Recent content by Bucktown

If space is needed on the north side of Kirby for the stadium they could cantilever something like at Wrigley field along Sheffield. Closing the street makes no sense. I do also like the idea of a pedestrian bridge over Kirby from the horseshoe to get people across Kirby without blocking...

The very best plan for all parties except Indiana is the one that builds a new stadium south of the existing one on the lakefront. There are enough ancillary economic benefits to make the numbers work. The Bears & City proposed a vision for a lakefront stadium with some obvious things they were...

Such a failure by all parties Illinois, Chicago and the Bears. Certainly a win for Indiana. Final Four or Super Bowl in Hammond?? Seems a stretch especially when Lucas Oil gets them regularly. They may have better luck with concerts though. Soldier Field is a better venue, but promoters...

9 of Underwoods are transfers and assuming the ranking is based on high school, but still impressive. Also the greater player movement makes it more likely to have higher numbers.

1 pm kickoff is interesting and a break from the usual 11/2:30 slots.

Not really a fan of this guy. He is better than Kevin Warren, but that's not saying much.

Boise State part of the new Pac-12. Boise is an underrated City. Maybe he's getting some of that crazy Micron money?

Based on those comments about Morillo's shooting, he seems more like a back up for Andrej than a replacement for Ben.

Like many I don't understand most of this, by why do the so called 11 seeds play each other instead of playing the worst of the 12 seeds? It gives the 12 seeds an easier path to playing in the real tournament.

Is the difference based on which sports a school fields?

Mine's on the 4th. I can't imagine it won't sell out. TV likely on Fox. That is college football conference championship game weekend. The only real game on Friday is the Big 12 on ABC.

Lowell had such a smooth jump shot. He was a true undersized post player at 6'-7", but probably 6'-5". His long arms and high release allowed him to thrive against taller players. Very similar to Deon Thomas.

I don't believe Kendall was highly rated. Bardo, Anderson and Larry Smith were all ranked higher

I remember the 2022 Iowa game as being a big deal: one week after the Wisconsin win, home game, great weather, at night. DeVito got hurt Art Sitkowski came in to finish. He went 14-17 but also had an interception inside the Iowa 5. Illinois squeaked out the win 9-6.

This is the kind of thing that allows Duke to spend more on NIL. Illinois needs to do a better job in getting its players in national ad campaigns. Illinois has advertising and marketing managers and executives up and down the consumer products industries. Surely we can find find a way to get...