Recent content by Perry Range's Van

I think we need an early season report card thread. I'll save my full list for the thread but: Dre - A- (Stepping up to fill gaps) Vaaks - D (Was a C- until FTs are factored in) Tommy - N (non factor) QC - B+ (playing up to dawg expectations but still needs to settle down, practice FTs) Ethan -...

For the 1st time on TV (for me) the PA announcer leading the cheers really came through. And was quite lame. Don’t we have a cheer squad? Or are they just there for the cameras? That and the FT shooting is all I have to complain about

Same here but having one and sometimes two 1 and dones is a long way from the Ky model. Now that assumes that you can keep enough of the 2nd year players to not transfer….

But I do miss the Sun AM report from Original Pancake House

Ballmer's defense will be.. "I was just following the current NIL model the judges and legislatures have imposed on College ball"

If this was any other year there are 3-4 freshman that would get significant minutes. Reality with this roster is that maybe 2 of them get enough tick. We have 6 competing for those roles and 4-5 that could be the ones. First world problems!!

Sounds like his skills escaped the “elite” tag

Did you show her the Morrow plots or the south farms??

Exactly.. It started as all about the commitment to be there and impact you could make. The charitable part came in much later and grew to the point where that was what mattered. Back in the day you were even required to come to campus for some of the games when school was not in session...

Groce does not get ALL the blame. Its been broken since they changed the priorities. Just look at the official U of I athletcs page on selection criteria. Your ability to be a loud crazed fan is now well down the list on criteria: Orange Krush is a charitable organization that requires members...

Meanwhile both celebration and suicide watch at Sleepers..

Izzo really wanted Bruce to stay here and tried to influence…. Maybe going against Izzo really is doing the right thing!

New 9th man sighting? I hear he can really dominate in the lane.

Good to see he knows what will get him tick under Brad!! Keep it up young man

We should do a mock funeral and take Bruce’s pic down…