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    Best Band in the Land: Vote for Marching Illini

    Yes. Back in the day when I was in the MI, we had a season ending show in the Assembly Hall. We also had a pregame show there, a la Ohio State's show at the St. John's Arena. No idea if they are still doing the season end show there or not—but if they are using a picture from the 80's when I was...
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    Best Band in the Land: Vote for Marching Illini

    Looked like first place with 15 hours to go. Vote 'em up! {edit} Oops. Never mind. I can vote again in in 15 hours—not 15 hours left. Reading comprehension brain freeze.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    I went to my nephew's winter graduation in Bloomington a few weeks ago and was surprised to hear the (correct) claim that IU has the world's largest alumni association...recently surpassing Penn State.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Like California in the 1980s
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    Illini Football 2024

    Here we go.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Preferred Walk On
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    Illini Football 2023

    And not very good
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Wyoming, Saturday, August 27th, 3:00pm CT, BTN

    At least he knew Knowledge started with a K. Someone must have written that for him.
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    Coaching Carousel

    Which would be totally understandable and acceptable. Until, of course, he does it, and then it will be a total slap in the face and show a complete lack of respect. /s
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    The Marching Illini

    As a Marching Illini fossil, and one of the original sideline Blues Brothers—I approve of this message.
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    The Illinois Coaching Staff Search

    As a PR person, I’d do everything I could to avoid releasing anything today. After the election last night, the knowns with the planned rally in DC, and the three ring electoral college circus...I would have been doing my best to lay low today, anyway. With the ultimate events of the day, I’d be...
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    Alma Otter

    The I-Beams. The strength of any building; made of steel (or incredibly strong fake wood :)), and ties to the Universities Architecture program and the skyscrapers of Chicago. Not advocating for it, but trying to suggest something...ANYTHING...beside an exhibit at every aquarium in North...
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    What's in a name?

    Mine comes from how I spent many, many times out during Illini basketball and football games during my five year Illinois career (81-86). I was in the Marching Illini and the Basketball band. During Basketball games, my fellow Baritone Sax player and I were so involved in the games, we often...
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    Mascot for University of Illinois?

    The US Military Academy (Army - West Point) has something similar to this. The Corps of Cadets is apportioned into twenty companies or so, and each company has a mascot which is personified by some poor plebe (Freshman). These mascots participate in activities before, during and after football...
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Purdue and Penn State, also. No?
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