November 27th, 2011 at 2:55 PM ^
No more Zookball?! :/ maybe we can get lucky and Purdue will scoop him up if they can Hope after next season. I love seeing teams lose games due to hilarious coaching blunders so it's a really sad day when Zook leaves the Big 10
November 27th, 2011 at 3:00 PM ^
That'll happen when you lose 27-7 to Minnesota with the 7 points coming in garbage time. What the hell happened there?
November 27th, 2011 at 3:18 PM ^
Man, good thing Jim Tressel has his dream job with the Colts right now
November 27th, 2011 at 3:55 PM ^
Hayden Fox. He's been out for a while but he did wonders for Minnesota State.
November 27th, 2011 at 4:15 PM ^
Hayden Fox. He's been out for a while but he did wonders for Minnesota State.
EDIT: A suggestion so good I thought I'd double post it.
November 27th, 2011 at 4:04 PM ^
Just saying . . .
November 27th, 2011 at 4:10 PM ^
Is this going to have any effect on our 2012 or 2013 class?
November 27th, 2011 at 4:29 PM ^
I heard that Joe Paterno is looking for win 410.
November 27th, 2011 at 4:37 PM ^
I will personally walk Ron Zook's resume to Urban Meyer's in-box in Columbus.
November 27th, 2011 at 4:44 PM ^
I think Illinois is lucky at all that they're 6-6. I saw their 3 point win against Western and their last minute 3 point win over Arizona State. Against Northwestern, they were able to come back from 14 points down in the 4th quarter once Dan Persa left the game with an ankle injury.
They could very easily be 3-9 right now.
The Zook hire was kind of confusing in the first place. The nation saw how badly he did at Florida where talented players are everywhere you look.
November 27th, 2011 at 5:08 PM ^
about Big Ten coaching hires.
DEFENSE, DEFENSE, DEFENSE
November 27th, 2011 at 5:35 PM ^
From this article:
Zook finishes his Illini career at 34-51, though there were some successes. He led the program to the 2008 Rose Bowl, where it was blown out by USC.
November 27th, 2011 at 5:51 PM ^
For most of the last decade, getting blown away by USC in the Rose Bowl was the prize for winning the Big Ten or coming in second.
November 27th, 2011 at 6:42 PM ^
That's not bad.
Just going to the Rose Bowl is a dream for Illinois.
But that paragraph is still hilarious in it's stupidity.
November 27th, 2011 at 9:02 PM ^
I know that he is a popular target here, but I'll give him credit for coming out and making a genuine and sincere statement almost immediately after he lost his job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3GDCo2BWAnU
Illinois is handling this coaching transition better then Akron did with Rob Ianello.