Starting a new football recruiting thread.

Boy's give Jerry a Huge Manure Birthday cake !

JJ celebrates his 82 birthday today !

Detroit 47
Boys 9

Dallas # 2 to fire their HC ?

Mary Anne askes why are we still watching this ? I say I never forget ! When Gil Brant swore Dallas was drafting me as a TE to replace Mike Ditka ! NOPE !

For the year 123 out of 153 passes attempted. 1863 yds, 15 tds,3 int. Last game 18-24 75% completions ratio. 3 tds, 1 int. Also rushed 12 times for 157 yds and 2 Tds. He is ranked #1 in the St.Louis area.

Feagin is out with an injury.

Illinois will lean on Josh McCray, Aidan Laughery, and Cal'il Valentine.

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Michigan favored by 2 .

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Illinois football team is ranked #22 in this week's AP Top 25 and #21 in the Coaches Poll. The Fighting Illini are off to a 5-1 start and have been ranked for five consecutive weeks.

Saturday's sold out showdown against #24 Michigan will be the first AP Top 25 ranked vs. ranked game at Memorial Stadium since 2000. It will be the 24th ranked vs. ranked matchup in the history of Memorial Stadium, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary this weekend.

The game against Michigan will take place 100 years and one day after Red Grange's historic performance in the Memorial Stadium Dedication Game. The Dedication Game famously occurred against Michigan on Oct. 18, 1924, when Grange gained national headlines after scoring four touchdowns in the first 12 minutes to take down the previously undefeated Wolverines.

Illinois has announced detailed plans for the Rededication weekend, set for Thursday, Oct. 17-Saturday, Oct. 19. To view the complete schedule of Memorial Stadium Rededication plans, click here.

#22 Illinois and #24 Michigan kick off on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. CT on CBS.

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Insanity.

Illini hang on in OT 50-49.

Four-star defensive back Dawayne Galloway didn't make the trip to Champaign yesterday. Illinois has backed off of that recruitment.

Instead, they are prioritizing Colorado commit Alex Graham. They have a good connection to Detroit Cass Tech in Corey Parker. They believe they have a great chance to flip him. He will visit for the Michigan game on Saturday.

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The Illini offered WMU commit OL JJ Hirdes during his visit on Saturday. I think there's going to be some more Power 4 competition for Hirdes. The offer was big, though. Hirdes is a right tackle prospect. Natural athlete, long arms.

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DB Torrie Cox has a brother Tywan Cox at Miami Northwestern who is committed to South Florida. Illinois really likes him. Speedy kid who is an aggressive tackler in the box and a couple of inches taller than Torrie. Offers from Miami, Nebraska, Pitt, Syracuse, UNLV, Vanderbilt, and others.

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Big group of visitors. Here are some of the notable ones.

I will have a recruiting roundup on Wednesday with more details.

Commits: TE Grant Smith, QB/ATH Jershaun Newton, OL Griffin Rousseau

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Illinois running back Kaden Feagin ruled out.

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Huge road win!!!
OT was total domination!