Recent content by BashCt

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    Bret Bielema Takes Reins of Illinois Football

    you see the transfer train going toward us rather than away?
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    Bret Bielema Takes Reins of Illinois Football

    I bet we're gonna look back saying "why did we think making an impulse decision and transitioning HCs in the middle of a pandemic was a good idea?"
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    Lovie Smith out at Illinois

    They had probably the easiest non-conference schedule in recent memory: Illinois St, UConn and Bowling Green (3-9 in 2019, 0-5 this year). You could make a very convincing argument that ISU is the best team out of those 3. I know it doesn't shake out like that every year, but it was absolutely...
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    Lovie Smith out at Illinois

    6-6 sounds correct for a full healthy year, which would lead to the first back-to-back bowl appearances in a decade. It's still less than everyone obviously wanted, but it's clear progress and stability in a program that needs it
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    Lovie Smith out at Illinois

    Add 3 to the win column this year from the non-con if you're really going to use this year as a bench mark (which you shouldn't anyway)
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Iowa

    Injuries, still lacking true depth
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    Penn State alum sends letter to football player

    We agree that he is targeting one culture over another for the hair style, but then he repeatedly calls it disgusting so I fail to see how that doesn't meet the criteria of racist. I apologize if this comes off as combative, but deeming this incident as 'not racist' isn't going to change how the...
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    Penn State alum sends letter to football player

    At best, it's extremely tone-deaf and "unintended dog-whistle racism", but this is pretty clear cut to me. Needing explicit comparison of races and derogatory language as the criteria misses the bigger picture of the implication. His words target one culture much more than another to conform to...
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Akron, Saturday, August 31st, 11:00am CT, BTN

    Not to keep dwelling on this but shouldn't the beer sales help with this 'fan morale' issue? That being said, I still think the best antidote by far is a competitive team for any potential quarrels there are about Memorial Stadium or the atmosphere