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    Pregame: Illinois at Iowa, Saturday, February 4th, 1:30pm CT, FOX

    When I was young, as a downstater, I was always proud to be from Illinois with the big city Chicago in it. Then I went to college. Holy crap. I had no idea Chicago had such a low opinion of downstate. That was a shock. So you might be right, but at least in my case, it was certainly a learned...
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    1/14 Weekend Games

    Harold Hecuba
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    Illinois Baseball 2022

    Just watched Indiana-Northwestern on BTN and noticed the players wearing little tablet-like devices hanging off their front belt buckle. What is that? Is it just a preprogrammed set of scouting reports or does it allow real-time communication from the coach?
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    Game Thread: Illinois vs Houston

    Tongue in cheek, I know, but just goes to show that as with any actor, they are more likeable when someone else is telling them what to say.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Chattanooga, Friday, March 18th, 5:50pm CT, TNT

    "sniff the big runs in the butt"? I don't think anybody wants to do that.
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    3/10 Games

    Going off my 12yo son's Xbox vocabulary, he probably thinks versus is verses, plural. And verse is the verb. As in, "We are versing Indiana tomorrow"
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    Illinois 74, Indiana 57 Postgame

    I've never mentioned anything about Indiana's clown pants to my 12 yr old son before. Today I called him up from the basement to replay Trent's cross over 3. A few plays later they showed Indiana's bench and my son says, "Ha! They look like clowns". I enjoyed that.
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    NCAA Tournament

    I think Underwood suggested that. Then all the players in the huddle just stood up and looked around. Then he looked at Ago and Ayo said, "I'll make it".
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Drexel, Friday, March 19th, 12:15pm CT, TBS

    Burn. That at the Drexel joke on one page? You guys are killin it.
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    Pregame: Illinois vs Drexel, Friday, March 19th, 12:15pm CT, TBS

    Oh I get it, Drexell. Ha ha. Took me a minute. But yeah, that's pretty funny. I like it. šŸ‘
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    Pregame: Illinois at Ohio State, Saturday, March 6th, 3:00pm CT, ESPN

    They chose to go to Ohio State, duh
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    3/1 Games

    They were right... This was just one of the 28%
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    Illinois 80, Iowa 75 Postgame

    Notice that Ayo is standing in bounds at the beginning of this, waiting for everyone to get in position, I assume. The ref looks impatient and you hear a quick short little whistle, and then Ayo goes out of bounds and the refs hands the ball to him. I wonder if he started counting at the...
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    Ayo Dosunmu has big decision to make about NBA

    He said he's NOT Jordan.