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@ALionEye@Elohim48616976@Light_The_I IIRC, Pearl also promised Deon’s “friend” in high school admission to Iowa and other benefits if the friend would serve as an informant to Pearl what was happening with Deon’s recruitment by Illinois.
@jeff_kuhnen@KedPrince4 QHS class of 83 grad here. The third place game you mentioned was in 1982 after Mendel Catholic snapped Quincy’s 64 game win streak on a buzzer beater in the semi-finals. Payne graduated the year before when Quincy won the state title by 30+ over Proviso East.
@TheFieldPass Absolutely not. If he didn’t know then shame on him for not knowing. He had one job-to lead 100ish men in his football program. If he was so blind to not see what was happening and stop it, he doesn’t deserve to be part of our program.
@_Landthieves_@Illini6781@CoachDrinkwitz One guy, edge rusher, opted out for SC. One guy, WR, opted out for Illinois. Both got drafted. Illinois didn’t beat SC’s opt out team anymore than SC lost to Illinois’ opt out team.