Instead of doing our typical Friday staff article where we list predictions for that weekend’s game, we’re going with Illinois’ next coach (mostly because Saturday’s game against Penn State is all but meaningless).
Michael Berns: Lance Leipold, Buffalo Bulls head coach
Hoping for and predicting the Illini hire the former Wisconsin-Whitewater legend Lance Leipold. Illinois can pay 5 or 6 times what Leipold makes at SUNY Buffalo where Leipold currently coaches, and the chance to play (and beat!) the likes of Michigan, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Iowa, etc has got to be appealing to a coach who cares about his competitive legacy.