Headed to the transfer portal.

I'll have a front page story after making a few inquiries, but here are some names to watch so far.

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Entered the portal this morning.

The Illinois football team's Orange and Blue Spring Game is today at Memorial Stadium. The game will start at 1 p.m. CT and is free and open to the public.

The Spring Game will be broadcast nationally by Big Ten Network with Matt Schumacker, J Leman, and Brooke Fletcher on the call. Brian Barnhart has the radio call on the Busey Bank Illini Sports Network.

Game Format

• Offense in blue uniforms.
• Defense in white uniforms.
• Quarterbacks in orange uniforms.
• No score kept.
• No kick or punt returns.
• Halftime: 12 minutes
• 1st/3rd quarter breaks: 2 minutes
• Potential for running clock in the second half.
• The game will be two hours long.

I sure hope we have names on the back of jerseys next year. I won’t be able to keep track of them all. I will have to bUY a new computer with AI face recognition and point the camera at the TV.

It’s done w O ! Recruiting just got a lot better !

He just visited Providence.

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Thanks.

Storr to Kansas and Maddox to Xavier.

Illinois would have paid competitive money for Storr but were not going to break the bank for Maddox.

They will focus on adding a big wing and a true 5 who can defend the rim.

With some guys still going through the draft process, it may be a while before all of the potential targets are known.

I’ll update the hot board as soon as the picture clears up some.

Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn confirmed that he’s staying.

As I previously reported, Orlando Antigua would like to remain at Kentucky but it’s unknown if Pope will keep him.

If he comes to Illinois, look for OA to try to get players to follow him.

I don't think it has progressed to where I would consider them top targets yet, but definitely on the radar.

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Optional technology rules in football, effective for the 2024 season, were approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Thursday.

In games involving Football Bowl Subdivision teams, each school will have the option to use coach-to-player communications through the helmet to one player on the field. That player will be identified by having a green dot on the back midline of the player's helmet.

The communication from the coach to the player will be turned off with 15 seconds remaining on the play clock or when the ball is snapped, whichever comes first.

For all three divisions, teams have the option of using tablets to view in-game video only. The video can include the broadcast feed and camera angles from the coach's sideline and coach's end zone.

Teams can have up to 18 active tablets for use in the coaching booth, sideline and locker room. Tablets cannot be connected to other devices to project larger additional images and cannot include analytics, data or data access capability or other communication access. All team personnel will be allowed to view the tablets during the game.

The Football Rules Committee, which met the last week of February, had a thorough discussion regarding wearable technologies.

The committee invites non-FBS conferences that are interested in using wearable technologies to submit an experimental proposal to the committee. Any proposals must be made to the committee by June 15.

Two-minute timeout​

The panel approved adding an automatic timeout when two minutes remain in the second and fourth quarters.

This rules change synchronizes all timing rules, such as 10-second runoffs and stopping the clock when a first down is gained in bounds, which coincides with the two-minute timeout.

First-down timing rules​

After a year of review, Division III committee members decided to adopt the timing rules where the game clock would continue to run when a first down is gained in bounds. The game clock will stop when a first down is gained during the last two minutes of either half. Division I and II schools used this timing rule last season.

Other rules changes​

• Allowing conferences the option of using a collaborative replay review system. This will be formally added to the rules book; it had been an experimental rule.
• Penalizing horse-collar tackles that occur within the tackle box as a 15-yard personal foul. Previously, a horse-collar tackle within the tackle box was not a foul.

Additionally, head coaches can conduct interviews with broadcast partners after the first and third quarters. This was allowed on an experimental basis last season and will be added as a permanent rule.

Uniforms​

The panel did not support a uniform rule proposal made by the Football Rules Committee. Panel members were not comfortable with on-field officials having to enforce the recommended rule.

The panel understands the rules committee's concern but encourages the committee to look for an administrative solution that does not include game official enforcement.

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Illinois held a second pro day on Tuesday.

Players working out included Johnny Newton, Denzel Daxon, Keith Randolph, Tarique Barnes, Clayton Bush, and Bryce Barnes.

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