Hoping some DC area Illini fans can fill the joint up on this fine Friday night to give us a boost! I found a cool
WSJ article about where different school's graduates moved after college, and DC was in the top ten for Illinois:
Chicago, IL-IN-WI: 42.0%
San Francisco, CA: 3.1%
New York, NY-NJ-PA: 2.8%
Los Angeles, CA: 2.5%
St. Louis, MO-IL: 2.4%
Washington, DC-MD-VA: 2.0%
If U of I's "living alumni" numbers are correct, that is a good 9,000+ Illini fans in the area, so hopefully a good chunk shows up ... we have already heard of a few in this thread!