Smith out at Illinois. ESPN says Lea, among several others, could be a candidate. I have long

DadUdaMan4 1054 posts Original UHND Member

Posted 2:57 pm on Dec 13, 2020

believed that Illinois, with the right person in charge, could and should compete with the best of the Big Ten. Auburn also fired its coach today. There's going to be some competition for these jobs, especially Auburn.

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Smith out at Illinois. ESPN says Lea, among several others, could be a candidate. I have long DadUdaMan4 2:57pm · 12/13/20
- Give Kelly 11 years he just might turn it around.NT whatsamataU 9:40am · 12/15/20
- Listened to an Illinois football beat writer today.......... ELP 6:12pm · 12/14/20
- Anyone who has been to Champaign would never take this job. It can only tarnish one's reputation.NT Curly1918 6:06pm · 12/13/20
  - Agreed - that is a dead end job in a crummy location with zero local talent pipeline Fisher01 8:50am · 12/14/20
  - Cracking the Champaign early I see...NT TakethetrainKnute 5:17am · 12/14/20
- Any quality coach would have to be a masochist, desperate, and stupid to want to coach there. D2 4:08pm · 12/13/20
  - Jeez, how do your really feel about itNT Irish_Demon 5:57pm · 12/13/20
- Illinois is a perennial loser except for a sporadic winning season going back many years.NT ELP 3:29pm · 12/13/20
  - So was Wisconsin when Alvarez came in 89'NT DonMiller 3:50pm · 12/13/20
    - You need to do a bit more history re: Wisconsin footballNT D2 4:13pm · 12/13/20
      - ......okNTLink DonMiller 7:53pm · 12/13/20
        
        That's an imaginative suck up homage piece to AlvarezNT D2 9:30pm · 12/13/20
        
        Here you go , they never won ten games ever until AlvarezNTLink DonMiller 11:17pm · 12/13/20
        
        gosh you do go off-topic D2 12:32pm · 12/14/20
      - Wisconsin always highly overrated. Beat up on some people once in a while then lose every meaningful THEISMANCARR 4:40pm · 12/13/20
        
        Illinois aspires to be Wisconsin D2 9:27pm · 12/13/20
        
        Sorry, misunderstood you.NT THEISMANCARR 10:09pm · 12/13/20

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