Recent content by Battle89

No but James Worthy was a Klingon with an outside shot. @kyillinifan

Hah. My initial impression was of a steam locomotive stack, then I realized it was a big T. So then later I thought the AJ Casey reference was to Casey Jones...

I get through 8 years of tuition checks without ever having been drawn into wanting something like this.

Nooo @altgeld88 !

Same in the late 80s. Freshman kept Urbana Thunderbird’s open long after its expiration date.

Right, they don’t. So stop making people type things ten times because you can’t read the thread.

Back a little further Kat! I think geography matters, but so does who was good while you were there. Kind of like 80% of the music anyone likes is what was popular in their teen years. I live 24 miles from Wisconsin and 141 miles from Iowa, and feel a much stronger rivalry with Iowa...

I think in a one-on-one marketing agreement, it would be. If a player gets paid for making a commercial for the local Ford dealer, then the player should pay tax and the dealer should get a deduction for marketing expense. Donations to collectives from individuals, with pooled and shared...

What the DNA said does not in any way contradict what he said. He already acknowledged that he was there, and his story (in @alaskaillini 's example) is that she said she liked it rough, and it was not rape. That may or may not be true, but the presence of his DNA does not add some new damning...

Not bad for ramen

No I think @IllinoisRebel got it right. Another equation: post #70 and I'll owe you one = favorite number.

Two simple equations govern, for a given pool of available NIL funds: - at Illinois, basketball ROI > football ROI (for chances of winning games / championships and the ensuing financial success). - NIL divided by a dozen basketball players allows a much higher per-person payout than dividing...

It's real-life fantasy football.

Like someone recently said here, it's just billionaires buying players now. Blah.