When I saw 28 punts next to Iowa, I figured it was punts per game.
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Nearly 8,000 new season tickets sold for this fall, expect it surpass 9k, 92% renewal rate"Nearly 8,000 new season tickets sold for this fall, expect it surpass 9k, 92% renewal rate..
50 new points of sale on concessions at Memorial Stadium, will have multiple walk-thru concessions like at several professional stadiums. Will have in-seat service in west balcony in select areas..
Invested in $8 million in Memorial Stadium in last three years, bulk on east side, troughs are gone in bathrooms. After this season, plans to fully gut and remodel south bathrooms
Future timeline TBD: stadium four-pack (wi-fi, video board, LED lights, new sound system), price tag $25-$30 million"
Illinois AD Josh Whitman Media Roundtable 2023
CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) — Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman met with the media during his annual roundtable on Wednesday, recapping the 2022-23 school year, and looking ahead to the 2023-24 se…www.wcia.com
“If we want to accomplish our goals, we need to fill Memorial Stadium”
Excellent news on the ticket sales. Valid point on the need to fill the stadium. To illustrate, a point made in this article:
Tatelines | Glass half full or half empty with Illini football? You decide.
There's two ways to look at the situation currently faced by Bret Bielema's program — and that covers various topics.
Michigan makes more than $8 million in ticket sales for a single game, which is more than recent UI teams have derived from an entire season.
redwingillini11
White and Sixth
- North Aurora
That Culvers seems WAY closer than 48 punts...
I live in SoCal - 11 am CST means 9 am start here. Its great almost all games are on TV but hate to lose my Saturday mornings. Much prefer afternoon or evening. Love watching USC in evening after dinner.
Hot take: I think the real issue here is time zones. Not start times.
About 5000 feet as the crow flies. Maybe they did driving distance
Joel Goodson
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Considering how big Pearl is, Whiteknack is GIGANTIC! I wonder how his progress is and if he will be ready to fill some shoes by next fall.
skyIdub
Winged Warrior
Culvers? Only 10 here in Georgia. Never been to one. I see they have a chicken sandwich. Not gonna fly very high here in Chick-fil-a country.
They aren't known for their chicken sandwich.
IlliniFan85
- Colorado Springs, CO
They are known for their butter burgers.
A better brand of beef makes a butter burger better.
My guess is chicken makes up less than 3% of Culver’s sales and burgers about 90%. It’s like Chick Fil A offering burgers, but with inverse sales results. Each is a leader in its space.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
Culvers is a burger/ice cream place that also has a decent fried fish meal (if there is such a thing at the fast food level of things). Their chicken thing is just to round out the menu.
funny thing, while McDonalds sells mainly burgers, Im told they also sell more chicken than anyone else
I’ll have to try their fish then. Fast food fish has always been a disappointment. Most fish and chips in this country too.
Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
Culver's ice cream (Concrete Mixers) is one of the best drive-through ice creams around.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
I'm coming from SC for three games this fall and I was able to get rooms for both Friday and Saturday nights (not only for me, but for my brother too). And I had many hotel choices/options for each weekend. (Perhaps you need to select your games earlier in the year if planning to stay overnight.) For one game in 2022, I even stayed at a Bed & Breakfast in Urbana.
I highly recommend the "stay all weekend approach" for those who can do so. You can that way incorporate dinners, breakfasts, bars and connecting with old college mates...........in addition to tailgating of course.
Game times pretty much become irrelevant. In fact, start times are not even a consideration when I choose which games to attend. The only aspect of Game Day that's lacking for me right now is the home game attendance, and I sense that is slowly changing. I'd really like to see 50,000 to 60,000 in the stands for each game this season!
I'm also going to Lawrence, KS this year and, thus far, nearly everything seems to be identical to the Champaign experience.
Been to culvers many times here in Georgia. Never had a bad meal there.
illini80
- Forgottonia
They have a great tenderloin, unless you like it 12” wide and paper thin. This is actual meat. Also the hot roast beef is surprisingly good.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Just a reminder that Nicholson is going to be very solid this coming season.
Illinivek23
- Gurnee
No Buckeyes on this list?
their defense wasn't great, but still surprising based on the fact that OSU DBs were some of the lucky few who didnt have to cover OSU WR's last year.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
here's my take on why O$U , Michigan or USC do not and will not necessarily dominate the "ALL B1G" lists
yes they have rosters loaded with 4* & 5* players out of high school. but that simply means they have a better "chance" of getting really good players - its not guaranteed they are better .
To a large extent, all the 3* players capable of getting interest from P5 programs around the country and then making a B1G roster are often just as good. sometimes even better .
The stars awarded by ranking services simply dont mean you are better, but collectively , a team has a better chance of getting really good players when they can fish from the 5* and 4* pond vs the 3* pond.
Teams like Iowa and Wiscy have done really well over the years when they can indentify the 3* players that they feel are under rated. Thats the only way we will be able to compete. We will never be able to land Top 15 rated recruiting classes
yes they have rosters loaded with 4* & 5* players out of high school. but that simply means they have a better "chance" of getting really good players - its not guaranteed they are better .
To a large extent, all the 3* players capable of getting interest from P5 programs around the country and then making a B1G roster are often just as good. sometimes even better .
The stars awarded by ranking services simply dont mean you are better, but collectively , a team has a better chance of getting really good players when they can fish from the 5* and 4* pond vs the 3* pond.
Teams like Iowa and Wiscy have done really well over the years when they can indentify the 3* players that they feel are under rated. Thats the only way we will be able to compete. We will never be able to land Top 15 rated recruiting classes
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