Recent content by Fighter of the Nightman

Looking at these pictures of the scoreboard and how "planted" or "permanent" it looks, it got me thinking that the future of the SEZ seems to most likely involve... A) Leaving the new scoreboard as is. B) Because of (A), leaving the back of the SEZ stands as is. (C) Because of (C), all...

Yeah, it is pretty interesting if you just took that overall top 25 from above and kept the rankings but then displayed how many National Championships each team has. 1. Kentucky - 8 2. North Carolina - 6 3. Duke - 5 4. Kansas - 4 5. UCLA - 11 6. Indiana - 5 7. Louisville - 3 8. Syracuse - 1 9...

:ROFLMAO: Believe it or not, I only used good ole Chat for the uniform thing. This was all human, lol.

^ Yeah, Cincinnati really fell on hard times in recent eras, but they have a good history (including 2 National Championships!). OSU Basketball is just weird. It seems they are a totally "feast or famine" program, stringing together a bunch of great accomplishments and then just being a...

Random, semi-OT post on a very slow Friday for me! The idea of Illinois being a "top 25" or "top 15" program all-time comes up quite a bit. So, I had the idea to do what they do with the AP Poll (i.e., a first place vote is worth 25 points, a second place vote is worth 24 points, etc. all the...

I can't believe I have literally never used Chat GPT until I was prompted to do so for work the other day ... but now I am really applying AI's talents where they need to be applied! I give you ... the long-awaited Navy Script. My GOD, it would (will?!?!) be beautiful.

When I see this list, the depressing nature of the ~2007 to 2019 stretch comes into full focus, especially the incredibly disappointing 2010 to 2014 years when hope and optimism had not fully dwindled yet. I mean, just look at the lack of meaningful games these talented players got to play in...

Like playing in non-CFP bowl games?

You might be combining two memories, as I’m pretty sure when he was (awkwardly forced to be) presenting us the 2021 BTT Championship onstage after that game, he was being booed the whole time and (IIRC) did accidentally say “Illinois University.” I usually try not to give TOO hot of takes on a...

I guess I don’t understand the rationale from a strict “fan enjoyment” perspective to oppose more teams in the CFP. March Madness is infinitely superior to all other postseasons precisely because of the larger pool, more upsets and less conventional “make-sure-the-actual-best-team-wins!” setup...

I actually think our draw was SUPER underrated ... it pretty much rests on (A) the assumption going into the Tournament that UConn was the most overrated top seed and (B) that Iowa wasn't actually that good so we got lucky to play them. Considering how UConn just continued to beat everyone in...

Lmao, fair enough! :ROFLMAO: I do fear that a lot of the decision makers here (whether they are Josh, Bret, big-time donors, etc.) see the SEZ is "more than fine for now" in a way many fans don't. I could be wrong, but they likely see the "public perception of Memorial Stadium as a venue" as...

As bona fide Final Four contenders after actually making it last year, I wanted to see how rare making it in back-to-back years. I was thinking it would be super rare historically, but it’s happened a surprising number of times since 2000! I’m on my phone, so I even could have missed one or...

Have any insiders ever heard Bret talk about what he would like to see done to Memorial Stadium? I would be really curious if he has any sort of wish list or vision, or if that is something that isn't very high on his priority list and he is content to leave the decisions to other folks...

Yep, this is the trend across all new stadiums and renovations. I've posted this way too many times, but just consider that these two end zone sections have almost the same number of seats... ~ 9,800 ~10,000 seats I love MS, but our distribution of capacity is terribly outdated ... and we...