The Goat Pen

2017 Schedule

9/2 Ball State
9/9 Western Kentucky
9/16 @ South Florida
9/29 Nebraska
10/7 @ Iowa
10/14 Rutgers
10/21 @ Minnesota
10/28 Wisconsin
11/4 @ Purdue
11/11 Indiana
11/18 @ Ohio State
11/25 Northwestern

2018 Kent State, Western Illinois, South Florida
2019 Akron, @ UConn, Eastern Michigan
2020 Florida Atlantic, UConn, Bowling Green

Winningest Coaches
Robert Zuppke (1913-41): 131-81-13 (.611)
Ray Eliot (1942-59): 83-73-11 (.530)
Mike White (1980-87): 47-41-3 (.533)
Ron Turner (1997-04): 35-57 (.380)
Ron Zook (2005-11): 34-51 (.400)

Illinois AD Ron Guenther retiring after 19 years. More lows than highs in football

http://www.bigtennetwork.com/dpp/school ... 30-2011516

Go away douchebag.

Don't you want to read about retirng Illinois AD Ron Guenther? It's the offseason

Unlike most people, Rat refuses to read while he poops, and that leaves so little time ..

Zook wants more Wrigley Field games. Understandably he wants more exposure in Chicago.

http://espn.go.com/chicago/ncf/story/_/ ... UHeadlines

Some belated thoughts on Memorial Stadium...

I love the look of the stadium from the outside. Very, very tall and imposing. Looks like a fort or armory. They didn't build down into the ground very much here.

Inside it's pretty much no-frills, which is fine. It's not run down or anything. However scoreboard improvements would be nice. The jumbotron in the south end zone shows an occasional replay but that's it. I don't once recall scores from other games being reported even once. Not shown on the scoreboard or announced over the PA. There are no banner scoreboards anywhere.

The north end zone is entirely student seating and the band. They are a pretty good student section. Last year some renegade group had "The Chief" come out and lead a cheer at halftime. This year he was absent.

http://www.quickmeme.com/Uninformed-Zoo ... /?upcoming

It's possible Illinois beats Minnesota and wins its bowl game, which would put Zook at 8-5. That might save him for one more year. But when this kind of stuff starts popping up...let's face it, it's over.

Sorry to hear that...

Defense wins in a sloppy Illini Spring Game

http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges ... raged.html

The NonConference

Youngstown State (8-4)
Western Kentucky (8-4)
@ Washington (9-4)
Texas State (6-6)

Solidly mediocre. Nothing much to say other than they will lose to Washington

Grade: C

Wow, Tim Beckman fired just a week before the season. Internal investigation revealed he mistreated injured players and coerced players into not reporting injuries so that they could remain in games.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/co ... story.html

you stay classy, B1G...

This squad is just terrible. Good grief. I don't think UNC played all that well (left 20+ points on the field...and couldn't tackle worth a shit), but UNC felt in control the entire time.

Should have kept Zook

i like Bielema overall, but this Illini team is shitacular. Their tackling was soft