Recent content by altgeld88

Yes, it is.

This stuff is much more than simply cosmetic. It was indicative of the general disarray in our program from Beckman through Lovie. I'm reminded of John Madden; the guy has a popular, and completely unfounded, image as a lovable goof. In fact he was maniacally attentive to detail, all the way...

This photo was in an X post on the 2026 Illini Football thread this morning as a tribute to Mikey Dudek. I'm pasting it here simply to demonstrate what a hot mess our font and color scheme was before the new unis. I realize people rag on the present font (a font that I like) but what we enjoy...

I was in Ann Arbor the following September for the football game (rescheduled to late in the month because of 9/11). That day was our only regular season loss (45-20) amidst a glorious 10-1 run. As I was leaving the stadium (wearing my old school c. 1988 Champion reverse-weave ILLINOIS...

Now why you gotta bring that up...??!! It was a beautiful September evening sitting the west balcony, and a fantastic Illini first half in which we blew them out. And now, 26 years later, what sticks with me most is walking down the ramp in the SW tower after the final gun hearing the visiting...

I recall that he noted once he just cobbles this stuff together during breaks from cranking out Excel workbook financial models, which still makes me chuckle. He is truly a Loyalty treasure. And, I infer, kinda OCD like I was at his age :ROFLMAO: On the attendance front, yeah, it's nice to see...

Non-football observation... You've hit on the primary requirement for filtering any information we consume these days: discernment of incentives and motivation. Fortunately, it's usually obvious. Unfortunately, my observation of the education system of the past 25 years indicates that children...

Hi. @Retro62 and I (both locals) will be there, too. As several others on the Board do, we have longstanding experience of Terp bball and football games. My highly (and negatively... it doesn't offer much) opinionated view of the University of Maryland follows: We were also in Durham at the...

lol. Good luck. We’re all counting on you.

The Saints manage with a single embellishment: the fleur-de-lis on the sleeves. IMO the Tulane kit is a sartorial clown car.

Each to his own. I'm with @Mr. Tibbs above. And apparently I'm a grumpy, 60-year-old, kill-joy purist in such matters. :p Don't get me wrong, it's a good look for the Green Wave drill team (the "Wavettes"??) But not for young men bent on gridiron mayhem. I'm not going to die on this hill but I...

Well, there is that. lol Perhaps we can agree that "less is more" is a necessary but insufficient condition.

IMO less is more.

In July 2022 I visited campus for the first time in more than 20 years. On my final morning, before heading back to ORD, I walked over to the stadium. It was open and I hiked all the way up to the top of the east balcony and enjoyed the view, as I had done many times as a student in the '80s...

Sorry if someone posted this over the weekend. Haven't checked in here much in a while. I saw this in The Wall Street Journal (Friday July 31 edition). No surprise to anyone who has followed the scandals at Michigan that they're trying to keep a lid on the worst of it. Apologies if this is...