The Chicago Tribune says that Illinois really, really doesn't appreciate all these accusations of impropriety in the recruiting of players for their perennial loser football program. Clearly, Ron Zook is just happy that the New York Times couldn't find more dirt:
"I know this: If that's all [the Times] can find after all the time they spent, that just makes you feel that much better about the program."
It's a strangely worded sentence, to be sure. "If" that's all they could find?
Hey, speaking of strangely worded sentences, get a load of Martez Wilson's response to the statement, "You obviously saw a lot that you liked about [Illinois]. Explain that to everybody."
Martez: "It wasn't the money."
Who said anything about money? Here, listen for yourself and then tell me who said anything about money.
To be fair, Robert Hughes, a ND recruit, says that Illinois' tactics in recruiting him were clean, and we believe him. And the quote we're pulling from Martez is out of context. He's answering these questions within the overall context of an entire nation asking him and everyone else at Illinois, "what the hell is going on over there?" But darn if it don't make good blog fodder. We also get the sense that if Ron Zook were selling $100 injections of the Ebola virus, he'd manage to make $300 bucks in a day.
What's the line about a sucker born every minute?
By Bad Kermit February 8, 2007 - 5:15 pm
It’s “There’s a sucker born every minute.” I’m surprised you didn’t know that.
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By domer.mq February 8, 2007 - 5:32 pm
Ah. Thanks. I thought it was “There’s a sucker born every minute in Chicago, and he becomes a Cubs fan for life.”
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By Bad Kermit February 8, 2007 - 6:05 pm
Fortunately, our life spans are greatly shortened by the stress of rooting for the Cubs.
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