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Bowl games every year is the key. Make people plan their Xmas vacations around following the team to a game. That builds loyalty that spills over into attending home games.

Guess I was also on the Big Z plan my freshman year at Bromley Hall.

Can't we put some laz-y-boys or barcaloungers in that space and call it "premium seating"?

Nothing seems to stick to Michigan State. Scandal after scandal and it all washes away rather quickly.

Sans beard, that guy looks just like me after an Illini loss.

Hopefully Boyd gets mop up duty against UAB and SIU. He should play most of the second half in both games. Maybe Duke as well.

I was thinking Avery Storey

OPRF class of '77. We went downstate in '76 and lost to Levi Cobb in the semis. That team had Chuck Dahms (Oral Roberts/Wake Forest) and was coached by Tommy Meyer, Ray's other son. He eventually went on to coach UIC (DIII at the time).

Who goes higher in next year's draft - Vaaks, QC, or Mirk?

He and Mason Martin are the modern day version of Jim Stack and Kevin Boyle.

That was the normal kickoff time when I was a student in the late 70s/early 80s.

Same for golf at Illinois, where a donor has stepped forward to construct an expensive addition for office space, lockers and more just north of the current building. No Midwestern school has better golf facilities than Illinois...

It comes out on a Friday before a Memorial Day weekend? That's usually when politicians release bad news they don't want anyone to be made aware of.

Think we can win it if our triple jumpers, 800m runner, and relay teams come thru. Star long jumper Sophia Beckmon needs to have a big day - she is in the 100m finals and the 4 x 100 relay. Big surprise is Grace Kombetto, who ran the fastest 800 meters in qualifying yesterday.

The peak in football participation coincided with the emergence of research of CTE in football players. Dr. Bennet Omalu identified the first case in former Pittsburgh Steelers player Mike Webster in 2002. Subsequent research by Boston University, particularly by Dr. Ann McKee starting around...