By giving Bill Cubit a two-year extension, the University of Illinois showed its fans exactly how much it cares about the football program.
Illinois is a bad football school. Other than a decade out of the darkness from 1981 to 1991, this has been true since the 50s. This is going to remain true for the foreseeable future and that's because the University of Illinois does not care about its football program.
That's not really breaking news nor is it a secret. It's just an uncomfortable truth we all like to avoid. But then the school went out and handed Bill Cubit a two-year extension yesterday after a 5-7 season and they decided to broadcast it loudly and in HD to the entire country.