivating a relationship with Chicago coaches, if you are going to stay in Illinois, u of i is on par with just about any school in the Midwest, and I’m sure a kid rather thug it out in champagne-Urbana than Iowa or south bend or Bloomington or East Lansing

and northwestern is making strides athletically it’s still northwestern which means it’s hard as shyt to get in

 

[Astroslik]

You gotta have bag men to make an impact in Chicago recruiting. Illinois doesn't have them, so they lose out to big out of state programs.

that enes kanter looking mf is decent

 

[Art Barr]

Makes no damn sense

Chicago public schools might be up there as the best amateur sports league in the country

From the basketball stars, to the football stars, there is no reason the Fighting Illini shouldn't be in the Final Four/CFP or elite bowl game every year. There is no reason D. Rose & AD shouldn't have been in blue & orange.

They got Lovie Smith at the helm of the football team & they still ass

It is a trap to go to school in state.


Art Barr

 

[#1 pick]

Ayo is cold af. Chicago still got some of the best prep talent in the nation

 

[Art Barr]

Damn near every state with a major city is like that tho. Take NYC out of NY and NY is basically Nebraska. Take Philly out of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania is basically Connecticut

The us is huff. Been huff too.


Art Barr

 

[staticshock]

what school do the chicago ballers go to now?

always hated playing at Illinois on NCAA Basketball 10 and College Hoops 2K8 cause the student section always made the camera shake