University of Illinois

Flyer wrote:

whoops wrote:

Heard Haveman couldn't even make a mid major school successful so letting her taking the reins at a big 10 school seems like a big mistake.

I could have told them that hiring Haveman was a big mistake, but we were happy to get rid of her at Dayton.

I'm just gonna put this out there, because its true. 17-18 year old high school boys do not want to run for a young female coach in college, they just don't. Tons of collegiate long distance runners already think they know better than their coaches, so when you add an attractive and unaccomplished female to the table, you can bet this will be a total fiasco. Good luck.

I was taken a little aback when Stewart left, but in the end I wasn't surprised. I am connected with people in Champaign who told me that there were people in the program who really, really hated him. They thought he was a cruel man and a bad coach, one who knew how to work guys really hard but was in no way enlightened about what training was most effective. He just ran his guys into the ground, which any idiot can do. Once again, I heard this secondhand so can't confirm anything. But because I heard this, my first thought when I saw he was now coaching Gonzaga was that Stewart was forced out of U of I. I thought this because coaching only Gonzaga women has to be a substantial pay cut from coaching at a big state school. Just my thoughts. Anyone have anything to add about this?

I heard the same thing, Davis apparently wanted to transfer last year because he hated Stewert, but decided to stay because of the business school. I guess he is redshirting due to Mono and Reiser is redshirting as well because he doesnt know what to do without Davis

Illinois is a state without much of a future, although U of I is still a bright spot. Most public universities in Illinois are losing enrollment, and by a considerable amount. People are leaving the state and Chicago at a considerable rate, with the income levels of people who arrive considerably below those who leave. The State and the municipal) debts are beyond comprehension, as even confiscatory taxes wouldn't put much of a dent in the overall debt, and of course, with confiscatory taxes, more will leave. It is very difficult to draw a direct connection between the State's woes and its university athletic programs, but it can't be at all helpful. Illinois loses a huge outflow now of students to out of state colleges.

problems problems wrote:

Illinois is a state without much of a future, although U of I is still a bright spot. Most public universities in Illinois are losing enrollment, and by a considerable amount. People are leaving the state and Chicago at a considerable rate, with the income levels of people who arrive considerably below those who leave. The State and the municipal) debts are beyond comprehension, as even confiscatory taxes wouldn't put much of a dent in the overall debt, and of course, with confiscatory taxes, more will leave. It is very difficult to draw a direct connection between the State's woes and its university athletic programs, but it can't be at all helpful. Illinois loses a huge outflow now of students to out of state colleges.

This is mostly because U of I's in-state tuition is very expensive and the school is hard to get into. Then, the rest of the state schools aren't all that good. Many find it prudent to go to another Big Ten school than to go to ISU.

Avg ACT is 28 so not too tough and price is cheaper than going out of state.

Illini state wrote:

Avg ACT is 28 so not too tough and price is cheaper than going out of state.

Sure, but getting into the best schools, business school and engineering, are much, much tougher. You need at least a 30 for the b-school in most cases and like 34-35 for engineering. That's why Illinois kids will pay slightly more money (emphasis on slightly) to go to Wisconsin, Indiana, Purdue, etc.

This is crap. Stewart can coach. Learned from Mick. I thought he was getting things going there so when I saw he left that was a bit shocking. He is went back home to Washington so that probably played the biggest role imo. Proly applied for UW and Gonzaga was the fallback.

U of I ran the same squad they did at Nuttycombe at Bradley today. Bradley beat them, 63-166, with Bradley winning the meet and UofI in third, with GVSU in second with 83.

Guessing they won’t win the B10 meet. They are crappy in running now to go along with football and basketball.

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B10 coming wrote:

Guessing they won’t win the B10 meet. They are crappy in running now to go along with football and basketball.

No one ever thought they were going to win. Right now it looks like they could finish like 9th or 10th.

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Good or bad?

As long as you need shoes they are great. The people that work there are the best in the business.

Regarding Illinois State...we used to chant ‘If you can’t go to school go to State.’

Would the U of I win a XC meet against every other college in Illinois? Asking for a friend

Tony “Indiana” Jones wrote:

Would the U of I win a XC meet against every other college in Illinois? Asking for a friend

No. They got smoked by Bradley on Friday.

Bucky Nation wrote:

Keep looking up at us, FIBs! Tell us how our @ss tastes.

Signed,

Wisconsin Badgers

Oh yeah! We FIBs love to come to your state to pollute your waters, fish your lakes, drink your beer, and please your women. It's basically a sausage race every time we visit your fine state.

I'm not just a FIB, I'm a FIBWAB. FIB With A Boat.

By the way, whenever you head south, thank you for helping us pay for our roads with our incredibly expensive toll roads.

Illinois. The S is silent. It rhymes with annoy, and for good reason.

The Starved Elephant wrote:

Tony “Indiana” Jones wrote:

Would the U of I win a XC meet against every other college in Illinois? Asking for a friend

No. They got smoked by Bradley on Friday.

Bradley is now the premier distance program in the state of Illinois.