Recent content by elpismoclam

Exactly. Plus teams that have to travel usually bring a lot of fans with them to negate the home court advantage somewhat. Other than family, how many Illini fans and cheerleaders traveled to Eugene?

And now on to the East Lake Cup in Atlanta (re-match of the final four) in Atlanta late October, early November. -- Illinois (last year's winner) loses Detry and Danielson -- Oregon loses Wise (going pro), Foushee, McIver, Carter. (Raza is back) -- LSU loses only one: Wright -- USC loses...

Here's a rundown of upcoming men's regional and finals sites: 2017 regionals: Baton Rouge, LA (LSU) West Lafayette Stanford UTexas Golf Club Auburn, WA (Washington or Washington State maybe?) Finals: Rich Harvest (NIU home course; no team except the home course team can play at RH until after...

I think the NCAA changed the rule after the Illinois-Kentucky regional final in Lexington. (It must be remembered that KY beat Illinois in December in Champaign in a close one) Now how about eliminating the home-course thing in golf? I'm sure the NCAA books courses way in advance; I'm gonna do...

Funny, LSU fans are saying the same thing on their forum "Tiger Droppings." Some of them weren't too happy about the Oregon home-course advantage either. Absurd: the NCAA allowing Oregon cheerleaders and mascot on the first tee, not allowing Texas to sub for Hossler. And the announcers were...

We're not making excuses because there's no guarantee Illinois would have won at a neutral site. But one thing was clear to me: the Oregons knew what they were doing on the greens and onto the greens with chip shots. That's course knowledge. that's experience. As I said, they took advantage of...

One more thing: next year's NCAA golf is at Rich Harvest Farms. All the returning Illini have played the course. And another thing: no school other than NIU will be permitted to play RHF until the championship. RHF is NIU's home course; they can play all they want on it. It would be great if...

Too bad having to go up against the home team. The Golf Channel guy finally relented during Tuesday's coverage and said it was a big advantage, or words to that effect, playing at your home course. Monday, another of the Golf Channel characters referred to Oregon as a "Cinderella" team. C'mon...