| September College Sports thread
Posted by assassin
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on September 1, 2026, 11:52:21| Mirkovic and Stojakovic will be at b1g media days
Posted by biclops
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| Florida gets Aberdeen eligible, seals favorite status
Posted by assassin
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Previous Message| Hoops practice has begun
Posted by jdl
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| When was the last time Illinois had a Midnight Madness?
Posted by ShoeShineBoy
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| I think KU still does theirs
Posted by jdl
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| Looks like Z's hand is clear*
Posted by Blazer
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| like, free of thetans? *
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| like, see-thru?*
Posted by Tortillini
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| oh shit, he shouldn't have been hanging around with Doc Brown*
Posted by IlliniRunner
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| Volleyball beat a ranked USC. *
Posted by biclops
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| and a ranked Minnesota yesterday*
Posted by assassin
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| Both in straight sets*
Posted by PapaDels
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| Correct, if 4 sets against Minnesota counts as "straight sets."*
Posted by MojoJojo
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| I’ll allow it. *
Posted by assassin
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| ooo
Posted by biclops
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| ooo
Posted by ATL
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| Good summary of how teams will change if all the 5th years get approved.
Posted by OB25
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| I believe one of our visitors from last weekend committed to Syracuse*
Posted by Mrap24
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| Yeah, Kamissoko
Posted by biclops
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| They had called it on one of their shows. He was their least likely to commit to Illinois .*
Posted by ATL
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| Apparently JD Vance is going to be at the Illinois-Ohio State game on Saturday.
Posted by IlliniRunner
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| OSU is claiming all the couches were removed from the suite level as a “security precaution”*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| was behind a van today with a bumper sticker that said "THIS MAN KILLED MY POPE"
Posted by assassin
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| How much have the lines moved in Illinois' favor on that news?*
Posted by ATL
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| I’ll kick him in the dick if I see him*
Posted by bjl63
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| So you're saying there's a chance.......*
Posted by illini222
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| Volleyball beat ranked Minnesota *
Posted by biclops
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| Ope*
Posted by assassin
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| Huge win. (nm)
Posted by Waka
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| Gayle gets a fifth year at UM
Posted by assassin
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| Alford calling it quits at Nevada after this season
Posted by assassin
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| ooo
Posted by jdl
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| Ed Bond: Illini Legend.
Posted by osklister
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| LMFCO*
Posted by Jackie
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| Yessss!*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| Tamin Lipsey, Malik Reneau, Tre White (among others) granted injunction for 5th year
Posted by OB25
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| All 3,000 Orange Krush season tickets claimed within a minute of going on sale*
Posted by OB25
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| This says all student tickets sold out in 9 mins
Posted by biclops
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| They were all claimed in one minute, processing of payments all done in 9 minutes*
Posted by OB25
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| Either time is impressive. Unless my wife has been lying to me all these years.*
Posted by biclops
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| How did the bb recruit visit go last weekend?
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| if someone committed, it would have been posted here. since it wasn't. there you go. *
Posted by assassin
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| Mirkovic needs to not be on a skateboard
Posted by biclops
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| Foot must be ok*
Posted by Mrap24
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| He has the opposite of Trump hands *
Posted by ATL
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| Torvik projection of 24-8/14-6
Posted by jdl
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| That model is really low on Vaaks*
Posted by Blazer
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| Not as low as before he made some adjustments
Posted by jdl
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| hey we finally beat UConn*
Posted by assassin
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| Another 5 star visit coming. 2028
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Sorry, Ben. I won’t be able to not think “Bobby Boucher”. It’s stuck now.*
Posted by biclops
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| Trotter trying to project the starting lineups for each college hoops team
Posted by jdl
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| Nebraska basketball picked up a nice commitment
Posted by biclops
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| Need these guys on the team
Posted by biclops
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| Yes! We will need new bigs with the Ivici and likely Mirk moving on after the season.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| LOL, "hair vibes". Kinda reminds me of Lou always listing heights WITH shoes on. :-)
Posted by osklister
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| Jaxson Davis (2x Illinois Mr. Basketball) commits to Ohio State
Posted by OB25
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| Much prefer this outcome to MSU. OSU will always be handicapped with Diebler*
Posted by opossum jenkins
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| Other finalists: Arizona State, Boston College, Georgia, and the Creighton Barrels. *
Posted by osklister
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| Steve Belichick out as defensive coordinator at North Carolina *
Posted by Poldark "The game was fun and glad that Fitzee decided he'd had enough football and wanted to go slap asses in the shower room."
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| Back half of this pod has info on the 4 5 star hoops guys visiting this weekend
Posted by Carl Spackler
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| love that we're getting a visit from our giant montenegrin toddler's california girlfriend's
Posted by John Coctostan
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| Throws flag for injecting politics into sports discussion.
Posted by voiceofreason
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| siena transfers?*
Posted by torinese
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| LOL, that didn’t work! Chumpin’*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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| BT Schedule for Illinois inside
Posted by assassin
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| Late Jan - mid Feb is a tough stretch
Posted by jdl
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| Given the non-con gauntlet we have, can’t ask for a better 2 early Dec conference games*
Posted by OB25
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| on the right side of the CA/PNW split, and get MSU at home.
Posted by assassin
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| Old ass TKR won't have to worry about the kids being too danged loud.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| he's goin to LSU anyway
Posted by assassin
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| Good, get him the fuck away from us.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Hmm. Four weekend home games
Posted by biclops
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| Used to be the first thing I'd look at too. THOSE WERE THE DAYS!!!
Posted by osklister
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| EvanMiya.com preseason rankings out
Posted by assassin
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| Duke... bag dropping is their bag, baby.
Posted by uofi1998
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| The Athletic breaks down spend by program. Spoiler: Illinois is near the bottom.
Posted by Tuscy
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| No idea how accurate but this would basically confirm we thought teams wouldn’t really spend NIL*
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Some people floated that the rev share thing would solve the problem... and most of us...
Posted by uofi1998
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| I still refuse to believe Whitman was that naive. Would be totally out of character
Posted by Blazer I think it's much more likely that despite recent success under Bert, the history of this program has produced a relatively moribund donor base, and that Whitman used what fund raising capital he has to go all in on basketball this year.
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| Whitman strikes me as a very ambitious guy, like a ‘hope to be B1G Commissioner’ type
Posted by OB25
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| We shall see but a weak football year this year certainly won’t help
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| As others have pointed out below, those quotes are just as likely meant to deflect
Posted by Blazer "We're playing by the rules and nobody else is" looks a lot better than "we don't have the NIL base and I fucked up my d-line build as a result."
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| Ultimately, it's just a big donation battle... and if people get cold feet when they don't think...
Posted by uofi1998
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| D linemen >>>>>>>>>> a new scoreboard*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| Sure looks like IU is spending Mark Cuban's money nicely.
Posted by Passiveaggressiveman
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| Do people really believe we made this choice?*
Posted by digs
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| the dumb ones do*
Posted by Ron McDon
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| And boy are there a lot of dumb ones*
Posted by illini21
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| It’s a statement. I know the money is two separate pots.*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| It's the absolute dumbest take
Posted by illini21
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| Yeah I’m already over the scoreboard talk.
Posted by OB25
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| How are we spending less on football than NU, MSU, IU and Maryland?*
Posted by gullit
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| Man, good for these kids. So awesome to see them finally paid their market value.*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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| Midpoint estimate for each B1G school...
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Northwestern, Rutgers, Maryland and MSU spending more than us is gross too
Posted by ibdoc
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| There’s no way this is accurate at anything close to this level of detail.*
Posted by OB25
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| Remove the 2 extreme outliers, and there isn't a huge difference with the remaining 18...
Posted by uofi1998
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| IU being on par with Michigan is pretty gross*
Posted by UofIL6
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| I find this hard to believe *
Posted by biclops
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| Impossible. That number would basically mean we had no NIL at all
Posted by larue33
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| OK, not impossible, that's football only.
Posted by larue33 I still think nobody really knows how much anybody is spending.
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| Based on the talent we have on D I find it almost totally accurate
Posted by bjl63
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| Bret is a great P4 head coach, with a lot of experience
Posted by illiniranger
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| Right... many different things can be true. BB is a very good coach, and the best...
Posted by uofi1998
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| The top end skews the average... we're effectively mid-table along with many others.
Posted by uofi1998
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| Illini bball: Per Werner Darius Wabbington pushed is OV up to this weekend
Posted by illini21
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| Which ones?*
Posted by Carl Spackler
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| Dots
Posted by illini21
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| We better win Saturday *
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| Doesn’t matter*
Posted by HeatMizer
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| B1G hoops schedule announcement Wed
Posted by jdl
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| what's a Shimmy Miller*
Posted by assassin
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| lolllol
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| Ayo
Posted by biclops
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| He has had his head straight from day 1 until now
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| I assume by now we’d know if we were doing full 2001 throwbacks for this game, right?
Posted by OB25
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| Jim Cornelison to sing national anthem. Beat Duke*
Posted by Poldark "The game was fun and glad that Fitzee decided he'd had enough football and wanted to go slap asses in the shower room."
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| Shauna Green contract extension through 2032*
Posted by Poldark "The game was fun and glad that Fitzee decided he'd had enough football and wanted to go slap asses in the shower room."
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| Is she hot?*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| she's more svelte than the Czarina*
Posted by Poldark "The game was fun and glad that Fitzee decided he'd had enough football and wanted to go slap asses in the shower room."
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| Gonna stick around 'The Farm' for quite a while. *
Posted by osklister
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| Guess he’s not visiting this weekend
Posted by Mrap24
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| You visit anyone else, I’ll pull the offer
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| Sick of fucking UConn, man.*
Posted by uofi1998
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| Getting fucked by UConn.*
Posted by voiceofreason
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| doo-dah, doo-dah*
Posted by Sammich
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| ...phrasing
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| I dunno...I keep seeing that he's visiting. Maybe it's a "soft" commit. Who knows how much
Posted by OWWDig
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| He’s not visiting anymore.*
Posted by OB25
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| Wow. Ok, then. Next*
Posted by OWWDig
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| Pettigrew it is*
Posted by assassin
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| we didn't want him anyway
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| IDKWTI*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| We should pretty much now know what UCONN is offering. So there’s that.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| Big Ten gets a clue
Posted by jdl
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| I saw/listened to the command center feed from the triple catch @IU a few years back
Posted by ATL
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| Shad Khan to appear on CNBC in a few mins*
Posted by UofIL6
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| TKR granted TRO
Posted by assassin
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| So dumb. He was drafted. What are we doing here?*
Posted by UofIL6
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| He played four full seasons and redshirted. It’s insane. *
Posted by assassin
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| So ridiculous.*
Posted by OB25
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| Rutgers MBB coach announces cancer diagnosis*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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| The SEC won. LSU officially moving on from the 2 NFL guys.*
Posted by OB25
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| What about Will Wade?*
Posted by bjl63
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| Tomislav is homislav
Posted by biclops
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| And Big Z brought back an injured hand from his trip. Not practicing. *
Posted by Philo
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| Maybe next year’s the year where multiple important players don’t get hurt preseason*
Posted by snipes824
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| Underwood should follow Bielema and tackle less in practice *
Posted by biclops
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| We talking’ ‘bout practice?!?!?
Posted by ATL
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| Fewer
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| So in a sense we are net zero on Ivisices *
Posted by biclops
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| big ass wrap on it
Posted by assassin
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| #NotIdeal for the hopes of him rediscovering his outside shot this offseason*
Posted by OB25
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| women's soccer won at Virginia Tech today. They were showing it on some ACC Network channel*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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| Looks like they’re undefeated with three draws, including against a ranked Georgia team *
Posted by ATL
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| Volleyball post….playing at Wrigley is a cool idea, but…
Posted by PapaDels
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| One of the highlights for the COSM sports sizzle reel is a TSJ throwdown for the Wolves
Posted by ATL
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| College sports is in great shape
Posted by jdl Insurance brokers can hedge their own policies with reinsurance from bigger companies.
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| LSU won their court case
Posted by jdl NEWS: Injunction granted by Judge William Jorden, paving the way for NCAA and SEC eligibility for more than 40 atheltes. That group includes potential LSU transfers Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, setting up a seismic decision for LSU whether they put them on the roster,… pic.twitter.com/FVgBh6YLCi
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| zxavian key and peele level name*
Posted by torinese
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| (no subject)
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| Appeal exhibit number one*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| #6 overall in 2028 (reclass possible) sets visits with Illinois, Iowa, UT and Vandy
Posted by assassin
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| That’s a wild list for a 5 star*
Posted by John Coctostan
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| These days, is there value to being the first visit ? Or is that an old-fashioned idea?
Posted by osklister
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| ooo
Posted by biclops
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| An archive of Spencer Hall's EDSBS CFB season opening essays has been reposted.
Posted by EffinIllini
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| Penn St. announces the Paterno Family Football Experience Room at Beaver Stadium
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| This is a true story
Posted by Sounder
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| Hard pass. No, wait. Just “Pass”*
Posted by memyselfandillini
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| Pedo State or State Penn. Pick you poison.*
Posted by Warrin'_Illini
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| Celebrating the man who knew everything that went on there, just a continuous abomination
Posted by illini222
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| You must be *less than* this tall to enter*
Posted by Herman Blume
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| And for a donation to the NIL fund, you can go in the Sandusky closet.*
Posted by Illiniphil
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| Don’t take your kids there*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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| That will be such a touching experience for visitors.*
Posted by LeatherneckIllini
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| Gonna be a lot of horseplay*
Posted by AintHatin
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| Visitors will be showered with gifts*
Posted by NastyBoyd
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| Step in the right direction
Posted by jdl Big Ten announces enhanced replay access for Friday TV broadcasts of games, beginning this week.
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| volleyball swept at Tennessee. Fire Tamas*
Posted by Poldark "The game was fun and glad that Fitzee decided he'd had enough football and wanted to go slap asses in the shower room."
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| Tennessee is good, but not THAT good. This is gonna be a rough season.*
Posted by MojoJojo
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| THIS season?? :-((((
Posted by osklister
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| our scoreboard is visible from Gibson City
Posted by ECEIllinois
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| o o o
Posted by Orangeillini
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| Saw them putting on the back panels the other day. It’s a beauty.*
Posted by Toonces
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| Ooo
Posted by DocWalk20
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| I can see it from.... Urbana !! Savoy if ya have a telescope. :-)
Posted by osklister
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| Illinois extend Nike through 2033
Posted by assassin
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| Hopefully Whitman was able to negotiate for more than the zero dollars we got 10 years ago.*
Posted by Chuck Woodaby
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| Shorter deal this time, requested by... us? Nike?
Posted by osklister
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| I'd be ok with Jordan brand for no other reason than we might get some O&B 3s or 11s
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| For fun: doesn't seem like the Jordan brand goes for all sports in many colleges.
Posted by osklister
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| Now that we are perennially good in football, and made the Final 4...
Posted by KingTalkyTiki
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| ESPN Unlimited is now live in YTTV *
Posted by jdl
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| I look forward to the upcoming price increase
Posted by IlliniSax05 MAJOR UPDATE: "Maybe you're not such a bad egg, Lisle-y"
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| I changed to the sports/news tier
Posted by jdl
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| 6 months promo for sports only, $44/mo *
Posted by MC
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| Yeah this is game changing becuase it appears you may be able to get mlb.tv too
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider
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| We have a non Aussie punter for once
Posted by jdl #illini starting punter will be Lars Rau
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| But which one can punt with either foot? I want to see that happen in a game.*
Posted by DocWalk20
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| sounds like Punter might be an adventure. I suppose Jack Gray
Posted by ijustkrushalot
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| Can't be a lot worse than last year, though. I'm a little more concerned with PK*
Posted by bjl63
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| Remembering that trick play where the punter wanted to do anything with the ball
Posted by RVA
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| who's our kicker?*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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| Moczulski *
Posted by jdl
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| whoa he transferred back*
Posted by ECEIllinois
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| I got no kick about kids returning to the fold.
Posted by osklister
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| that's a shame for the kid.
Posted by Illiniphil
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| But full salary, right?? Going to spend the year in the library, I'm sure.
Posted by osklister
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| Wil all the non-grades that he'll get as a freshman *
Posted by aimlessillini
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| Heeheehee*
Posted by TarheelIllini
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