Recent content by MikeDavis!

Here's my Giorgi flag:

This. Same reason I cheer against tOSU too :congrats:

Agree. We're the only school in the Big Ten with orange as one of our primary colors. We should use it as our calling card, not shy away from it.

POTD!!!:thumb:

What a great day! As an Edwardsville High School and Illini alum, I'm absolutely stoked to be able to see Mark Smith leading the Illini back to prominence. Edwardsville is an Illini town, and somehow I had a good feeling we'd win out in the end. We've had a few football players play for the...

Wonder what the first Mark Smith is doing nowadays? Any chance we could have him put in a good word for the current Mark Smith? :D

No doubt. The legends being spun about Legion's prowess were bordering on something out of a national epic. I remember when he first stepped on the court and thinking "does this guy even pass?" Attempted a 3 nearly every time he received the ball, no matter where or how well he was guarded.

Maybe he felt jilted? I could see him being upset at Wade and staff for selling him on VCU all this time, then splitting. I think about the parallels to the Charlie Moore recruitment. We might have forgotten he was originally a Memphis recruit under Pastner when he left for GT. Rather than...

I agree, that's like wearing Iowa and Illinois gear at the same time. Besides, I can't fathom how anyone can wear that horrible shade of Kahok purple ;) (EHS '97 grad here) :D

It almost seems like some intrepid Illini fan hacked into ESPN and included this statement in the game notes. It's been repeated tonight and in the Okie State article that someone posted yesterday. It's starting to catch on :D

Long time lurker, first time poster. Just wanted to give a shout out to one of my all-time favorites! Been following Malcolm since his days at Belleville East, and I work with a very close relative of his. I remember swearing to secrecy that I wouldn't tell anyone the day he decided to commit to...