Browsing the Fighting Illini-centric Internet over the last several days, it's become apparent that several fans, and even some media outlets, are latching on to extremely ambitious coaching candidates and rejecting others without a second thought.
That's led to a great deal of confusion over who Illinois is likely to hire, when they're likely to make a hire, and a whole host of other things. So let's discuss some of these misconceptions-- seven of them, to be exact-- and see if we can't narrow down the likely targets for the Fighting Illini football head coaching search a bit.