I would say, 99.9% of the time, I will still root for a kid even if he backs away from his commitment to the Illinois football program.
While I can’t think of any specific times right now, it is all a part of the recruiting game. The Illini have lost recruits, and we have taken recruits from other programs.
One of the former Illinois commits who decided to head elsewhere had a tough weekend. Clay Patterson, the defensive lineman for Stanford, made a great play and kept contain on a Hawaii trick play.