Joel Goodson
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kid is 17 yo and is a product of the deep south. I don't think it's going too far out on a limb that up until our offer, he knew squat about us. at least he didn't thank Illinois University.
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kid is 17 yo and is a product of the deep south. I don't think it's going too far out on a limb that up until our offer, he knew squat about us. at least he didn't thank Illinois University.
It’s also what everyone used to do. Develop your freshman and maximize them as seniors. Then the one and done guys became a thing. Now with the portal and NIL, we’re back to being old, it’s just that you’re taking somebody else’s freshman and sophomores and turning them into your juniors and seniors and reaping the experience/development benefit that way.
I'm no insider, but when a kid has been connected to a school before he was even officially in the portal, it's not hard to see why it might be a good idea for both the school and the kid to play things a little slower. Maybe even go visit another school or two. Just saying, y'know, hypothetically.
Aw shucks.
I got a free beer with my old card at the new Illini Inn! Kept it laminated all these years. They thought it was worth a comp.
The more important question is: What does he like in his cottage cheese?
Lemon Pepper.
Exactly....Like it did for OJ?
O.J. Simpson and the Bronco chase - ESPN Video
From ESPN's 30 for 30 O.J.: Made in America, go back to June 17, 1994, and relive the infamous car chase between the police and O.J. Simpson in a Bronco.
Point taken. But I was already annoyed at Illinois University and the outdated logos, emblems, etc. used by many recruits.
You are correct to alter expectations but that mascot junk struck a nerve.
Dr Copejam
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foby
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altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Late to the party. One of the earliest SI covers I can recall as a wee lad. Sonny was a Cherokee born in Oklahoma. Stellar U-Dub career IIRC.
INIILL
MoCoMdIllini
- Montgomery County, Maryland
Atlanta... hmm....
#wewillsunday?
Feeling under the weather today?ILL
Did he say which Sunday?
My ex wife is friends of his family. Thanks for sharing this picture
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
That's fabulous. SI, Oct. 4, 1971. I was not quite six years old, in kindergarten, and thought he was cool. I have a vague memory of him also being on the cover of Boys' Life magazine, which my older brothers got.
I just looked him up and am pleased to see he's a BD mgr for Huskies Sports Properties. Also read the article from that '71 SI on SI Vault. He was the subject of a hit song called "The Ballad of Sonny Sixkiller." Two straight 8-3 seasons his JR/SR years. Pity he didn't make it to the Rose Bowl. USC and Stanford were just a smidge better at the time.
Years later when I was an adult I read an account of the terrible racism he encountered from "fans." SMH.
If you Google Illini mascot, you'll come up with the Chief first (of course) and then several news stories about the "new" illinois mascot the Kingfisher.
Big Jack
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