ESPN Blogger Calls Out UI Football Program
Dennis Dodd of CBS Sportsline rated all college football programs of the past decade. Adam Rittenberg thinks Dodd has Illinois too high at #59. Sadly, we agree:
I was very surprised to see Illinois ranked ahead of Michigan State, Minnesota and Northwestern. Sure, the Illini have turned in two great seasons in 2001 and 2007, but their record the rest of the decade is 23-58. That's brutal and includes four seasons of three wins or fewer. Both Northwestern and Minnesota have been much more consistent than the Illini, and Michigan State's low point is 4-8.
Did we mention UI lost 19 straight Big 10 games at one point? Failing to beat a Division 1A team in 2003? Detroit? Great job Ron!
I was very surprised to see Illinois ranked ahead of Michigan State, Minnesota and Northwestern. Sure, the Illini have turned in two great seasons in 2001 and 2007, but their record the rest of the decade is 23-58. That's brutal and includes four seasons of three wins or fewer. Both Northwestern and Minnesota have been much more consistent than the Illini, and Michigan State's low point is 4-8.
Did we mention UI lost 19 straight Big 10 games at one point? Failing to beat a Division 1A team in 2003? Detroit? Great job Ron!
posted by Fire Ron Guenther at 10:04 AM
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Illinois has their top finish ever in the Director's Cup
"The University of Illinois athletic department achieved great success in the 2008-09 season, which is reflected in the Fighting Illini's school-record 20th-place finish out of 271 schools in the 2009 Division I Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings. Illinois was led by a fifth-place finish from the men's gymnastics team and an eighth-place standing by the wrestling squad in their respective national tournaments. Illinois' previous best finishes in the Directors' Cup standings were a pair of 25th-place finishes earlier this decade.
In addition to the top finishes by the men's gymnastics and wrestling teams, women's gymnastics earned 64.5 points with its 12th-place finish, while volleyball, women's soccer and men's tennis all earned 64 points. Women's track scored 63.75 points by finishing 12th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and women's cross country notched 60 points by placing 10th.
Five Big Ten schools finished in the top 20, with Michigan ranking fifth, Ohio State placing 10th, Minnesota finishing 14th and Penn State placing 19th. In all, 10 Big Ten institutions ranked in the top 50 and all finished in the top 55 in the nation."
Add the Director's Cup to the list of irrelevant things that most people couldn't care less about.
"Add the Director's Cup to the list of irrelevant things that most people couldn't care less about."
Slightly more relevant than this uneducated opinion.
"- Illinois made the Top 25 ... in merchandise sales. According to the Collegiatate Licensing Company, Illinois was 19th in sales from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009."
Great marketing job the DIA and the DA!!!!!!!
"...Did WE mention UI lost 19 straight Big 10 games at one point? Failing to beat a Division 1A team in 2003?..."
We have to ask why FRG uses the plural in his posts as our suspicion is that he is out by himself in left field with his opinions.
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