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Fascinating. For whatever reason my memory tells me that 1994 was the year Garcia's became terrible, but I never had any idea why.

But still, I'd much rather have our NFL-style deal, shared across the over-the-air networks, instead of being stuck on basic cable like the SEC.

I don't especially care for the shoulder stripes, but as someone who thinks the only thing wrong with the old ILLINOIS uniforms was the slant Illinois, I think the new uniforms are great. The white numbers on the O/B/O set are a definite improvement over the orange. Most importantly, it's the...

At 20, ND and Stanford. At 24, Virginia, UNC, Miami, and Florida State?

We'll be hanging out in L.A., looking for the real killers.

I have no clue how the football divisions will work out, but a 17-game round robin basketball schedule sounds pretty fun, and an improvement over the unbalanced schedules we've had recently.

Less interesting to whom? It's nice to see Illinois-Wisconsin on national TV, and if more of those spots are going to Oregon-Michigan, and we're on some overflow streaming service, that's worse for us even if the money is rolling in. Like AutoPoster3000 said, the current B1G "product" is...

And the division winners could play for the championship in the Rose Bowl.

Huge improvement. The old shade was far too red.

I totally get what you're saying. Another point is that even this approach really exaggerates the how likely a favorite is to go deep into a tournament. A team with a 75% chance to win each game will lose in the first round almost as often as they win four in a row. Their expected number of wins...

We'll always have Michigan. The banner in the rafters alongside the numbers of our All-Americans might say Big Ten Tournament Champions, but Illini Nation will remember what team ended the season at the top of the standings.

The only thing wrong with those uniforms was the slant ILLINOIS. The perfect shade of orange (the current version is too dark and too red), great striping, white numbers, white facemask. Replace that helmet decal with anything -- block I, arched ILLINI, nothing, whatever -- and you have a...

Totally agree. I love the new all-whites on the road (and B/W/W also looks pretty sharp), but there's no reason to wear anything except the classic orange-blue-orange at home.

Same here. It's not a bad look, but nothing tops the classic orange/blue/orange.