Say What?!?!?

This may be the only thing that surprises me more than 9 wins and a BCS bid. I never thought I would see this day come for Illini football recruiting:

There's one small problem with Illinois' remarkable Rose Bowl-tinted success.

There might not be enough scholarships to accommodate all of the recruits who want to become Illini....

...With 22 oral commitments on their current list -- and room for perhaps 10 more -- the Illini are in the unprecedented position of having to express their condolences to recruits who are recruiting Illinois.

"They're turning down guys right now that, a year ago, they would have been jumping up and down to get," said Jeff Johnson, Rivals.com's Illinois recruiting expert.

I need a Kleenex. And not to wipe away the tears of joy....