First of all, thank you to Lovie Smith for being Lovie Smith. More importantly, thank you for not being PJ Fleck. Or Scott Frost. Growing up the Illinois / Hawkeye basketball games were legendary. Lou Henson’s wig-thing was pretty special. Hawk fans will never forget Andy Kaufmann’s buzzer-beater in 1993. The Bruce Pearl / Deon Thomas “situation” still resonates throughout college basketball. Football? Illinois was good, for a little bit. After that, not so much. Let’s get into a key stat for the upcoming Illinois game.
The Elephant in the Quarterback Room
One segment I have been writing for @BHGP is a letter grade for each Hawkeye position group.