I don't remember who they were playing but it was the Tupper era. I remember they pulled the QB and Johnny Johnson in and some people cheered, some booed. Me, I was probably 5, but he ended up doing awesome and Illinois won.
May I just say that reading Mike Cation's name gives me the heeby geeby's just thinking about his mocking of the great Jim Shepard.
"For threeeeeeeeeeeuhhhhhheeeehehhhhhhuuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeeeee"
Yes. Nike didn't rebrand the University to keep it looking classic. It's 2015. Things change and our uniforms were one of them. I love the fact that there are multiple combinations now with 3 helmets and the Gray Ghost unis. Love everything about it, its what young recruits are looking for. When...
Just for those who don't like the uniforms, there's an Illinois football game on from '96. Kinda bland if you ask me. But if in a few years they throwback uniforms to ILLINOIS one day I think that would be pretty sweet.
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