Illinois Athletics=Troublemakers

So Illinois didn't even play this weekend, and yet a UI football player can't stay out of trouble! Maybe the dope from Hudson can pay for the legal fees for Hugh Thornton, his fellow Ohioan!

Not to be outdone, a wrestler was also arrested in a separate incident!

Illinois athletics=more arrests than wins!

Weather Forecast for Saturday in Champaign!

Sunny, high of 73! Perfect day for football in Champaign! Instead, it's an off week...meantime the rest of the Big 10 teams are playing cupcakes at home! There's an idea, Coach Guenther! Instead, you decided to have the team lose to Missouri in St. Louis for the fourth straight year, and then have the team play at Fresno State in December! Ron, YOU IDIOT!

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85 yards in penalties, shameful. But hey, 4 more wins to bowl eligibility!

Meantime, the awesome radio deal of Lord Guenther on WIND strikes again! Yesterday, NIU had its pregame show on its radio station, our old home, WSCR. Meantime, over on WIND, no UI pregame. Instead, WIND had some medical program on its air. Hey Ron, are you still mad at Boers and Bernstein? Isn't that why UI sports is on a weak signal radio station?

TRUSTEES WILL EXTEND ST. GUENTHER'S CONTRACT

At its next meeting on September 23, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees will vote on a proposal to extend the contract of the best AD in the country through July 1, 2011 at his current salary of $600K (I presume this will be pro-rated).

Analysis of this move:

1) The fact he is staying is bad enough, but he should be forced to take a pay cut.
2) The fact that the extension is not longer suggests that new UI President Michael Hogan wants his own man as AD and not this loser.
3) I assume the search for new AD starts next spring, so he/she can take over on July 2, 2011.

Refusal to Spend Money in Football=Poor Results

Illinois is next to last in the Big 10 in terms of its football budget...Lord Guenther, for being a football guy, continues to do things on the cheap.

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Great job Ron Guenther! We want more cupcakes!

Illinois Football: Losers On and Off the Field

Another Illini football player arrested. Hey, maybe Coach Guenther can convince the school to give him another chance, like the legend of Jamar Smith!

President Hogan, FIRE RON GUENTHER!

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Football Guy vs. Minnesota=5-8. Football Guy vs. Northwestern 7-11.
Football Guy vs. Purdue=4-8.

Football Guy vs. Nonconference Teams=29-30. (Keep in mind you get to CHOOSE your nonconference opponents).

But hey, Illinois is 9-6 vs. Indiana under Football Guy!

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Thankfully, Illinois won't be playing this ridiculous game in St. Louis anymore. If St. Guenther wants to keep giving away home games to play in neutral sites so Illinois can start 0-1 every season, why not play in the white trash capital of the world: Hudson, Ohio?

Guenther Speaks to Media, And Insults Fans

Our pal Lindsey Willhite of the Daily Herald (he's a Champaign native, and not an ECIMEZ!) spoke with Coach Guenther. Guenther's stupidity/arrogance shined throughout the interview!

When asked why he didn't sack Ron Zook, Lord Guenther cried poor-mouth:

"You're buying out a lot of contracts" Hey Guenther, you make $600K per year! Why not use some of YOUR salary to buy out YOUR mistakes! Especially since YOU are the dope who extended Ron Zook's contract after a 5-7 turd in 2008!

Further, Ron Guenther insulted the fans with this nugget, again trying to justify his decision not to fire Ron Zook: "The other way to do it is the easy way. It gets all the media re-excited. Itgets the fan base re-excited. But it comes at a huge, huge financial investment." Besides crying poor-mouth yet again, Ron considers the fans dumb for wanting a change from bad coaching. Hey Ron, did you not see the empty seats for the Fresno State debacle last season? What, we can't have fans excited for a coaching change?

Coach Guenther Holds High Expectations for Football!

"My expectation is that we'll be better. I'm expecting more games to be won. I would like this team to be more competitive than last year."

Um, WHAT? So if the team goes 4-8, Zook keeps his job? Or if the team goes 3-9 again, but all 9 losses are close, Zook keeps his job? BOGGLE!