Recent content by Fighter of the Nightman

God, I hope not - or at least not in THAT tight of a timeframe! That COVID year was ridiculous, logistics-wise.

I have not followed transfer portal recruiting quite as much this year, but it is worth noting that there was a graphic during the season that showed Indiana had the overall second or third "most talented" roster in the Big Ten. They finished 11th in the league, and their season ended with a...

Nothing will make a Illini fan wonder "what could have been" like watching that 2021 team during this stretch: W 74-69 at #23 Wisconsin (without Ayo) W 76-53 at #2 Michigan (without Ayo) W 73-68 at #7 Ohio State (Ayo's first game back in the mask) W 90-68 vs. Rutgers (BTT Quarterfinals) W 82-71...

THIS. I wouldn't be surprised if Underwood is as frustrated with the changes to college hoops since he started his career as any other coach ... but it's clear he isn't going to cry over spilled milk, and he is adjusting and thriving to this new reality, whether he thinks it's "good for the...

And - obviously IANAL - how the f*** does one eyewitness testimony overrule reasonable doubt arising from Z-E-R-O DNA evidence tying Shannon to the incident?!

I agree, but it’ll never not be annoying when a funny looking guy who isn’t charismatic, funny, insightful or particularly likable somehow gets a platform like that and would use it to broadcast an opinion that directly hurts a kid like TSJ with SO few facts to back up his POV…

RE: your first part, wasn’t it in the police affidavit that she had to go home and Google athletes from Illinois, KU and KSU, though? While that alone doesn’t indicate a mistaken identity (she could have totally recognized Terence right away but had no idea what team he played for, for...

TBF, I actually think a lot of people were open to the fact that the alleged victim WAS “assaulted” (however that is defined) … they were just HIGHLY skeptical that she correctly identified the perpetrator as Shannon. And it sounds like our skepticism was warranted.

That’s fair, but we all know they’ll understandably get paired with Purdue. Iowa rivalry is a no-brainer from a mutual POV, I think.

There is definitely a pic of the orange script in the old thread, but I’m on my phone right now and don’t feel like hunting it up. It looks pretty great, but it could use some modern touch-ups! It’s the potential navy Script that I think would look really good!

And I hate it ... we should play Iowa twice every year, period. FFS, it's basketball ... 90% of Illini and Iowa fans would want to switch Northwestern/Nebraska in this, and 90% of Northwestern and Nebraska fans wouldn't give a crap.

I know a lot of fans would roll their eyes at this "selling point" of ours and just assume the Blue Bloods can get whomever they want ... but if I were a recruit, there would be a serious appeal to being an Ayo type that *stays home* and/or brings a program back to prominence. Great players...

While I have rather firmly moved into the camp that prefers these from now on... HOME: White Flyin' Illini AWAY: Orange Flyin' Illini ALTERNATE: Navy Flyin' Illini (though I find your Deon Thomas Era ones to be a suitable alternative) THROWBACK #1: White Script THROWBACK #2: Orange 2005 ... I...

These look great, but I would love to see the white FIGHTING ILLINI letters made a bit less thick like their orange counterparts!

These are NOT mutually exclusive. Those should be the home defaults (although touched up to be more like the slightly newer orange iterations - smaller, less blocky lettering that looks more refined), AND we should keep the white Script alternates.