Fears is really damn good. So someone that plays same position and better than Fears??(Riley shouldn't matter)
Will Riley
Fears is really damn good. So someone that plays same position and better than Fears??(Riley shouldn't matter)
Strange since he and Will are very different players. Maybe the Fears family just sat on their decision too long?
2 years ago … shoot, 2 months ago, this news would have been devastating. Today, it is just, “That sucks.” Man, how times have changed.
I can understand where they're coming from and it's a reasonable reaction from them.Also - The Fears family was under the assumption that we wouldn’t be taking anyone who wanted to re-class from 2025 because that’s what Jeremiah wanted all along and we said no, better to stay 2025 and maybe we could have him enroll mid year and then we went out and took Riley as a re-class anyways …
Let’s just say that didn’t really sit right with them …
Imagine this during the Groce years …
Oh wait … We can’t … We never got a player of Fears caliber …
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We didn’t want Fears in 2024 …
You never know what will happen, but I don't think we will be hurting for guards in the 25-26 season.We didn’t want Fears in 2024
You never know what will happen, but I don't think we will be hurting for guards in the 25-26 season.
This is a hilarious post from just earlier in THIS thread (8am this morning).it's fun to see our school on top, even if it's early and includes Will Riley
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Hoping we still stand good here. Lose a top 30 guard, just to bring in a top 10 guard...would be pretty nice...![]()
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Translation: Fears can reclass and wants his NIL bag now, Illinois spent its remaining resources on Will Riley and isn't going to start robbing Peter to pay Paul trying to divert the 2025 war chest forward (if that is even possible) for a player whose 2024 playing time ambitions it doesn't feel it can meet anyhow.We didn’t want Fears in 2024 …
This was every Kentucky fan's reaction to us getting Will Riley. I'd never say never in this day and age, but it seems kinda far-fetched.Prediction: Jeremiah Fears transfers to Illinois in 2025
My prediction was more tongue in cheek than anything, but, honestly, I don't think it seems far-fetched.This was every Kentucky fan's reaction to us getting Will Riley. I'd never say never in this day and age, but it seems kinda far-fetched.
Buzz on the street is that Fears will be a 24 at a school that has a stud with the same name as a poster on our board that meme's a lot.![]()
I can't blame them whatsoever. It wouldn't have sat right with any of us posting if it happened to us.Also - The Fears family was under the assumption that we wouldn’t be taking anyone who wanted to re-class from 2025 because that’s what Jeremiah wanted all along and we said no, better to stay 2025 and maybe we could have him enroll mid year and then we went out and took Riley as a re-class anyways …
Let’s just say that didn’t really sit right with them …