| August College Sports thread
Posted by assassin
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on August 3, 2026, 11:34:22| Trotter Illini hoops breakdown
Posted by jdl
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| It’s funny because Keaton Wagler wasn’t even evaluated by anyone as a point guard.
Posted by OB25
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Previous Message| Yep, we've got three action guys who can exploit matchups
Posted by Blazer
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| Michigan's top basketball recruit got hurt in their exh. game today
Posted by assassin
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| That's uncle Miho's old team! *
Posted by jdl
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| They lost their big man to injury in their Europe trip, too.
Posted by Illiniphil
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| I can't believe we're a week away from game 1
Posted by illini21
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| i think frequent transferring is hurting fan interest in the offseason
Posted by illiniranger
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| We are all also of a certain age... seasons kind of sneak up when you've got adulting to do*
Posted by uofi1998
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| I have no idea what our roster looks like besides getting Houser at QB and retaining our WRs/RBs*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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| DBs are deep and good. Front seven (well, six i guess) is catastrophic*
Posted by assassin
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| Katin Houser. That's the name i was trying to think of. *
Posted by illiniranger
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| just for me, i stopped following roster construction/recruiting pretty much entirely
Posted by illiniranger
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| It still kind of stuns me that we seemed to really misjudge how the cap would affect
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Potential downside to Josh's leadership role in the NCAA?
Posted by jdl
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| What cap?*
Posted by gullit
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| The $21.3 million revenue sharing cap*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| 2026's version of 85 scholarships*
Posted by uofi1998
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| I'm not sure why any team would take any sort of cap seriously
Posted by IlliniOllie
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| I should reword my post to say “more meaningfully constrained by the new rules”
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| I was worried the second Bielema started repeatedly talking about it becoming an even playing field.
Posted by OB25
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| This kind of confirms that
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Remember when the B1G had a gentlemen’s agreement to not recruit players
Posted by bjl63 But at least we got a giant scoreboard!
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| Yeah, gentlemen's "anything" is no longer applicable.
Posted by osklister
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| It’s possible we were just tapped out and expected others to be too closer to us
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| I bought tickets for the Duke game because I was super excited to watch them beat another P5 team
Posted by biclops
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| Not certain Duke has an offense*
Posted by EffinIllini
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| Two thoughts on that…
Posted by OB25
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| The expanded playoffs are going to add to that second point
Posted by jdl
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| I think your second point is a big part of it for me personally
Posted by illini21
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| I still don’t understand or get how indiana did it
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| Cignetti is a wizard but also don't discount that they got massive NIL to build a roster
Posted by UofIL6
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| Why/how did they have an advantage in NIL vs. us or anyone else?
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| Few things...
Posted by EffinIllini
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| Cignetti actually recruited transfers from lower levels that could play
Posted by illiniranger
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| They didn’t. But they do now because they won a national championship.
Posted by OB25
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| They have that now, not sure they did the last 2 years.
Posted by OB25
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| yeah, IIRC be brought in a bunch of guys from his old school (along with elsewhere)
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| This article had them 13th at $13 million and us at 25th with $9 million in 2025
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| If that is true it makes me wonder why need to have the biggest jumbotron conceived by man.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I'm probably wrong but aren't there restrictions on schools funding NIL payments directly?
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| Restrictions in name only. No one is adhering to them and the NCAA doesn’t care/can’t enforce it*
Posted by OB25
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| You're probably right as I've never done any research on how NIL works.
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Oh, and it doesn't help that i witnessed our game against Indiana last year in person. Oof*
Posted by illini21
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| Seeing the crowd shots of their fans during/after the title game was a surreal feeling.
Posted by OB25
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| IU winning like they have in football has been shocking and sucks, but I just
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I'm trying to remember the level of preseason buzz around Indiana.
Posted by ibdoc
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| They were ranked top 20, but not higher because people thought the prior year was schedule-driven*
Posted by OB25
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| Agree the buzz is down. Probably rightfully so
Posted by snipes824
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| We have one of the worst DL in the power 4. Can’t get optimistic about that
Posted by bjl63
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| On the flip side, almost every time we think we have a great position unit returning…
Posted by OB25
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| JMHO, but so much roster turnover ( 4 the entire NCAA) has changed things.
Posted by osklister
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| We’ve consistently retained almost everyone we could have on our football roster under Bert
Posted by OB25
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| I think you’re underselling the exodus a bit this offseason
Posted by snipes824
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| Replaced by guys who were, at best, rotation pieces at lower levels
Posted by bjl63
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| Right. I'm less concerned about the scheme as i am the talent in the front 7
Posted by illini21
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| The combination of both leaves a lot of potential for bad outcomes *
Posted by jdl
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| I just worry the secondary will be invalidated because the front 6 is so weak
Posted by bjl63
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| That impacts the quality of the team for sure. I was responding more to osklister’s point…
Posted by OB25
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| Eh. Just a different era today.
Posted by osklister
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| Oh, yeah, agreed*
Posted by snipes824
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| And the south side of the stadium is still a war zone *
Posted by Jackie
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| Tomislav stuck in Croatia, Zvonimir with a hand injury
Posted by biclops Until then, Illinois will move forward with its late summer/early fall workouts down another projected starter. David Mirkovic also remains sidelined following a late July foot injury that necessitated an early August surgery. Other players that dealt with injuries earlier this summer — Andrej Stojakovic and Lucas Morillo — are back to full health with the team and back on campus. No timetable on Mirkovic
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| I’m sure a lot of this is that we just don’t follow any other team as closely…
Posted by OB25
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| Literally the only thing I’d change about Brad underwood is the amount he talks about diarrhea*
Posted by snipes824
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| I would like to be stuck in Croatia again *
Posted by ATL
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| Serbs to the left of me, Slovenians to the right*
Posted by Sammich
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| stuck in Balkans with you
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| so...you two friends now?
Posted by Nobster
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| our similarity is part of why we hate each other*
Posted by Sammich
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| Neck comps
Posted by ATL
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| Matt Bailey is awesome but his gigachad profile and appearance has always unnerved me.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Bailey is a huge safety.
Posted by illiniranger
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| Oh for sure, that neck and chin have a job to do.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Football teams that get the most out of their talent
Posted by biclops
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| If we win 8+ this year I could argue it would be Bert’s best coaching job, maybe ever
Posted by bjl63
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| I'm worried about our special teams as much as any other part of the team (incl WR and DL)
Posted by ATL
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| Agreed. We know the kicker can make a 59’yarder
Posted by bjl63
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| NCAA gets a win!
Posted by jdl The Tennessee Court of Appeals has issued an order staying the injunction granted to the plaintiff athletes pending appeal.
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| "Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked have, themselves, been sacked."
Posted by osklister
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| ESPN getting rid of the bottom line score ticket for their college football broadcasts
Posted by OB25
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| I like it; but as noted below, that space is too valuable to be left blank.
Posted by osklister
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| I think the bottom line is way out of date. So if they just leave it alone this is pro for me
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Draft Kings betting lines *
Posted by biclops
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| Turns out Kim Mulkey didn’t solve the Russia/Ukraine conflict after all
Posted by OB25
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| She’d be a great candidate for a cabinet position in Trump’s 3rd term*
Posted by CWR10
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| she'd be better than Hegseth currently*
Posted by assassin
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| Caterpillar to be an on-field sponsor
Posted by biclops
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| YELLOW IRON!*
Posted by ATL
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| Will now be required of each broadcast to tell the story of the steam shovel buried under the field*
Posted by illini222
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| Oh, John Deere.....what coulda been.*
Posted by Illiniphil
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| Need someone who makes orange tractors.
Posted by osklister
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| I was kinda hoping they’d be our jersey patch sponsor *
Posted by biclops
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| Pretty sure Cat built the steamshovel that's buried under the field.
Posted by osklister
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| Somewhere in the football offices Terry Hawthorne is lamenting the NIL cash that could have been*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| I understand the why, but I don't care for it
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| it's all part of fielding a team now... won't be long until our uniform looks like a racecar*
Posted by uofi1998
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| I don't understand the question, and i won't respond to it*
Posted by VIV
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| ooo
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| he'll have the Ike and Tina Tuna*
Posted by assassin
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| don't forget that the stadium has a sponsor
Posted by Sammich
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| I suppose I don't consider Gies to be a sponsor, but I probably should
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| I think it is different. As far as I know, nothing he does is branded as Gies,
Posted by larue33
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| Get that bag*
Posted by reggiedunlop
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| And use it for talent not stadium accoutrements*
Posted by bjl63
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| *the most dismissive jerk-off motion a human being can possibly make* *
Posted by Sammich
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| Starting WR Jayshon Platt injured and will miss at least week 1. Certainly sounds like could be more
Posted by OB25
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| That's a bummer. I think he's going to be really good.
Posted by illini21
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| I think Clement has been back for a few days now?*
Posted by assassin
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| Sounds like our 5th year transfer guys are dunzo
Posted by biclops
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| Generally speaking, LSU is a piece of shit "university" that needs to go away*
Posted by KCWildcat
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| I'm sure that Lane Kiffin will clean things up*
Posted by Sounder
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| That's why he was hired.
Posted by osklister
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| I'm sure he's absolutely seething tonight*
Posted by Sammich
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| Not as much as Will Wade *
Posted by assassin
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| LSU is a piece of shit . (FIFY)
Posted by osklister
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| LSU is a piece of shit . (FIFY)
Posted by osklister
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| LSU is a piece of shit . (FIFY)
Posted by osklister
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| that didn't fix anything. you suck. *
Posted by assassin
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| B1G passing a rule disallowing players to return from the NFL
Posted by bjl63
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| Law talkers rattling their sabres
Posted by jdl
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| Hard not to feel like the conferences just knew this could be a public win from an optics standpoint
Posted by OB25
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| Have there been instances of the conferences losing in court?
Posted by biclops
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| Hmm. Apparently the conferences are frequent co-defendants of the NCAA, including House*
Posted by biclops
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| SEC joins them, extending the rule to men's and women's basketball
Posted by assassin
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| Further proving how absolutely useless the NCAA is*
Posted by CWR10
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| ACC meeting tomorrow *
Posted by jdl
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| Bravely following one step behind the big boys.
Posted by osklister
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| B1G and SEC are just positioning themselves to be their own league*
Posted by illinibone
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| Yep yep. Them (and maybe 10-12 other schools) will somehow end up in their own division.
Posted by osklister
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| ESPN says there was no internal dissent either. 16-0 vote
Posted by assassin
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| LOCAL JUDGES IN LOUISIANA, ACTIVATE!*
Posted by OB25
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| They can punish the teams and make them forfeit the game*
Posted by JacobRDaugherty
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| Worse yet, make them find the library.
Posted by osklister
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| the what? *
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| no carve-out for Michigan and OSU?*
Posted by Sammich
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| I agree on the court thing but glad they did it.
Posted by illini
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| Yeah but if other conferences still do it you can’t have principles
Posted by bjl63
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| I hate this timeline*
Posted by Sounder
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| There's college football games starting this Thursday. We made it, people.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I’ve got some bad news for you. There are no games until Saturday.*
Posted by OB25
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| Whole bunch of small school games on Thursday and Friday. It's close enough.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Yes even golf getting in on the action
Posted by jdl Georgia golfer Carter Loflin is suing the NCAA seeking a fifth year of eligibility https://t.co/eyB5JV6TjS
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| For just a second I thought this might be about Adrien Dumont de Chassart‘s impending nuptials*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Same here. *
Posted by osklister
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| Justin Fields going back to college. Texas Tech. If he clears waivers *was parody*
Posted by DanSaint
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| hahaha c'mon man*
Posted by illini21
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| LOL.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Dude*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Wait..might of been fake/parody account*
Posted by DanSaint
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| Money Money Money
Posted by ATL Also, aren't trey and trip both allusions to their being the third? Both of them are the third?
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| That guy is so money. Mucho dinero. Tres $$$$*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| Bielema CBS interview
Posted by biclops
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| it was Arkansas*
Posted by assassin
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| Bert still pwning them. Good.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Ironically, Bertie-Bert coached at Arkansas with the Pig Screen, and now at UIUC.
Posted by osklister
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| Our 4-star WR commit Bennett Konkey had a solid first game of the season
Posted by illini21
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| Not too shabby.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Harrison Ford.
Posted by osklister
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| My buddy had a visitor to the fire truck today…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| nice!*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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| Donovan Dent to LSU. Good news for us that he didn’t bolster an actual contender.*
Posted by OB25
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| Oh, another 5-star is visiting
Posted by illini21
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| How does he get 9 official visits?*
Posted by assassin
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| IIRC they are unlimited now *
Posted by jdl
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| Seems like we kind of out nowhere decided unleash Antigua all of a sudden.*
Posted by OB25
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| This is the same school Curbelo went to right?*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Yes*
Posted by OB25
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| Basketball non-conference schedule announced as final, so the rumored other big game didn’t happen
Posted by OB25
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| from what i'm hearing the mirk injury should be pretty much a non factor.*
Posted by Ari Gold
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| For biclops:
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| College Football must be around the corner. Had my annual getting blown out in game 1 dream.
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| 10th circuited granted a stay to the NCAA. 5th years not currently eligible anymore*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| A judge in the state of Kentucky has given Mark Mitchell (likely Kentucky bound) an injunction*
Posted by OB25
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| ALLLLLLLLL the billable hours*
Posted by assassin
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| Players who have sued on their own and been granted eligibility are still eligible
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Which means this will just cause more chaos but eventually lead to the same result.
Posted by OB25
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| lol*
Posted by illini21
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| Not enough has been said about how bullshit this late Labor Day is.
Posted by OB25
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| volleyball played exhibition vs. Bradley and got swept
Posted by Poldark "The only thing the DSA hates more than Republicans is Democrats."
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| Good thing we just extended him.*
Posted by Mrap24
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| Kind of an interesting article about the transfer portal QB experience
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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| Jaxson Kohler to BYU*
Posted by OB25
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| they must be flush with cash*
Posted by bbonb
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| several levels above the American standard of living, for sure*
Posted by Sammich
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| Did they buy a replacement AJ this year ?*
Posted by assassin
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| Kind of, they signed the #6 overall high school recruit*
Posted by OB25
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| ok that's something*
Posted by assassin
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| LaTulip pod
Posted by jdl
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| Exploding Mirk pod
Posted by jdl
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| BB holding door open for Priestly and Beatty. This is nuts…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| If we are doing this, lets hold the door open for Thompson as well*
Posted by tuffy7
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| Morillo
Posted by jdl 🟠 Newcomer First Look 🔵
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| Meyers Leonard Champaign concert postponed
Posted by jfinsocal
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| I hope he’s okay. From what little I’ve heard of his music, yikes*
Posted by CWR10
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| He and Pat McAfee should go on tour together. AI writes all the music.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I can't wait for the weekend to read Portnoy's book
Posted by Sounder
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| Sidejack: Is ESPN just the Pat McAfee Network now?*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| PTI is still PTI. The only good thing left.*
Posted by Toonces
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| did they cut out a segment of the show?
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| I still think it's 3 segments with the middle sometimes being an interview or mail time, etc.
Posted by Toonces
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| I haven’t turned on ESPN for a non-game in years
Posted by snipes824
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| Once a year I try to watch Sportscenter. Last about 10 minutes then remember why I stopped*
Posted by ISeeDeadHawkeyes
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| it's painful*
Posted by Sounder
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| With you always.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| they're paying him $60M/year. it's him, SAS, and Mike Greenberg
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| SVP*
Posted by OB25
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| He just got added to Monday Night Countdown*
Posted by Sounder
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| The inevitable football madness news
Posted by jdl NEWS: A judge in Louisiana has granted a group that includes 16 football player --including several in NFL training camps this summer -- a restraining order to allows them to return to college sports this season, per me and @DanMurphyESPN. pic.twitter.com/fUMzBolvbp
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| Hoops host three 5 star recruits in Sept/October
Posted by assassin
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| i mean, if we're legit in play for these guys, and spending middle-tier money on football
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| Wouldn’t it be cool to have those three in our class?
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| Have we ever done anything like that before?
Posted by illinilosch
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| pretty sure the 2 guards in my post are a one or the other scenario anyway
Posted by assassin
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| I love Brad Underwood.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| His ability to adapt to top level
Posted by illini222
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| OA as well. Gotta think he's involved in a lot of this.*
Posted by JFG
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| UNDY*
Posted by Tortillini
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| I thought Mirk's GF's lil bro was visiting too. Or is he not a 5 star?*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Oh he's class of 2028 but September 18th
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| my goodness*
Posted by assassin
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| AJ Storr to UNLV *
Posted by jdl
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| I’d really like to see his academic transcript after all those transfers
Posted by biclops
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| Ambrozino Lecaster Storr Jr. per Wiki. So is AJ " Ambrozino Junior " ?
Posted by osklister
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| Alex Capka-Jones looking to come back?
Posted by biclops
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| how did the hearing go?*
Posted by bbonb
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| triplicate *
Posted by biclops
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| duplicate *
Posted by biclops
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| Tickets through Illinois just got released for UConn game at United Center…
Posted by OB25
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| Didn't the better tickets already go to IFund members last month?*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| Maybe, which reminds me that I let my membership expire.
Posted by OB25
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| Limits were generous. I got 12.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| not what I wanted to hear *
Posted by biclops
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| maybe one's for you*
Posted by assassin
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| That’s what my group is counting on *
Posted by biclops
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| Hey Chuck!
Posted by Blazer
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| All good. He's going to be awesome.
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| Our video board made the New York Times
Posted by ATL
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| They’d better wrap that shit up, south area of the stadium is a hot mess*
Posted by Jackie
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| Complete with Darren Rovell being a shithead about it on X. He ended up re-tweeting
Posted by voiceofreason
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| Link?*
Posted by ATL
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| This must be it
Posted by ATL
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| ooo
Posted by jdl
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| I feel bad for Darren, but this is tremendous content*
Posted by Sammich
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| LOL, Roughly definitely got his ass.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I would have also accepted "there are dozens of suburban Dallas high schools taking notes."*
Posted by ATL
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| Their stadiums are bigger than the NUrds.*
Posted by illinibone
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| that was a fun read. gotta love all the NU fans talking shit thanks to their new HS stadium
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| I think their new stadium is going to be bad ass, actually.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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| it looks like a great stadium for them
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| It’s just a nicer place for opposing fans to go
Posted by bjl63
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| "Oooh, look at us: our students are so dam enthusiastic they'll stand for the entire game ! "
Posted by osklister
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| ooo
Posted by biclops
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| Illini football injury news
Posted by jdl #illini Bret Bielema: JUCO tight end BJ Thurman had a Jones fracture in his foot and had surgery. He'll miss a majority if not all of the year.
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| Apparently we added a WR in the portal this week
Posted by ATL
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| Shit*
Posted by illini21
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| Kinda surprised we haven’t yet had our annual camp ACL casualty*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| I quietly had the same thought yesterday and we just lost a rotation TE and WR*
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| Indeed 7.5 looks likelier every day, unfortunately*
Posted by bjl63
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| Hey, I refuse to be a Debbie Downer two weeks before Labor Day.
Posted by osklister
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| And... tomorrow we're going to point at your post and say NWTFITWTF*
Posted by uofi1998
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| ugh, Perry was the tall Bowick replacement*
Posted by assassin
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| Skyy Clark to LSU
Posted by biclops
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| The world is a better place now that he's picked his new spot.*
Posted by uofi1998
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| hey Tiki/Carl, sweet new Tulane unis!
Posted by assassin
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| Love the attempt but their regular unis are some of the best. C+*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| ok, those are pretty awesome and i don't even like new orleans or mardi gras*
Posted by VIV
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| A+++++++++ *
Posted by uofi1998
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| Decent chance they'll wear these at the game I'm going down to this season.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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| Holleee crap those are great.*
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| This*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| Vaaks
Posted by biclops
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| not exactly a defensive stopper based on highlights, but he looks good*
Posted by bbonb
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| Vaaks Populi!!*
Posted by VIV
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| Interesting. Almost entirely off the bounce/pull-up threes
Posted by Blazer
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| Vaaks better be the primary ball handler as the whole "Mirk is our PG" seems wishful thinking.*
Posted by gullit
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| Are you sure you watched the right clip?*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| Yes?
Posted by Blazer
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| Gotcha..."Not a single bit of playmaking" has changed to "playmaking for others".
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| Wonder if we have any chairs or cones we could set up?*
Posted by Illiniphil
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| That's what I assume playmaking means
Posted by Blazer
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| They've released 4 newcomer videos which have featured 100% made shots by the featured player.
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| Point taken*
Posted by Blazer
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| College football 2026: How much does each position cost?
Posted by biclops
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| Sean Payton talking Pat Bryant
Posted by biclops
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| I will listen to that ending Illinois on repeat*
Posted by snipes824
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| Uihleins donate $35M to Northwestern football*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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| As if I didn't have enough reason to hate Northwestern....
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| I hope this is true
Posted by illiniranger
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| how drunk do you have to be to think [direction] [state name] is a high school?*
Posted by Sammich
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| “Of course I won because I had the MAC on my back” is a great line *
Posted by illiniranger
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| how drunk do you have to be to be in Manhattan, KS?*
Posted by ATL
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| What was your favorite memory of Northwestern football?
Posted by Tortillini
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| Andre Curbelo. Professional wrestler. He and Luke Ford would be a great tag team…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| Seems to be a lot of skepticism that it is Curbelo *
Posted by jdl
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| Side note: it isn’t*
Posted by Stu
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| The guy’s name is Jermaine Marbury
Posted by Stu
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| Maybe the most fun ILL basketball season ever before the Loyola debacle. This is sad.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| I think you may be romanticizing that season too much.
Posted by OB25
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| There was the brief January slide where we lost home games to Ohio State and Maryland
Posted by Blazer
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| 1 seed after being irrelevant for so long. Legit BBMDL. I said what I said!*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| That Michigan game was absolute porn*
Posted by ATL
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| Interesting response about his time at Illinois
Posted by Jersey
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| Reads like someone who should be under the care of a licensed professional *
Posted by biclops
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| Kinda reads like someone who should be in prison*
Posted by illinilosch
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| shoulda never agreed to meet Brad in the Pizza Hut parking lot*
Posted by ATL
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| I wish I could say this is a surprising career move.
Posted by DocWalk20
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| That should certainly help the head injury situation*
Posted by ATL
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| Trivia. Name the three active college basketball coaches with 500 wins, 20 years and a natty…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini Men’s BB. You probably won’t guess the third.
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| Please tell me you’re not counting Billy Donovan *
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| Probably not division 1*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| I was correct, division 2*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| Scott drew?*
Posted by biclops
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| nope. all have to be at their current school.*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| apparently he will be on the list next year (assuming they win 17 games)*
Posted by biclops
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| self*
Posted by biclops
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| Yup. Hint on the third. As a freshman at Iowa State Johnny Orr benched him for hitting a 3…
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| This was rigged - Matt Margenthaler *
Posted by Jersey
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| Yup!*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| dumb *
Posted by biclops
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| Is it D-II or D-III?*
Posted by bjl63
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| izzo, painter *
Posted by biclops
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| Izzo is correct.*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| I answered before your edit. What do you mean “500 wins, 20 wins”?*
Posted by biclops
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| oops 20 years.
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| Golf schedule has dropped
Posted by jdl
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| Mirkovic in a boot
Posted by biclops
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| Guy standing at the top left of that "H" in the pic: obviously about a 15th-year senior.... *
Posted by osklister
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| Can't get anything past a superfan like you.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| Ah, that little farce you played with the hoops team: you think that could fool an Illini?
Posted by osklister
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| QC, do you even lift bro? *
Posted by jdl
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| Better than one of those knee scooters or crutches.
Posted by tvillini
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| Uhhh, he's sitting on his 'scooter'. *
Posted by illinijohn
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| new Purdue AD is fired up
Posted by assassin
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| Can you imagine Whitman doing this?*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| It's always fun to see other schools stepping on their own (insert plural phallus here)
Posted by uofi1998
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| What's the opposite of saying something with your whole chest?*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Not a great time for that message
Posted by Sammich
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| horse school
Posted by RVA
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| Even if he is only talking about basketball...at least IU has some banners*
Posted by Desert
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| That’s a Beckman level “you have to be out on this guy solely based on the intro presser”
Posted by OB25
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| Does anyone still listen to The Drive on 93.5 in CU?
Posted by biclops
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| they did...it's now kurtis and evan. it's....not very good, imo*
Posted by lcubed
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| so Kurtis....Blows? *
Posted by Jersey
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| You're giving him a bad rap.*
Posted by MojoJojo
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| That I knew about, but when I listened the other day there was no Kurtis
Posted by biclops
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| gotcha. i think i heard both kurtis and evan when i tried listening sometime this week*
Posted by lcubed
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| You mean in Philo. :) *
Posted by Philo
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| Reports that WKU has been added to our BB non-con schedule
Posted by biclops
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| Izzo sticking to his guns, says he recruited guys to fill his roster and won’t take Kohler back now*
Posted by OB25
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| Typically Izzo’s holier than thou shit is exhausting but I respect this stance*
Posted by CWR10
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| Would Kohler sign a 6 week contract?
Posted by Blazer
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| *Will Wade pops out of dumpster**
Posted by assassin
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| mirk had surgery for a foot injury
Posted by John Coctostan
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| You’re not helping, Sam.
Posted by OB25
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| meh*
Posted by ATL
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| The season is over 3 months away. Let’s all chill*
Posted by bjl63
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| I get nervous around girls and cameras. So if I do something bad, you know, just be chill*
Posted by LWillhite
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| No kidding. It's not like Mirk blew out his knee.
Posted by illinilosch
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| What'd you name the dog, Effin?*
Posted by RVA
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| Rando on Reddit saying they heard “Jones fracture”…
Posted by DocWalk20
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| If that's what it its, I had the same break in a bone in my foot. Took about 12 weeks to heal
Posted by IlliniRunner
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| And you don't say whether you had surgery or not.
Posted by illinijohn
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| No surgery. The bone was not displaced that much. A Jones fracture is in the metatarsal at the end
Posted by IlliniRunner
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| I got a basketball jones*
Posted by biclops
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| Goodman sources say 6-8 weeks
Posted by jdl
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| He'll almost be ready for UAB. We're fine.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Yes please*
Posted by Blazer
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| As good a guess as any at this point.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| I doubt we’d do it, but do we have a scholarship open for these new 5th year guys?
Posted by OB25
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| We have 1 open scholarship*
Posted by illini222
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| So the plan was to design the offense to run through him and now he’s going to be unable to
Posted by biclops
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| Yup. Not great, Bob.*
Posted by JFG
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| Every offseason some main player gets injured*
Posted by snipes824
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| Be back by mid January please *
Posted by MC
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| That seems pretty far out to be the “please” scenario.
Posted by OB25
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| Yes that would be a bad timeline but idc I just want a healthy team for FEB/MAR and a title
Posted by MC
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| Yeah, Werner is saying a few months
Posted by Blazer
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| ~3 months (90 days) from today is the first game of the season*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Yep, but Werner is just guessing based on what he's heard
Posted by Blazer
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| My wife broke her 5th Metatarsal 10 weeks before her first full Ironman.
Posted by tvillini
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| Re: "We didn’t think it would speed up or impact her recovery than just normal immobilization."
Posted by illinijohn
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| How is your wife on the boards?
Posted by biclops
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| Would be nice to follow the Tomi timeline from last year
Posted by jdl
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| God dammit*
Posted by Blazer
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| Gotta wear that protective foot gear man
Posted by jdl
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| Yup, there is definitely a much greater than 0 chance he did this doing something dumb*
Posted by OrangeSox
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| Maybe this injury will prevent him from doing something stupid in the near future which
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| ooo?
Posted by DocWalk20
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| You're implying he fell whilst trying to climb this tree? Definitely plausible*
Posted by OrangeSox
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| cool, cool, coolcoolcoolcoolcoolcoolcool, coolcool, cool, cool
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| Will he still be able to participate in the autograph session before famILLy movie night at Gies
Posted by DocWalk20
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| t's August and not October. Not worried one bit*
Posted by bjl63
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| Werner saying "probably a few months."*
Posted by illini21
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| Seems alright then, we have good depth. Take your time and come back healthy.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| He said this is what they’re hoping for, so I wouldn’t be too confident in it.
Posted by OB25
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| I’m ultimately most worried about his conditioning. All indications were he’d amped up the fitness
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Quick surgery, “full recovery” and minimal detail portend badness. *
Posted by uofi1998
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| My initial read of 247 is that this could be bad bad*
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| Bears and Illini's pets having some head-attachment-to-body problems.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| LMFCO*
Posted by Jackie
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| I hate everyone and everything. All at once.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| ^^^^^^This^^^^^^^*
Posted by ilinni11
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| God dammit, every fucking year. 90/10 rule rumor out there that he’ll miss all of non-conference*
Posted by OB25
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| i mean we were pretty healthy last year really*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Except for Ty, Tomi, Dre and Kylan *
Posted by jdl
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| That’s relatively good. No season enders (Ty i guess but whatever). No even half season miss
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Other than that, how was the play Mrs. Lincoln?*
Posted by Blazer
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| I’m not convinced Wagler was ever fully the same after the UCLA shoulder injury either*
Posted by OB25
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| Jesus. A 16 week recovery would be fucking brutal*
Posted by Mrap24
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| full recovery when? *
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| Exactly. Kind of a key piece of info they left out there*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| indeed*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| uh oh? *
Posted by aimlessillini
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| Bielema says Davon Grant is gawn
Posted by jfinsocal
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| Medical issue that will keep him from playing, but BB thinks he will still enroll.
Posted by Illiniphil
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| Unless there’s more to this story, terrible look for both Luke Murray and the BC AD
Posted by OB25
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| Yeah, that's a priority. How bad does your program have to be for THAT spit to fly?
Posted by osklister
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| Imagine the level of scab that takes the job
Posted by assassin
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| Hadn't realized Bill Murray's kid got that job. Sounds like a real prick.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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| Just like his daddy*
Posted by bjl63
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| Looks like Ayo got engaged.
Posted by tvillini
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| OL concerns me more than the DL at this point...
Posted by uofi1998
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| One good thing: Houser was #1 or 2 in time to release last year. So maybe that’ll help the situation
Posted by ATL
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