Illini Sports Blog

Family affair for the Griffeys

The Illinois junior has been attending the event since the fifth grade -- and that means his father, Chris Griffey, has been a regular, too.

"Tyler going to Illinois, that was very different from most of his high school friends," said Chris Griffey, who was a Mizzou fan before his son chose Illinois. "We called Lafayette (High School) 'Mizzou East.' I would say 60 to 70 percent of his high school went (to Missouri)."

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