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QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 13, 2013 -> 11:19 AM) Muschamp inherited a ridiculous amount of talent, he just did jack s*** with them. He inherited a team that went 8-5 Meyer's last year, had no QB and was losing multiple starters on the o-line. Meyer left a lot of talent for Muschamp on D but not a whole lot on offense. I'd also say going 11-1 in the regular season last year without a good QB is pretty damn impressive.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 12, 2013 -> 10:46 AM) Florida is ranked below Buffalo right now. They are a dumpster fire. I thought I saw somewhere that Muschamp is just about even with Ron Zook at this point in their Florida career as far as record goes. They had similar records overall. Zook inherited a better team than Muschamp and didn't have any really good years like Florida did last year but also was more consistent. I would assume next year is make or break for Muschamp.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Nov 12, 2013 -> 12:01 PM) For winning, sure. For being "the guy" and playing time, I wouldn't put Kansas ahead of Illinois. KU is undoubtedly a better program than Illinois but as crazy as it sounds with the gap between the two teams this year, with KU losing Wiggins plus likely losing at least one of Ellis, Embiid or Selden after this year you can make a pretty strong case Illinois would have a stronger roster around Cliff than KU next year. Of course if Self gets lucky like he always seems to and those three stay in school Kansas would potentially be a monster next year adding Cliff and Oubre.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 12, 2013 -> 11:10 AM) Also remember MSU will drop down without Payne and Harris, OSU probably takes a step back without Craft (though Rock you can better forecast that) Maybe Wisconsin loses Dekker. Indiana supposedly has a lot of talent with a bunch of McDAA's on the roster, but they'll be young. This is almost certainly MSU's last shot at winning big for a while. It only takes one big class in college basketball to turn things around but Izzo's 2013 and 2014 classes were both incredibly underwhelming and when Harris goes pro after this year the only really good player left from the 2012 class will be Valentine. A starting lineup of Trice, Valentine, Dawson, Costello and Schilling? is probably a tourney team but that is about it. And the problem for Izzo is that the 2015 class in Michigan is really weak so he will again have to look out of state which he has struggled with the last couple of classes.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 12, 2013 -> 10:59 AM) For his one year at Illinois, do they have the players in place to make a title run? Hard to say but Illinois will be very deep and talented next year. They will have 3 transfers who have all proven to be at least good college players coming eligible, 5 freshmen at least 3 of whom will see substantial time this year making the freshmen to sophomore leap and Snider and Black are both potential impact freshmen (my guess is Snider more likely then Black). The only players they lose are Bertrand and Ekey. I would be surprised if they aren't at least a Final 4 contender (Top 10-15 type team) next year if they land Cliff.

The other factor is that DePaul will no longer be playing in a true high major conference after this year. While the new Big East will be a very solid basketball league it won't be anywhere close to the Big 10.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Nov 11, 2013 -> 10:21 PM) Okafor and Jones to announce their college choice at 3:00 PM on Friday. I'm a bit worried now. Do all three go to KU? Okafor's dad confirmed Okafor won't be going to same school as Cliff.

Cutler out against Ravens.

QUOTE (Brian @ Nov 10, 2013 -> 06:51 PM) Egwu and Rice look good for Illini Bertrand had a great first half. The freshmen are pretty talented but I don't think any of them are instant impact guys. Hill is really skilled and aggressive but because he isn't a great athlete I think it will take him a little time to adjust. Nunn is the opposite where his athleticism stands out but he is a little raw in terms of his skill set right now. It is pretty clear Tate will be a solid backup to Abrams.

Two horrendous play calls on the two points conversions.

Lol at the Lions. What an unbelievably stupid play.

Definitely not a catch. Damn.

Some definite luck involved with Detroit missing some easy plays but finally a solid effort from the Bears D today.

I liked going for it on 4th there, didn't like running it right at the center of Detroit's dline though.

It is really hard to see Alabama or FSU losing with their remaining schedules.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 08:54 PM) Not sure I agree with you guys, but LSU is going to win this game easily unless they continue to put the ball on the turf. Or they end up getting completely dominated physically.

QUOTE (He_Gawn @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 06:10 PM) They get an average defense they can be... The offense is disgusting and loses one starter... That's the problem though. This Illinois offense is average at absolute best and they have looked like world beaters today. They made a Michigan offense that is really pedestrian look like Baylor against a sisters of the poor school. I'm actually happy that IU is pulling away now, going 0-8 and forcing Thomas to have no choice but to fire Beckman is best possible scenario for Illinois at this point.

So yeah, about IU being a top 25 team next year...

These IU and Illinois defenses are jokes. Both would struggle to stop a good high school team.

I would have fired Beckman on the spot for punting on 4th and 3 from IU's 33. Any coach who punts in that situation is a f***ing idiot.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Nov 9, 2013 -> 11:43 AM) True. I'm just saying there's nothing to draw from that one game. Love him or hate him, Weber is a flawed coached who has had some awesome successes as a basketball coach. It isn't just one game. It is a terrible loss where immediately throws his older players under the boss and follows two years of terrible recruiting and their best player transferring because he didn't want to play for Weber.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 8, 2013 -> 11:34 PM) Kansas State lost at home to Northern Colorado. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! It is insane how much money Bruce Weber is going to end up making as a high major basketball coach and ruin basketball programs. He is recruiting really poorly to KSU so just a matter of time before it doesn't work out there. I wonder what his buyout situation is at KSU. No way he gets fired this year but I could see him getting fired next year if they miss the tourney this year and next and he would still have 2 or 3 years left on his deal. Could be another situation where he is getting paid for 2 years not to coach basketball for a school.

Every time I watch James Harden play it makes me sad as a basketball fan that we didn't get to see 10 years of Westbrook, Harden and Durant teaming up. They legitimately could have had a 90s Bulls type run.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 8, 2013 -> 12:01 AM) Might as well get the onside kick. Pretty damn close. Everyone should start doing onside kicks like that.

Oregon v. Stanford not over yet.