Illini fire FB coach just as season begins

[tornado]

Highly unusual time but the AD Mike Thomas must have thought something in their "preliminary" reports about player abuse was worth it to fire Beckman

lots of rumors that the AD may go, thus they would have the extremely unusual trifecta of needing a President (Chancellor), an AD, and a head coach all at once...

now they are going to face major lawsuits as they claim they are firing Beckman with cause - thus trying to get out of paying him the $3.1 million that they currently own him on his contract...
...one of the current assistants (Bill Cubit) has been elevated to interim head coach...

BUT - does this not also strongly hint that if player abuse was that severe & widespread - enough to fire the head coach with years left on his contract - at this point in time...
then surely ALL the assistants and the AD as well as trainers/etc....all had to know about it if not participate in it...
SHOULD THEY NOT ALL BE FIRED????



one more thing - BEFORE any official word that Beckman was fired - MULTIPLE sources including ESPN & FoxSports were reporting the firing...
Doesn't that mean the PJS should be outraged and demand that they "take down" their reports because "people's lives are involved here"?

https://twitter.com/BruceFeldmanCFB/status/637328588899905537

https://twitter.com/FootballScoop/status/637328101022679040

[Da Coach]

From ESPN-

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13533196/tim-beckman-fired-coach-illinois-fighting-illini

[tornado]

..now they are going to face major lawsuits as they claim they are firing Beckman with cause .....

yup - looks like Tim Beckman is getting in line to sue University of Illinois

http://www.dailyillini.com/article/2015/09/beckman-likely-to-sue-university

[tornado]

More bizarre happenings for U of I football...

In an unusual Friday night slot for college football, the Illini were set to debut the BIG Ten Network football coverage last night in a matchup vs. Kent State.
Then in yet another rarity - the game was kinda rained out...or lightninged out...
There was lightning off & on for a couple hours, but it was the threat of more bad weather that caused the Illinois game to be postponed and rescheduled for Saturday afternoon.

"Due to impending weather"

and

"Due to inclement weather on Friday, Sept. 4, the Fighting Illini have rescheduled the football game against Kent State to Saturday, Sept. 5 at 1 p.m. CT."

http://www.fightingillini.com/news/2015/9/4/Football_0904153026.aspx

"The decision .. left Kent State scrambling, looking for hotel space for an entire football team..
players were expected to head to available rooms in several hotels in Bloomington..."

http://www.sj-r.com/article/20150904/NEWS/150909709

It was only the 2nd time in history an Illinois home game had to be postponed 'til the next day

http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2015-09-05/illini-football-experiences-rare-postponement.html

There was one other college FB game called on account of rain last light - in Toledo

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13579742/stony-brook-toledo-canceled-half-due-severe-weather

[sam hannam]

I see that the Illinois game is suppose to be on BIGTENGO. What is that and where do you find it in Peoria?

[Old Coach]

I see that the Illinois game is suppose to be on BIGTENGO. What is that and where do you find it in Peoria?

It's an app.