Recent content by JTOWNillini

In general, I think sports fans/social media are wayyyyy too hard on coaches and players. As long as the team is consistently making NCAA Tournaments, my standards are met. Championships or March Madness runs are gravy. Recent years have greatly exceeded my expectations, and I am grateful.

First Elite 8 game since my all-time favorite Illini game at the Rosemont Horizon.

The “I-L-L I-N-I” chants were louder than the announcers late. Those in Boston, WE HEARD YOU!!!

I'll give him credit for that. Otherwise, Jerry Palm tied for 213th of 226 on BracketMatrix.

67-42. 14 points at halftime. Man, I would've much rather watched Indiana St and their #1 offensive efficiency. Even if the Sycamores would've lost, at least they're entertaining as hell. Their NET (28) is half of Virginia's NET (54) too.

I bought a ticket in Section 11 on StubHub as it was a great deal, but didn’t realize until now it’s the Orange Krush and I’ll be the embarrassing 32-year-old in the student section. What do I need to know?

FBSchedules has EIU as the opener. Did they jump the gun?

I like the 10-game setup in this video. It's set-up so all pre-1955 rivalry trophies are protected and no one had to protect both Ohio St & Michigan (or Ohio St & Penn St). We had Northwestern, Purdue, & Ohio St. I'll take that.

And that president is from Oregon too. The new president/AD have really only seen the recent disasters. I think they want to make a switch in a year or two, but the big donor buying them a new stadium (Pat Ryan) is a huge Fitz fan. Their plan is probably to wait until they have all his funds in...

He coached a team with Rex Grossman as its starting QB into the Super Bowl.

So they used Lovie as a sacrificial lamb. Needed someone to oversee the tank for a year then fire them. No coach was winning with that roster.

If you’re not tailgating and just looking for free parking, park in the neighborhood in the first spot north of Linden you can find (on whatever N-S streets line up with Ryan Field). South of Linden is Evanston and you have to pay online or you get fined. North of Linden is Wilmette and is...

Even though we won’t be playing for a Big Ten title, I’m very happy with the coaches and players this season. 8-4 is very good and our best in 15 years.

East Sideline has the double benefit of making orange visible on tv and remaining in the sunlight if it's a 2:30 game.

Another important game that was played on Thanksgiving was the 2001 Finale vs Northwestern. I've tried for years to find that game on YouTube, but could only find a newsclip. Two weeks earlier, our game vs sub-.500 Penn St drew 70k. The Thanksgiving finale only drew 45k while we were ranked...