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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    At age 65, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas married 22 year old Cathleen Heffernan. They remained a couple until his death 15 years later.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Moffitt is awesome. My wife rang the bell there 7 years ago, and is doing well.
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    The 0700 feels like temp in Palm Harbor this morning was 4 degrees warmer than yesterday. Unfortunately 33 is not a major improvement over 29. Glad our recruiting is hot!
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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    Back to random celebrity encounters - shared a 2-seat row on a flight out of Tampa in the early 80s with Randy Owen. I had no clue about country music at the time, so it meant nothing when he told me the name of his band. Resonated only because my father was born in Alabama. My musical...
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    Bowl Projections

    Just looked up official Citrus Bowl packages. $665 for the end zone section, with no option to select specific seats. It escalates rapidly from there. For anyone buying on premium site, BIG team seats are on the west side. There is no additional charge to watch with friends and family at...
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    Bowl Projections

    Have to take care of business at Wrigley, but reprise of Liberty Bowl matchup would be sweet. Tony Eason as honorary captain!
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Except those kids won’t know they’re being recruited as cannon fodder. The whole point of scholarship limits was to even the playing field.
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    So, how does a college kid afford first class?
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    We aren’t the only BIG team mining the portal for DBs: Michigan lands cornerback transfer Ricky Johnson https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/2024/05/18/michigan-wolverines-land-cornerback-transfer-ricky-johnson/73755565007/
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    The mascot debate/fandom thread

    I was a charter member of the “no Chief, no check” club. With that battle long since lost, I’m firmly in the no mascot group. Not to mention, banning the war chant was a bridge too far.
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    Coaching Carousel

    Dabo a lock if he wants it.
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    Bowl/Playoff Selections

    CFP has to be: 1 - Michigan 2 - Washington 3 - Florida State 4 - Alabama
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    Pregame: Illinois at Minnesota, Saturday, November 4th, 2:30pm CT, BTN

    With my orange tinted contacts firmly in place, I’m believing the bye week fixed the switches (borrowing Robert’s simile), so I’m calling it 31-21 good guys!
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