Tate: Call me nuts but Illinois should be good
July 31, 2012 2:30 PM
August creeps up on us tomorrow, and the Illini football team reports Sunday. And we are caught in a non-electric buzz produced by a university seemingly taking an unintended lead in the NCAA's call for balance between athletics and academics.
No wild ticket office assault here as sales drag. We're in a land of show-me doubters, the state's two Big Ten programs part the five have-nots averaging fewer than 50,000 bodies (the other seven span from 70,000 to 112,000).
So brace yourself. What follows is a skeptic's optimistic recitation of all the reasons why Tim Beckman's first UI squad could be successful in 2012.
Really!
Tate
No wild ticket office assault here as sales drag. We're in a land of show-me doubters, the state's two Big Ten programs part the five have-nots averaging fewer than 50,000 bodies (the other seven span from 70,000 to 112,000).
So brace yourself. What follows is a skeptic's optimistic recitation of all the reasons why Tim Beckman's first UI squad could be successful in 2012.
Really!
Tate
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