'08 Illinois Verbal Commitments

osugrad21 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-06-2007, 12:41 PM

wadc45 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-29-2007, 09:04 AM

Updated with the Ellis and Sanni commitments...

And the Hodge commitment last month...

Best Buckeye · #3 (**permalink**) 11-01-2007, 06:27 PM

The Zooker isn't a slouch at recruiting. The real test though will come in about 4 years.

wadc45 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-13-2007, 10:49 AM

Rivals $

12/13

O&B News ranks the top 10 Illini commits.

bigtenfb · #5 (**permalink**) 12-22-2007, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Best Buckeye

The Zooker isn't a slouch at recruiting. The real test though will come in about 4 years.

your right...if he doesn't continue to win like he did this year or better with all the talent he's getting......then all the Florida fans could be right.

bigtenfb · #6 (**permalink**) 12-22-2007, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by wadc45

Updated with the Ellis and Sanni commitments...

And the Hodge commitment last month...

Is Jarred Fayson (WR Transfer from Florida) and Jason Ford (who decommited from Iowa) considered 2008?

wadc45 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-22-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by bigtenfb

Is Jarred Fayson (WR Transfer from Florida) and Jason Ford (who decommited from Iowa) considered 2008?

For posterity sake and being able to go back and look at past recruiting classes, Ford should be added to the list, Fayson should not. I will add Ford...I went through and updated all the Big10 commitment threads recently but I must have missed him...thanks for the heads up!

wadc45 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-23-2007, 10:02 AM

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Zook is Illinois' irresistible force
Head coach has turned around the football program in Champaign by selling top recruits his vision of success. The Rose Bowl rewards his determination and their faith.

By Melissa Isaacson
Tribune staff reporter

December 22, 2007

CHAMPAIGN -- They haven't quite got around to erecting a statue, renaming the stadium or even making up T-shirts with catchy slogans bearing his name, though that's surely coming. What the University of Illinois football faithful are doing, however, is as telling as it is intangible.

They are buying what Ron Zook has been selling.

Continued...

Zook is Illinois' irresistible force on ChicagoSports.com

wadc45 · #9 (**permalink**) 12-28-2007, 10:34 AM

Rivals $

12/24

O&B's updated ranking of the top 10 Illini verbals.

wadc45 · #10 (**permalink**) 02-10-2008, 10:53 PM

Rivals $

2/10

From O&B News...ranking the Illini verbal commitments for 2008.