Recent content by IlliniBus

Love all the discussion and debate on horseshoe vs east balcony. Sounds like there's no right or wrong answer. I ended up going with east balc. I might try to sneak into the horseshoe if there's a blowout and it thins out and see what it's like for next year. Now to figure out if I get the...

Thanks to everyone for all the replies and helpful input. I guess I feel like a mix of you and your son: like the high view for game viewing but want to be more in the mix closer to the field. I guess what my kids will enjoy more is most important to me. They're not going to be watching the...

I took the plunge and am getting season tickets for the first time since I was a student. My seat selection is tomorrow and I came here for some last minute advice. The big question is: horseshoe or east balcony? Horseshoe Pros - closer to the field, in the bowl, seems like cool people sit...

Sorry to keep beating the dead horse, but how much different would our recent history be if we managed to keep the Illinois kids that went to Ohio St.? The unfortunately long list includes Evan Turner, Lenzelle Smith Jr., Sam Thompson, Keita Bates-Diop,and now EJ Liddell. All were "getable"...

Thanks, BlindLoyalty. I guess the News-Gazette would have been a good place to look. Can't blame him for wanting to get out after spending his whole life in Champaign and also looking for a better basketball fit.

With Finke's final 5 out, did we ever get the story on the reason behind his transfer? To me, he was the one guy whose departure was puzzling. All of the others seemed to have a somewhat logical story behind it. Lucas was looking at limited playing time next year. Mark Smith just needed a...

As someone said above, it has fluctuated based upon our level and that of the other schools. In the late 80's, it was probably Michigan. In the early 2000's, it was Michigan St. as we were both battling for Big Ten titles. In the mid-2000's it shifted some to Wisconsin. But one team has been...

Prior to the new student section, there was nothing on the north side of MS to block. It's not so much what a football facility should look like, just that it should fit in with our existing beautiful and historic stadium. As others have said, look at Soldier Field for an extreme example of...

Count me among the meh group. I love the fact we are building a facility, but for $79 million I expected more wow factor. Agree with the comments about the architectural style being off and blocking beautiful Memorial Stadium. Some are saying this doesn't matter, but for this price these...

Hated the zig-zag the day it was revealed and hate it still today. Agree with not going all Flyin' Illini all the time. I actually liked the BP3/DJ uniforms with the two tone font. They were simple but sharp in all three colors.

Just came on the wingam.com link. Listen live.

I was just thinking how Te'Jon, Frazier, and Smith would look together. It may look a lot like Dee, Deron, and Luther, although anything close to their level would be a huge win.

Underwoood Hire Discussed on Pardon My Take I don't know if anyone listens to the Pardon My Take podcast (highly recommended), but they had Dan Dakich on as a guest last week. After discussing Crean and Indiana and naked Bob Knight (really), they asked him about Illinois's hire of Underwood...

Amen. But what that really means is we are nowhere near where we want to be in the first place.

John Beilein is a good basketball coach. John Groce is not. We need to go find a good basketball coach now.