Ardent Illini fans like to cast about the recruiting forums for hints about next year’s quarterback.
The UI’s prospective next passer intrigues them. And they foresee an upgraded Illini receiving corps when Mikey Dudek returns.
My mind isn’t wired that way. Some years ago, I began to secretly frown on every incoming prospect who wasn’t an oversized lineman. If you happened to read any references here to quarterbacks or receivers or running backs, that was simply out of duty to my job.
I pretended to care but, frankly, if the newcomer wasn’t 6-foot-5 and capable of topping 300 pounds, my reaction was: “It doesn’t matter.