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Now that we are perennially good in football, and made the Final 4...

Posted by KingTalkyTiki

on September 1, 2026, 14:19:01, in reply to "Illinois extend Nike through 2033"

✏️ Edited by KingTalkyTiki on September 1, 2026, 14:19:27

...can they start producing more of the high end gear for us?

Tired of looking at Nike branded gear and it's all Michigan, Florida, Ohio State, Texas, Arizona, hell even Michigan State and Purdue.

No Illini.

"You must own the honor of being the whitest, military vet, fat, multiple state property owner but most of all the one who hates their own country the most in our country."

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September College Sports thread - assassin September 1, 2026, 11:52:21

Volleyball beat a ranked USC. * - biclops 17 minutes ago
Good summary of how teams will change if all the 5th years get approved. - OB25 Yesterday, 11:34:43
I believe one of our visitors from last weekend committed to Syracuse* - Mrap24 Yesterday, 09:58:07
- Yeah, Kamissoko - biclops Yesterday, 10:43:18
Apparently JD Vance is going to be at the Illinois-Ohio State game on Saturday. - IlliniRunner September 24, 2026, 22:02:00
- OSU is claiming all the couches were removed from the suite level as a “security precaution”* - Herman Blume Yesterday, 12:19:05
- was behind a van today with a bumper sticker that said "THIS MAN KILLED MY POPE" - assassin Yesterday, 11:36:17
- How much have the lines moved in Illinois' favor on that news?* - ATL Yesterday, 10:10:18
- I’ll kick him in the dick if I see him* - bjl63 September 24, 2026, 22:10:09
- So you're saying there's a chance.......* - illini222 September 24, 2026, 22:09:16
Volleyball beat ranked Minnesota * - biclops September 24, 2026, 21:30:28
- Huge win. (nm) - Waka Yesterday, 09:59:18
Gayle gets a fifth year at UM - assassin September 24, 2026, 16:22:57
Alford calling it quits at Nevada after this season - assassin September 24, 2026, 15:46:11
- ooo - jdl September 24, 2026, 15:56:42
  - Ed Bond: Illini Legend. - osklister Yesterday, 12:25:21
  - LMFCO* - Jackie September 24, 2026, 18:12:28
  - Yessss!* - TarheelIllini September 24, 2026, 16:30:24
Tamin Lipsey, Malik Reneau, Tre White (among others) granted injunction for 5th year - OB25 September 23, 2026, 19:10:14
All 3,000 Orange Krush season tickets claimed within a minute of going on sale* - OB25 September 22, 2026, 17:27:46
- This says all student tickets sold out in 9 mins - biclops September 22, 2026, 17:31:23
  - They were all claimed in one minute, processing of payments all done in 9 minutes* - OB25 September 22, 2026, 17:39:43
    - Either time is impressive. Unless my wife has been lying to me all these years.* - biclops September 22, 2026, 18:00:33
How did the bb recruit visit go last weekend? - TarheelIllini September 22, 2026, 13:44:31
- if someone committed, it would have been posted here. since it wasn't. there you go. * - assassin September 22, 2026, 14:03:53
Mirkovic needs to not be on a skateboard - biclops September 22, 2026, 12:06:14
- Foot must be ok* - Mrap24 September 22, 2026, 12:11:53
- He has the opposite of Trump hands * - ATL September 22, 2026, 12:11:16
Torvik projection of 24-8/14-6 - jdl September 22, 2026, 09:52:40
- That model is really low on Vaaks* - Blazer September 22, 2026, 12:56:32
  - Not as low as before he made some adjustments - jdl September 22, 2026, 13:22:50
- hey we finally beat UConn* - assassin September 22, 2026, 12:08:55
Another 5 star visit coming. 2028 - CanHartlebHireSnider September 22, 2026, 09:47:40
- Sorry, Ben. I won’t be able to not think “Bobby Boucher”. It’s stuck now.* - biclops September 22, 2026, 10:30:20
Trotter trying to project the starting lineups for each college hoops team - jdl September 22, 2026, 09:28:04
Nebraska basketball picked up a nice commitment - biclops September 21, 2026, 19:09:06
Need these guys on the team - biclops September 19, 2026, 17:40:33
- Yes! We will need new bigs with the Ivici and likely Mirk moving on after the season.* - Warrin'_Illini September 22, 2026, 10:49:58
  - LOL, "hair vibes". Kinda reminds me of Lou always listing heights WITH shoes on. :-) - osklister September 22, 2026, 10:59:27
Jaxson Davis (2x Illinois Mr. Basketball) commits to Ohio State - OB25 September 18, 2026, 18:47:24
- Much prefer this outcome to MSU. OSU will always be handicapped with Diebler* - opossum jenkins September 19, 2026, 11:32:28
- Other finalists: Arizona State, Boston College, Georgia, and the Creighton Barrels. * - osklister September 19, 2026, 11:25:53
Steve Belichick out as defensive coordinator at North Carolina * - Poldark September 17, 2026, 08:37:02
Back half of this pod has info on the 4 5 star hoops guys visiting this weekend - Carl Spackler September 17, 2026, 07:55:17
- love that we're getting a visit from our giant montenegrin toddler's california girlfriend's - John Coctostan September 17, 2026, 08:46:03
- Throws flag for injecting politics into sports discussion. - voiceofreason September 17, 2026, 08:25:01
- siena transfers?* - torinese September 17, 2026, 08:16:57
  - LOL, that didn’t work! Chumpin’* - Carl Spackler September 17, 2026, 08:25:29
BT Schedule for Illinois inside - assassin September 16, 2026, 16:21:22
- Late Jan - mid Feb is a tough stretch - jdl September 16, 2026, 17:35:15
- Given the non-con gauntlet we have, can’t ask for a better 2 early Dec conference games* - OB25 September 16, 2026, 16:42:03
  - on the right side of the CA/PNW split, and get MSU at home. - assassin September 16, 2026, 16:46:04
    - Old ass TKR won't have to worry about the kids being too danged loud.* - Warrin'_Illini September 16, 2026, 16:47:08
      - he's goin to LSU anyway - assassin September 16, 2026, 16:54:14
        
        Good, get him the fuck away from us.* - Warrin'_Illini September 16, 2026, 16:54:38
- Hmm. Four weekend home games - biclops September 16, 2026, 16:38:27
  - Used to be the first thing I'd look at too. THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!! - osklister September 16, 2026, 19:04:28
EvanMiya.com preseason rankings out - assassin September 16, 2026, 12:27:05
Duke... bag dropping is their bag, baby. - uofi1998 September 16, 2026, 07:56:52
The Athletic breaks down spend by program. Spoiler: Illinois is near the bottom. - Tuscy September 16, 2026, 07:46:46
- No idea how accurate but this would basically confirm we thought teams wouldn’t really spend NIL* - CanHartlebHireSnider September 16, 2026, 11:19:00
  - Some people floated that the rev share thing would solve the problem... and most of us... - uofi1998 September 16, 2026, 16:15:24
  - I still refuse to believe Whitman was that naive. Would be totally out of character - Blazer September 16, 2026, 15:36:17
    - Whitman strikes me as a very ambitious guy, like a ‘hope to be B1G Commissioner’ type - OB25 September 16, 2026, 16:39:56
    - We shall see but a weak football year this year certainly won’t help - CanHartlebHireSnider September 16, 2026, 16:33:54
      - As others have pointed out below, those quotes are just as likely meant to deflect - Blazer September 16, 2026, 17:01:21
    - Ultimately, it's just a big donation battle... and if people get cold feet when they don't think... - uofi1998 September 16, 2026, 16:16:27
- D linemen >>>>>>>>>> a new scoreboard* - LeatherneckIllini September 16, 2026, 10:52:30
  - Sure looks like IU is spending Mark Cuban's money nicely. - Passiveaggressiveman September 16, 2026, 11:29:20
  - Do people really believe we made this choice?* - digs September 16, 2026, 11:04:40
    - the dumb ones do* - Ron McDon September 16, 2026, 11:31:30
      - And boy are there a lot of dumb ones* - illini21 September 16, 2026, 11:36:08
    - It’s a statement. I know the money is two separate pots.* - LeatherneckIllini September 16, 2026, 11:16:56
    - It's the absolute dumbest take - illini21 September 16, 2026, 11:14:24
    - Yeah I’m already over the scoreboard talk. - OB25 September 16, 2026, 11:13:12
- How are we spending less on football than NU, MSU, IU and Maryland?* - gullit September 16, 2026, 10:27:26
- Man, good for these kids. So awesome to see them finally paid their market value.* - Carl Spackler September 16, 2026, 09:11:44
- Midpoint estimate for each B1G school... - Orangeillini September 16, 2026, 08:06:52
  - Northwestern, Rutgers, Maryland and MSU spending more than us is gross too - ibdoc September 16, 2026, 08:39:33
    - There’s no way this is accurate at anything close to this level of detail.* - OB25 September 16, 2026, 10:25:18
    - Remove the 2 extreme outliers, and there isn't a huge difference with the remaining 18... - uofi1998 September 16, 2026, 10:24:04
  - IU being on par with Michigan is pretty gross* - UofIL6 September 16, 2026, 08:23:47
  - I find this hard to believe * - biclops September 16, 2026, 08:11:01
    - Impossible. That number would basically mean we had no NIL at all - larue33 September 16, 2026, 08:28:53
      - OK, not impossible, that's football only. - larue33 September 16, 2026, 08:38:39
        
        Based on the talent we have on D I find it almost totally accurate - bjl63 September 16, 2026, 08:45:24
        
        Bret is a great P4 head coach, with a lot of experience - illiniranger September 16, 2026, 09:05:09
        
        Right... many different things can be true. BB is a very good coach, and the best... - uofi1998 September 16, 2026, 10:21:25
- The top end skews the average... we're effectively mid-table along with many others. - uofi1998 September 16, 2026, 07:55:14
Illini bball: Per Werner Darius Wabbington pushed is OV up to this weekend - illini21 September 15, 2026, 10:57:31
- Which ones?* - Carl Spackler September 16, 2026, 09:00:13
  - Dots - illini21 September 16, 2026, 09:17:19
- We better win Saturday * - TarheelIllini September 15, 2026, 11:03:10
  - Doesn’t matter* - HeatMizer September 15, 2026, 20:32:40
B1G hoops schedule announcement Wed - jdl September 14, 2026, 11:04:48
- what's a Shimmy Miller* - assassin September 15, 2026, 11:55:25
lolllol - LeatherneckIllini September 12, 2026, 10:31:14
Ayo - biclops September 12, 2026, 07:51:48
- He has had his head straight from day 1 until now - memyselfandillini September 15, 2026, 11:54:07
I assume by now we’d know if we were doing full 2001 throwbacks for this game, right? - OB25 September 10, 2026, 17:06:35
Jim Cornelison to sing national anthem. Beat Duke* - Poldark September 10, 2026, 17:05:07
Shauna Green contract extension through 2032* - Poldark September 10, 2026, 13:33:20
- Is she hot?* - Warrin'_Illini September 10, 2026, 16:38:42
  - she's more svelte than the Czarina* - Poldark September 10, 2026, 17:05:24
- Gonna stick around 'The Farm' for quite a while. * - osklister September 10, 2026, 14:36:16
Guess he’s not visiting this weekend - Mrap24 September 10, 2026, 10:13:20
- You visit anyone else, I’ll pull the offer - TarheelIllini September 10, 2026, 14:58:07
- Sick of fucking UConn, man.* - uofi1998 September 10, 2026, 12:51:15
  - Getting fucked by UConn.* - voiceofreason September 10, 2026, 13:31:08
  - doo-dah, doo-dah* - Sammich September 10, 2026, 13:16:34
  - ...phrasing - IlliniSax05 September 10, 2026, 13:14:58
- I dunno...I keep seeing that he's visiting. Maybe it's a "soft" commit. Who knows how much - OWWDig September 10, 2026, 10:16:30
  - He’s not visiting anymore.* - OB25 September 10, 2026, 12:43:14
    - Wow. Ok, then. Next* - OWWDig September 10, 2026, 13:00:11
    - Pettigrew it is* - assassin September 10, 2026, 12:44:02
    - we didn't want him anyway - IlliniSax05 September 10, 2026, 12:43:53
      - IDKWTI* - memyselfandillini September 15, 2026, 11:55:30
  - We should pretty much now know what UCONN is offering. So there’s that.* - DocWalk20 September 10, 2026, 11:44:53
Big Ten gets a clue - jdl September 9, 2026, 16:46:30
- I saw/listened to the command center feed from the triple catch @IU a few years back - ATL September 9, 2026, 17:23:57
Shad Khan to appear on CNBC in a few mins* - UofIL6 September 9, 2026, 14:35:45
TKR granted TRO - assassin September 9, 2026, 13:25:13
- So dumb. He was drafted. What are we doing here?* - UofIL6 September 9, 2026, 13:45:31
  - He played four full seasons and redshirted. It’s insane. * - assassin September 9, 2026, 15:05:03
- So ridiculous.* - OB25 September 9, 2026, 13:43:59
Rutgers MBB coach announces cancer diagnosis* - ECEIllinois September 9, 2026, 12:35:27
The SEC won. LSU officially moving on from the 2 NFL guys.* - OB25 September 8, 2026, 20:56:19
- What about Will Wade?* - bjl63 September 8, 2026, 21:22:32
Tomislav is homislav - biclops September 8, 2026, 18:12:28
- And Big Z brought back an injured hand from his trip. Not practicing. * - Philo September 8, 2026, 18:56:26
  - Maybe next year’s the year where multiple important players don’t get hurt preseason* - snipes824 September 8, 2026, 19:48:29
    - Underwood should follow Bielema and tackle less in practice * - biclops September 8, 2026, 20:36:15
      - We talking’ ‘bout practice?!?!? - ATL September 9, 2026, 12:37:39
      - Fewer - IlliniSax05 September 8, 2026, 20:39:03
  - So in a sense we are net zero on Ivisices * - biclops September 8, 2026, 19:24:18
  - big ass wrap on it - assassin September 8, 2026, 18:59:48
    - #NotIdeal for the hopes of him rediscovering his outside shot this offseason* - OB25 September 8, 2026, 19:33:04
women's soccer won at Virginia Tech today. They were showing it on some ACC Network channel* - ECEIllinois September 6, 2026, 20:31:43
- Looks like they’re undefeated with three draws, including against a ranked Georgia team * - ATL September 6, 2026, 20:43:54
Volleyball post….playing at Wrigley is a cool idea, but… - PapaDels September 6, 2026, 20:10:58
One of the highlights for the COSM sports sizzle reel is a TSJ throwdown for the Wolves - ATL September 4, 2026, 14:59:37
College sports is in great shape - jdl September 4, 2026, 11:17:59
LSU won their court case - jdl September 3, 2026, 20:44:31
- zxavian key and peele level name* - torinese September 4, 2026, 08:47:08
- (no subject) - CanHartlebHireSnider September 4, 2026, 01:56:17
  - Appeal exhibit number one* - LeatherneckIllini September 4, 2026, 06:49:55
#6 overall in 2028 (reclass possible) sets visits with Illinois, Iowa, UT and Vandy - assassin September 2, 2026, 17:05:45
- That’s a wild list for a 5 star* - John Coctostan September 2, 2026, 19:09:08
  - These days, is there value to being the first visit ? Or is that an old-fashioned idea? - osklister September 4, 2026, 09:33:54
- ooo - biclops September 2, 2026, 17:10:45
An archive of Spencer Hall's EDSBS CFB season opening essays has been reposted. - EffinIllini September 2, 2026, 09:20:34
Penn St. announces the Paterno Family Football Experience Room at Beaver Stadium - IlliniSax05 September 2, 2026, 07:04:13
- This is a true story - Sounder September 15, 2026, 11:06:56
- Hard pass. No, wait. Just “Pass”* - memyselfandillini September 2, 2026, 17:51:38
- Pedo State or State Penn. Pick you poison.* - Warrin'_Illini September 2, 2026, 10:50:02
- Celebrating the man who knew everything that went on there, just a continuous abomination - illini222 September 2, 2026, 10:41:33
- You must be *less than* this tall to enter* - Herman Blume September 2, 2026, 10:38:15
- And for a donation to the NIL fund, you can go in the Sandusky closet.* - Illiniphil September 2, 2026, 07:45:06
- Don’t take your kids there* - TarheelIllini September 2, 2026, 07:44:53
- That will be such a touching experience for visitors.* - LeatherneckIllini September 2, 2026, 07:08:41
  - Gonna be a lot of horseplay* - AintHatin September 2, 2026, 07:16:52
    - Visitors will be showered with gifts* - NastyBoyd September 2, 2026, 07:34:21
Step in the right direction - jdl September 1, 2026, 21:45:35
volleyball swept at Tennessee. Fire Tamas* - Poldark September 1, 2026, 19:34:38
- Tennessee is good, but not THAT good. This is gonna be a rough season.* - MojoJojo September 2, 2026, 12:49:09
  - THIS season?? :-(((( - osklister September 2, 2026, 15:28:58
our scoreboard is visible from Gibson City - ECEIllinois September 1, 2026, 13:30:17
- o o o - Orangeillini September 1, 2026, 15:24:31
- Saw them putting on the back panels the other day. It’s a beauty.* - Toonces September 1, 2026, 14:13:45
  - Ooo - DocWalk20 September 1, 2026, 14:19:41
    - I can see it from.... Urbana !! Savoy if ya have a telescope. :-) - osklister September 1, 2026, 15:10:48
Illinois extend Nike through 2033 - assassin September 1, 2026, 13:06:59
- Hopefully Whitman was able to negotiate for more than the zero dollars we got 10 years ago.* - Chuck Woodaby September 1, 2026, 14:27:57
  - Shorter deal this time, requested by... us? Nike? - osklister September 1, 2026, 15:20:40
    - I'd be ok with Jordan brand for no other reason than we might get some O&B 3s or 11s - IlliniSax05 September 1, 2026, 15:22:31
      - For fun: doesn't seem like the Jordan brand goes for all sports in many colleges. - osklister September 1, 2026, 15:28:05
- Now that we are perennially good in football, and made the Final 4... - KingTalkyTiki September 1, 2026, 14:19:01
ESPN Unlimited is now live in YTTV * - jdl September 1, 2026, 12:31:17
- I look forward to the upcoming price increase - IlliniSax05 September 1, 2026, 12:40:05
  - I changed to the sports/news tier - jdl September 1, 2026, 12:43:09
    - 6 months promo for sports only, $44/mo * - MC September 1, 2026, 15:27:17
- Yeah this is game changing becuase it appears you may be able to get mlb.tv too - CanHartlebHireSnider September 1, 2026, 12:39:16
We have a non Aussie punter for once - jdl September 1, 2026, 12:27:21
- But which one can punt with either foot? I want to see that happen in a game.* - DocWalk20 September 1, 2026, 15:08:51
- sounds like Punter might be an adventure. I suppose Jack Gray - ijustkrushalot September 1, 2026, 12:55:57
  - Can't be a lot worse than last year, though. I'm a little more concerned with PK* - bjl63 September 1, 2026, 15:02:45
  - Remembering that trick play where the punter wanted to do anything with the ball - RVA September 1, 2026, 12:59:30
- who's our kicker?* - ECEIllinois September 1, 2026, 12:31:04
  - Moczulski * - jdl September 1, 2026, 12:31:55
    - whoa he transferred back* - ECEIllinois September 1, 2026, 12:32:27
      - I got no kick about kids returning to the fold. - osklister September 1, 2026, 12:47:04
that's a shame for the kid. - Illiniphil September 1, 2026, 12:08:40
- But full salary, right?? Going to spend the year in the library, I'm sure. - osklister September 1, 2026, 12:23:20
  - Wil all the non-grades that he'll get as a freshman * - aimlessillini September 1, 2026, 14:08:13
Heeheehee* - TarheelIllini September 1, 2026, 11:54:15

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