AdamOnFirst said:

And Happy Valley, South Bend, and the like are?

Illinois is a basketball school. It’s not some sleeping football giant and football will always be second fiddle there.

But that doesn’t mean they have to be incompetent, and they’ve been incompetent and further crushed in recruiting by Fitz for YEARS. Bret Beilema may be a variety of things, but incompetent is not what one of them.

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hdhntr1 said:

If you want to dislike him because of what he said when he left, fine. But you have no idea what he was told behind closed doors or what other signals he was being given. Apparently he felt his opportunity was closed off so he moved on. We got QBs from other schools that transferred to NU for similar reasons (Ramsey, Bryant, Wright, etc) so stop being a hypocrite,

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hdhntr1 said:

There are plenty of reasons for NU fans to dislike ND.

Franklin is still there (at PSU) because like it or not he has been reasonably successful

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AdamOnFirst said:

This is going to be a legitimate test of the “do the QBs suck or is Iowa constitutionally incapable of using them” theory

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TheC said:

Glad we’re not playing Illinois right now. They are on a hot streak having won back to back games by 30+

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FanatiCat said:

I’m more optimistic about next year having picked up 2 big quality OL, 2 WR (one proven FCS top talent and one with speed and potential), 2 DBs and of course our QB.

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gocatsgo2003 said:

Low bar.

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EvanstonCat said:

I’m thinking Sullivan was more pissed at being thought of as lesser than Lausch and might not be as offended with having to compete with and play behind Grownowski, but that’s just speculation

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phatcat said:

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Darren72 said:

Or the staff wanted Stone.

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This just keeps getting funnier

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CatManTrue said:

I agree on all points excrpt for the Notre Dame hate.

Like many posters, I’m part Irish and a reformed Catholic. They are just a well reputed school trying to make it as an independent.

P$U is oblivious. How is Franklin still their head coach?

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Purple Pile Driver said:

Weak. He lost the competitive and he ran away from it, make all the excuses you want, he didn’t want to compete for the job.

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Chitownjazz said:

I still find it odd that Gronowski didn’t seem interested in reconnecting with Lujan by coming to NU. Should that tell us something about Lujan? Or was Gronowski still undecided about entering the portal when Stone became available? I suppose we’ll never know.

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Baz=Heisman said:

Sullivan runs from competition - as we saw with us. I’d be shocked if he doesn’t bail on Iowa.

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AdamOnFirst said:

He WAS better than Macnamara for them. Neither could pass, at least Sullivan had healthy legs for awhile.

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