Loved me some Jack Trudeau..............................I really really did...........and , loved me some Tony Eason.....................I really really did.......In 1983 3rd game of season we shut out Iowa 33-0. At that point we realized we might have something special.
We went 9-0 in B10 and went to Rose Bowl. PTSD prevents me from remembering the event in Pasadena.
If we can upset Wisconsin at Camp Randall then this team might have a chance to go to a big time Bowl.
In 1983 3rd game of season we shut out Iowa 33-0. At that point we realized we might have something special.
We went 9-0 in B10 and went to Rose Bowl. PTSD prevents me from remembering the event in Pasadena.
If we can upset Wisconsin at Camp Randall then this team might have a chance to go to a big time Bowl.
This was my first year at Illinois. I was a transfer student coming in from out of state courtesy of the USAF, and this year set my expectations for every year since then. MAN, has it been a long haul . . . . little did I know how much of an outlier this was to be . . .In 1983 3rd game of season we shut out Iowa 33-0. At that point we realized we might have something special.
We went 9-0 in B10 and went to Rose Bowl. PTSD prevents me from remembering the event in Pasadena.
If we can upset Wisconsin at Camp Randall then this team might have a chance to go to a big time Bowl.
I use this as one of my three favorite sports trivia questions at parties, particularly when those parties consist predominately of ACC/SEC fans:Was at this game also...
Because of scheduling, there was only one 3 year period in which every team played every OTHER team in the B1G... Illinois is the only school to have that 9-0 record... Of course we got our clock cleaned in Pasadena... but what the hey....
Ref Rose Bowl that year...I blame Hugh Hefner playboy mansion party for the team before the game for the lopsided lossWas at this game also...
Because of scheduling, there was only one 3 year period in which every team played every OTHER team in the B1G... Illinois is the only school to have that 9-0 record... Of course we got our clock cleaned in Pasadena... but what the hey....
Sophomore Trudeau, Rooks, and Williams. Thought we'd be playing for a national title when they were seniorsThis was my first year at Illinois. I was a transfer student coming in from out of state courtesy of the USAF, and this year set my expectations for every year since then. MAN, has it been a long haul . . . . little did I know how much of an outlier this was to be . . .
Ben Brust the Arlington Hts ILLINOIS guy? Looks to me like he's just trying to be loud/obnoxious like all of the talking heads on ESPN. I'm sure deep down in his heart he loves his home state Illini and wishes that we would have recruited him harder.Funny listen (unhinged). Warning explicit language towards Illini.
More thoughts here…seems like they want new ideas/ Change. Issues they see, Illini seem to have framework in place
Starter/ injury report. Starting kicker appears out?
Wisconsin Football: Depth chart + injury report released for week 5
Wisconsin football released its official two-deep depth chart and injury report for Saturday's week 5 game vs. Illinois.badgernotes.com
"Look out for Gabe Jacas; he's goin' to sack us!"
Funny listen (unhinged). Warning explicit language towards Illini.
More thoughts here…seems like they want new ideas/ Change. Issues they see, Illini seem to have framework in place
Starter/ injury report. Starting kicker appears out?
Wisconsin Football: Depth chart + injury report released for week 5
Wisconsin football released its official two-deep depth chart and injury report for Saturday's week 5 game vs. Illinois.badgernotes.com
1983/84 UCLA QB Rick Neueisel on the Illinois football team's visit to the mansion.......Referencing the Rose Bowl vs UCLA that year...I blame Hugh Hefner playboy mansion party for the team before the game for the lopsided loss
New Wisconsin fight song?Funny listen (unhinged). Warning explicit language towards Illini.
More thoughts here…seems like they want new ideas/ Change. Issues they see, Illini seem to have framework in place
Starter/ injury report. Starting kicker appears out?
Wisconsin Football: Depth chart + injury report released for week 5
Wisconsin football released its official two-deep depth chart and injury report for Saturday's week 5 game vs. Illinois.badgernotes.com
That linebacker.............I loved seeing our linebacker stuff the Squawks QB on tha 4th down play - whilst rocking the white padded neck roll over his shoulder pads
that was a special season - alas, I had graduated in May that year
going off my memory (shaky , at best ) I believe Mertz's first career game was against us and he went off for multiple TD passes....Probably hasn't had a game like that since then........My only worry in this game is if Mertz - an experienced QB - pops a few big pass plays. We need to score some points here - 24 plus.
I close my eyes ( transporting back to the time frame when this song came out ) .....................................lot's of 420 and numerous NL's in my life........
To add insult to injury, IIRC Neuheisel shredded us while suffering from food poisoning.1983/84 UCLA QB Rick Neueisel on the Illinois football team's visit to the mansion.......
“I’d love to tell you it’s because they got invited to the Playboy mansion by Hugh Hefner. Hef was a big U of I alum, and he invited their team to the Playboy mansion. We were just a mile and a half (away) with our campus, and we never got the invite. I’d love to tell you that was the reason they fell flat, but I don’t think it had much to do it.”.
Neueisel went on to say that UCLA had several "reads" on the Illini defensive secondary and picked it apart. He also mentioned that they had bulletin board material saying that the #5 ranked Illini wanted a stronger Rose Bowl opponent than 6-4-1 UCLA in order to impress the pollsters, and to give them a shot at the national title.