Recent content by Illinirog1970

So, what I hear you saying is that you question the strategy of head coaches EVERYWHERE who automatically sit players who get two fouls in the first half? Got it. The reason that they do that is the player starts getting tentative in his play and trying "not to foul" instead of letting the...

None of us would have turned it down! What I don't like is Michigan fishing in our pond. Don't blame Mo at all....

He was totally prepared to come back to the Illini... until Michigan "recruited " him with big bucks to go there. Any other explanation is make-believe codswallop and rewriting history.

And the first five were one for twenty-two!!

Another pitcher done ....for the year?

Who was the highest Illini player ever drafted? Mike Price?

That young man has a grown man's body!

He's the natural point guard for the Illini-- Tall, great distributor, gets to the basket, can shoot from the outside, gets the ball up-court quickly, plays defense,,, CAN'T WAIT!!

Bravo! Never a more deserving player (unless it was Michael Jordan!)

And so will Vaaks be coachable... if he wants to play big minutes...and be in there at the end of close games. He was rated a poor defender at Providence. a little slow-footed. The freshmen will make him work! Especially Morillo and Q.

Let's remember that Ulysses has another year to play in High school and will likely be longer and stronger in '27. Many kids are not done maturing at 17 and he could improve his made field goal lengths next year. I liked the trajectory of his kicks; we need to hang on to this kid! Wish i could...

If he learns to play defense. Stoyakovic had to sit until he turned into a pretty good defender. I'm sure Vaaks can become an average to good defensive player but there will be quick guards who will give him fits. It might be a shock for him competing in the Big Ten night after night....

I was there to see Gable lose his only match after 150 straight wins in high school and college, and that was to Larry Owings in the NCAA finals his senior year. It inspired him to go on to be an Olympic championship and to a seemingly endless string of college national championships at Iowa...

How about Sugar shack??

How about "Shack attack?"