[Oskee] HUGE win!

[John Livengood]

Millington and O'Donnell, we should have some decent recruits to plug in there.

Here's something interesting, Illinois is actually in the running for a BCS bowl game. From the Daily Herald (http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=75682):

If Illinois (8-3, 5-2) defeats Northwestern, the Illini
will share second place in the Big Ten with the loser of the Ohio
State-Michigan game.


That could be good enough to earn a spot in the Outback
Bowl on Jan. 1, where the Illini would be paired with the SEC's best
non-BCS team.


But Jerry Palm of CollegeBCS.com thinks the Illini
should plan on something greater. He predicted Sunday that Illinois
will earn one of the four BCS at-large berths and face No. 3 Oklahoma
in the Fiesta Bowl.


"It's not a far-fetched scenario in terms of a lot of
upsets having to happen," Palm said. "But things have to go in a
certain direction."


Among them? Hawaii needs to lose and Ohio State must
beat Michigan, giving Illinois the chance to be the Big Ten's second
BCS representative.


----- Original Message ----
From: Chris Goldenstein <cgoldens at yahoo.com>
To: Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List <oskee at heins.net>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 5:44:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Oskee] HUGE win!


not to mention, don't we lose alot of our O-line next year?

----- Original Message ----
From: John Livengood <jdlive at yahoo.com>
To: Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List <oskee at heins.net>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 12:56:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Oskee] HUGE win!

I think Mendenhall is gone, and I wouldn't blame him at all...the shelf
 life of an NFL runningback is only a couple of years long.

As to the Iowa loss...we're truly a handful of plays from being
 unbeaten so it's best not to think about that too much. ;-) Of course, we
 could also say that about a couple of our wins, too.

----- Original Message ----
From: Robert Mingee <mingee at swbell.net>
To: Fighting Illini Sports Enthusiasts List <oskee at heins.net>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2007 9:23:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Oskee] HUGE win!


> If Mendenhall stays for next year, this team will be a true
> contender for a Big Ten title and BCS game.

That's exactly what I'm hanging my hope on for him staying another year
-- the lure of a potentially huge year.  He's clearly ready to play at
the next level, but his stock could go up even farther with a year in
the spotlight.  I don't know if we've seen enough of Dufrene to know if
he's ready to carry the full-time load, but with Juice obviously being
a run threat as well, I don't think things will drop off too badly
even if Mendenhall does decide to go early.  We're losing some talent
 on
defense, but I have confidence in Zook to keep the defense playing at a
high level.

The Iowa loss really looms large now -- we'd have had a shot at the
Rose Bowl *this year* had we not lost that game.  Oh well, coulda,
shoulda, woulda...

-- robert
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