The Illini situation is shaping up to be a complete disaster as this season winds down.
When Loren Tate(AD Guenthers unofficial media mouthpiece) is painting dark pictures of Zooks stewardship, you know the ship be sinking.
As a suntimes writer pointed out yesterday, all that fancy schedule jerry-rigging done by Zook/Guenther to push those last two non-conference games vs Fresno and Cinncy out to ''keep them ready for their bowl game'' now looks silly. So,due to this, the illini have two off weeks in a season from hell, and will play cinncy on the road the weekend after thanksgiving, and then Fresno at home on Dec 5...which further extends the agony(imagine how many fans in Memorial stadium on 12/5 to see a ca.mid-major take on a 1-10 illini team?)..and in the ultimate irony, will tie Guenthers hands even further if he should want to fire Zook...most schools that fire their coach will do it 2 weeks earlier, and will have a big jump on hiring the hot coaches and assistants...while Guenther is doing the vulture watch on Zook's final days coaching at illinois....this may end up saving Zook's neck for another year..hope so.
