Lovie may be a great guy but its hard to recruit Illinois when you don't go the best conferences. I know for a fact that ILLINOIS has not visited the DVC at all! I can't speak on the ESCC or the CCL, but he isn't even getting good recruits in Florida and Texas. He is getting the leftovers. NIU is killing the state with getting the top Illinois kids. I find it hard to believe that there are only 3 in state kids that can play at Illinois. Lovie and his staff can't evaluate talent and can't recruit.
This is laughable. NIU "killing" it currently with the 80th ranked recruiting class and Lovie can't recruit when Illinois ranks 48th. Lovie just locked up the best 3 recruits Illinois has gotten in the past 5 years.
People love to hate on Lovie Smith. How the Bears' doin' since he got ran out?