Recent content by illinidday89

There's one thing that is 100% sure about Illinois Loyalty in the offseason. It is entertaining as hell. This old man just sits back and enjoys it no matter what happens.

Ervin Small just seems like he'd be the most fun guy to have a beer with. lol.. Maybe.

That's awesome! I see the pics of Deron/Dee, but didn't know Battle/Gill/Liberty were there. You get a pic?

As someone who watched his Father in the O&B it always felt odd when he played well against us so I also agree with that statement..."It would be pretty f'ing awesome to see him in the Orange and Blue!"

I'm wondering if Kylan leaving will be a factor with Dre. They got very close last year with Kylan even traveling to Greece with Dre's family if I recall.

This will make for a fun, fun year. If by some miracle we bring back Mirk, the brothers, Jake, and Dre, heck through Ty in there as well that would make me extremely happy. It would almost be like the "old days" of the 80's and 90's when you knew who was coming back and really felt attached to...

I know they won't admit it, but the bright lights seem to be a factor imo.

Yep, that was a KILLER. The Tomi 3 was in and out and run down and bury one. Story of the night so far honestly.

Need to make some "well taken" three's in the second half and make 95% of our FT's to win this.

This is as nervous as I've ever been before one of my favorite teams sporting events. I think it's because of the realization of knowing it's so tough to get here. '89 I was in high school, '05 all of my children were little, '26 all of my children are out of the house. Crazy! Side note, let's...

Biggest win for Brad at Illinois by a country mile! So happy for him and the program and so glad to be wrong. I was expecting the Houston of the last 5 minutes the entire game, but our defense was unbelievably good tonight and it definitely affected their gameplan. Best it's been all season...

Defense has been lights out! Good shots the rest of the way! C'mon, it's right there for the taking!

That was the best half of defense we've played all year period. Match that in the second half!!

I don't like that last sequence, but I'll take up 2 at the half. We are the better team here for sure! Just need to play the same defense in the second half and shoot better and we got this!

This is not the Houston team I thought we'd see. This game is so winnable if we just play smart and shoot good shots!!!! C'mon!!!