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<blockquote data-quote="IlliniOllie" data-source="post: 1206896" data-attributes="member: 6150"><p>I've thought that this has been the problem with football for a long time. If you weren't on campus in, say, 1999, 2001, or 2007, the students of the last 20 years haven't really seen much from the football program, and if you don't get them "hooked" while they're on campus, it's a lot harder to draw them back and really get them invested once they've graduated.</p><p></p><p>Those students who were here when The '80s Belonged To The Illini are in their 40s and 50s - some of the prime donating and suite-buying years. A lot of those '90s, '00s, and early '10s students won't have the same fond memories of football. Hopefully Lovie makes a dramatic turnaround, because that could be a problem in the future. </p><p></p><p>Likwise, the students of the last 10 years haven't seen much on the basketball court, either. That's got to be reversed, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IlliniOllie, post: 1206896, member: 6150"] I've thought that this has been the problem with football for a long time. If you weren't on campus in, say, 1999, 2001, or 2007, the students of the last 20 years haven't really seen much from the football program, and if you don't get them "hooked" while they're on campus, it's a lot harder to draw them back and really get them invested once they've graduated. Those students who were here when The '80s Belonged To The Illini are in their 40s and 50s - some of the prime donating and suite-buying years. A lot of those '90s, '00s, and early '10s students won't have the same fond memories of football. Hopefully Lovie makes a dramatic turnaround, because that could be a problem in the future. Likwise, the students of the last 10 years haven't seen much on the basketball court, either. That's got to be reversed, too. [/QUOTE]
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