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I agree with everything you posted but until they change the seeding methodology getting a bye may not be all it's cracked up to be. In fact, you could argue that OSU getting a home game against an equally rested Tennessee a couple weeks after losing to Michigan (again) was exactly what they...

Didn't every team with a bye lose this year? Those teams had 20+ days off versus the non-bye teams had roughly 10 days before their first game and another 10 days before the second game. Those 10 day gaps are kind of ideal for a football team. They get regular live reps but sufficient time to...

I agree with you on the current state at Illinois but what's interesting is that here in the Raleigh area both State and Carolina in the last few months have declared their intentions of having NCAA D1 hockey at their respective schools. Both have moved their club teams up to ACHA D1 as a first...

Learned not too long ago that Michigan helmets are actually painted yellow with blue decals. I just assumed it was the other way around.

About 18 years ago I was wearing an Illini hat on the Acropolis walking toward the Parthenon in Athens. I passed by an elderly couple and got an "I-L-L". Totally caught me off guard and it took me a second to respond with "I-N-I".

Sorry for the late reply, I was on vacation. No, I haven't been to either of those places. Although with both being within 20 minutes of Asheville I'm sure there is some tourism spill over. I would suspect there are a lot of AirBnB and VRBO locations in all those surrounding areas. I'll...

Never lived there but have visited many times having lived in Raleigh for 20+ years. Love doing long weekends there but would never live there. It’s become too trendy/touristy over the years. If you want mountain, look to Boone. Kind of what Asheville was like 10 years ago or so. Plus, App...

You're right about Sud's. I don't think D.P Dough is right - I guess that could have been the name before or after I was there. For some reason I'm thinking it was Poorboys. What is really sad is that I lived across Locust from that strip mall and ate there multiple times a week my Senior...

Some of you guys who are on campus now probably never heard of some of these places, but here goes.... BARS: 1. Flannigan's / Gully's 2. Clybourne 3. The Office 4. Bub's 5. Murphy's 6. White Horse......I miss wing night 7. High Dive 8. R&Rs 9. Illini Inn 10. Anywhere but Kam's and...