O-town Gator
Gator Fan
So much for that "master recruiter" moniker pinned on him; Zook's digging himself an even deeper hole:
Link: http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1046572
"Illinois is very much in situation similar to Colorado. Even with dramatic changes on his coaching staff, there still are lingering questions about Ron Zook's future and those questions really hurt the Illini in this year's recruiting wars. Illinois is going to finish outside of the top 60 likely and will finish with its lowest ranking in the Big Ten since 2004. Just like that season, Illinois should finish in the No. 8 spot in the conference, a hard pill to swallow for a program that hasn't had problems attracting talent in the past. Much like Colorado, Illinois' biggest problems stem from not keeping the top players at home. Illinois so far has only landed one player in the top 10 in the state and seeing blue-chip recruits like Kyle Prater, C.J. Fiedorowicz, Matt Milton and others leave the state certainly stings."
Link: http://footballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1046572