In what I assume is an obvious ploy to grab some more Chicago-area talent, the Illinois Football team has announced a series of “Chicago Camps,” which will draw coaches and staff from 25 different schools.
What’s funny about this, however, is the blatant attempt by the football team (or U of I DIA?) to really play that “Lovie-used-to-be-the-Bears-coach” card, almost to a totally transparent extent.
Check out the flier for the camp series, below, which features Lovie in a Bears hat and shirt. I wonder why they just couldn’t get a photo of him in some Illini gear? Wouldn’t that make sense, given that this is an Illini football camp? Or perhaps they just couldn’t get a picture of him in Illini attire, because none of those exist, apparently.
In all seriousness, though, if this actually gets good recruits to Champaign-Urbana, bring it on. It’s just too bad that it has to be such an obvious ploy. Go Illini.