Ransom Stoddard
Ordained Dudeist Priest
- Bloomington, IL
It looks like Grange is going to leap over a cheerleader and MI trumpeter, into the arms of Alma Mater.
This is not a good poster.
Illini Football 2023
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This is not a good poster.
That’s FANTASTIC!!
The Mattel Intellivision-style football players made me laugh as well.
Best game ever! How many hours I spent as a youth...
That is a horrible poster.
pruman91
- Paducah, Ky
Concerning the poster, did you guys notice that the blockat midfield is put on upside down? Pru will notice!
OK , we got 1 hour to clean that lame poster up........
OK , good thing it's only fingerpaint.................
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Not loving these new uniforms
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Just purchased two tickets for Penn State. West Balcony.
I was actually thinking of the video game system, but yeah… that was a great game too!
Hee Haw Funny!!!
I think the '83 season might have been the greatest in the memory of most folks here. Any special events around the 40th anniversary this year?
Why is the Illinois on the far end zone on the field and not on the end zone. This is not good.
Oh man, I was thinking about that game just a week or two ago, thinking how much I'd love to play one again. We wasted so much time playing that the '79-'80 school year (sr yr of college). I could've been Summa Cum Laude were it not for that game.
I forget where, but I heard somewhere a few weeks back that it was near 9,000 new season tickets sold (and 94% retention rate of PY season ticket holders). And for the first time, I’m one of them!
Don’t worry, I’m ready to break out my Memorial Stadium Sellout Watch tracking spreadsheet again to estimate how close we are getting to breaking our pesky sellout-less streak.
Fighter of the Nightman
- Chicago, IL
If we get a full crowd for the PSU game, can the DIA take a million pictures from all possible angles? I’ve seen this photo advertised by our social media, and it’s honestly kind of embarrassing that we promote a photo with an empty balcony because that’s all we’ve got, lol…
Oh man! This was CLEARLY done by A.I.
Attendance for that game was 37,363. Not sure why they didn't get an update last year.
mhuml32
- Cincinnati, OH
Also the caveat that each of these seasons was 11 games instead of the 13-game season for DeVito.
What stood out to me was the horrible TD/INT ratio those QB's had. WOW! Only Jeff George in '89 had what I would call a good season from that perspective. A few others had OK seasons (Trudeau, Wilson, Eason), and the rest put up some real stinkers IMO.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
yea
it was a completely different era and style of game . it’s just hard to fairly compare stats from 1983 to 2023 . just like it’s hard to compare them from 1935 to 1985
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Yes agreed, hence my point about improved "accuracy" in today's game.
There weren't many Aaron Rodgers' (or Mahomes or Herbert or Brady) back in the day. I can recall anything over 50% being a pretty good completion rate in the NFL. In fact, pulling a random sample from the 1980 NFL stats, most QB's were 48% to 58% for the full season. And INT's came with the territory.
For the era, our QB's were not "stinkers" but rather the #1 passing team in the Big 10 for the decade.
Interesting Comparison: Michigan led the nation in team offense in 1976 and passed 9.3 times per game, completing 4.5 (48%).
cuillini
- San Bernardino, Ca.
Wife and I are coming from Socal.
BZuppke
- Plainfield
So you’re saying you want to come to a game and get the baby in free
hooraybeer
- Pittsburgh, PA
sub MSU-kent st for ILL-toledo and it’s perfect
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