You know, people's "oh, there goes Illinois again" attitude about this is making me really upset today. I hate Ron Guenther with every fiber of my being, but to compare this to anything he did, or any other event in our history, is to slur and insult the hardworking, honest, good-faith efforts of everyone that has built this ugly, rickety, but to this point seaworthy vessel that is Illinois Athletics.
There is no analog in the history of modern major-conference athletics for what has happened here over the past month. None. This is the single biggest exhibition of incompetence in the history of commercial athletic endeavor. This has never been and will never be exceeded or even approached in any of our lifetimes.
I don't know what else to say. The English language does not contain descriptors severe enough for this.
No one should even consider giving our school a passing thought, let alone one red cent of their hard earned income in the aftermath of this, not for sports, not for academics, not for merchandise, not for anything. The University doesn't deserve to exist if it can't do better than this.