‘Football Recruiting’ Archive

Football Stuff May 14, 2013 6 Comments

I’ve decided to just go with two big posts. I missed lots of stuff while I was gone, some of which I want to write about, so I think I’ll just start writing. Football Stuff today, Basketball Stuff tomorrow. Future Schedules The 2014 Big Ten schedule is going to be announced today. Except that it’s [...]

Penn State OT Ryan Nowicki to Illinois? July 24, 2012 2 Comments

A twitter reply I fired off yesterday: @Knox_Illini_2 I’d guess we’ll fax a list just like every other school is doing. As far as any actual transfers, highly unlikely. — A Lion Eye (@ALionEye) July 24, 2012 And then his response: @ALionEye It is still worth a shot. Who knows, the allure of playing time [...]

Easy Post July 5, 2012 Comments Off

Easy posts are so easy. Do a Q&A with an Ohio State blog about our football recruiting, let him format it and post it, and then simply link it here. Done and done. Here’s the link

The 90 Illini #67: Ean Days June 25, 2012 Comments Off

Ean Days Running Back 5′-11″, 205 lbs. rs-Sophomore (on scholarship, 3 years to play 3) Camden County HS / Kingsland, GA ALE Ranking last year: #58 What I Know About Him: I know he’s a great kid. And I know he was a high school running back who was recruited as an ATH and tried [...]

Football Recruiting Update June 24, 2012 1 Comment

Every year it gets earlier. Even five years ago, the idea that we’d have 13 committed players on June 25th would have been ridiculous. But recruiting has changed, and the prime time for building your class is now February/March junior film evaluation through June camp season. It seems that every recruit, in every interview, now [...]