It seems whenever a G5 plays Illinois close (or beats them), the Illini poaches one of their coaches: see Lunney and Parker.
(I know Lunney had a former connection to Bielema but don't kill the joke)
1. This dying network TV exec led super league nonsense is based on football, so unless you want to be in new Div 1A...
2. There are plenty of schools who juggle football, basketball, women's hoops, AND baseball (and a couple of these schools aren't in the SEC or B1G to boot) so this idea rings...
No bueno. (Might be less bad if the difference between Illinois's NIL and the 25th ranked team is than $250,000)
50 schools above Illinois yikes, with non-P5s like Boise and at least one PAC-2 team among those above Illinois. It is easier to figure what p4 schools I think are below the Illini...
I am not panicked, but I am very concerned right now. This post is more self-therapy than anything else.
1. We need a Bowl in the worst possible way
2. I want to have a "developmental program" but not if the Illini will be developing for other programs. We will be the Rocket City Trash Pandas...
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