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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefIllini" data-source="post: 1530998" data-attributes="member: 588522"><p>Basketball school first, second, and third. Growing football would be great, but the two revenue sports are apples and oranges here. Basketball is and always will be an easier sport to grow quickly, but Lovie is at what should be the precipice of the initial push towards whatever you want to label success. BU still on the upswing. Football had much farther to go, and hasn't had sustained success (in my eyes) since like the 50s, so basically never (I'll conceed the 80s just to avoid arguments). Basketball was a premier program for over 20 years, top 20 all time. That's a lot easier for anyone to deal with, especially at UIUC.</p><p></p><p>Glad to see Whitman take charge, I would've liked to see the season play out, but we wont have another Self issue with Whitman. I'd imagine should Lovie catch similar success, he will be rewarded as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefIllini, post: 1530998, member: 588522"] Basketball school first, second, and third. Growing football would be great, but the two revenue sports are apples and oranges here. Basketball is and always will be an easier sport to grow quickly, but Lovie is at what should be the precipice of the initial push towards whatever you want to label success. BU still on the upswing. Football had much farther to go, and hasn't had sustained success (in my eyes) since like the 50s, so basically never (I'll conceed the 80s just to avoid arguments). Basketball was a premier program for over 20 years, top 20 all time. That's a lot easier for anyone to deal with, especially at UIUC. Glad to see Whitman take charge, I would've liked to see the season play out, but we wont have another Self issue with Whitman. I'd imagine should Lovie catch similar success, he will be rewarded as well. [/QUOTE]
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