And While We're Talking Illini ...

Forty-two points, Ron Zook? Your lone bright spot in this latest train wreck of an Illinois football season was supposed to be that the defense is at least competent and you gave up 42 points to freaking Purdue?

I don't know all the details -- I had to do a showing Saturday afternoon, and when I came back to my car half an hour later I learned that the score changed from 23-14 Illinois to 42-23 Purdue -- but I understand several of Purdue's touchdown came on short drives following turnovers. Still, that hardly excuses the coaching staff. It's not like "Hey, in fairness, we DO have a buttload of turnovers" has ever been a valid defense.

Ron Zook is 4-18 at Illinois. This is unacceptable, even by the standards of horrible horrible Illinois football. Zook must go. I don't care that he's only had two years to prove himself. I don't care if it takes time to build a program. I don't care if it's unreasonable to expect a magical, immediate turnaround under a new coach: I want it anyway. After eight years of suffering through Ron Turner, I just have no more patience for rebuilding years in Champaign.

Bottom line is this: 10 years later, it turns out we actually would have been better off with Lou Tepper running the show this whole time. Ron Zook must go!