I think this is a home run hire for Illinois. I dont think he will win them a Big10 championship, but I could see them becoming a bowl team each year moving forward (after this year). The Big10 is top heavy (OSU/MSU/Mich), and I think this move can put Illinois in the next wave of teams with Nebraska, Penn State, etc.
SIAP, but I just saw on where Steve Shields - who was the head coach at UALR, or Little Rock if you prefer, for 12 seasons - has resurfaced...as an assistant at Tarleton State, where he’ll work under none other than Billy Gillispie. The Texans are moving to DI next year. Since he was fired at UALR, he worked as an assistant at Missouri and Southern Miss. As far as I can tell, he wasn’t on a staff this past season.
The Division I Council Coordination Committee extended the recruiting dead period in all sports through July 31.
“The extension maintains consistent recruiting rules for all sports and allows coaches to focus on the student-athletes who may be returning to campus,” said Council chair M. Grace Calhoun, athletics director at Pennsylvania. “The committee is committed to reviewing the dead period again in late June or early July.”
The committee will regularly evaluate the dead period, continuing to be guided by medical experts.
Virtual physical activities
Additionally, the committee decided to allow strength and conditioning coaches to virtually observe voluntary physical workouts for health and safety purposes but only if requested by the student-athlete. The measure goes into effect June 1. The strength and conditioning coach will be allowed to observe the workouts and discuss items related to voluntary workouts but not direct or conduct the workout.
Login to view embedded mediaRaheim announced this weekend that he'll be committing on June 8. He cut his top five down to Arkansas, Missouri, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Florida State. He's a Florida native but Arkansas has been putting the heat on high over the last few weeks. His relationship with Stepp and Coach Fountain is good and I know he talks to Stepp constantly, even getting close to committing a month or so ago. It'd be a very nice out-of-state pull and to continue the recruiting in Florida, which was not a big emphasis during the Morris era (besides IMG Academy recruits).
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While sending commits graphics with targets listed in order to recruit them seems like a compliance gray area, i like the tactic. Get the peer pressure going
I’ve got Apple that has a nice gain on it I bought it a few years ago. I’m thinking about selling half or so. In my opinion it makes sense because stocks are overvalued currently. I might buy back if it falls to a lower level in the coming months or look elsewhere.
I just wanted to see what you investment gurus thought on the Bert.
