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<blockquote data-quote="champaignchris" data-source="post: 1409345" data-attributes="member: 26283"><p>Re: the crowds, both size and enthusiasm...</p><p></p><p>What do you want? Really? 15 years is the only history that matters to college football. Any longer ago than that is outside the memory of both the students playing the game and the students watching the game in the stands. And over the last 15 years, Illinois is the worst program in BCS conference football. </p><p></p><p>Illinois has the worst record. Worse than Duke, Indiana, Vanderbilt, Kansas, Iowa State. Every single program in the big five conferences has been better than Illinois during the living memory of every single college aged person. </p><p></p><p>Add to that the nasty, embarrassing Beckman scandal. And the turtle slow handling of the investigation and eventual firings of Beckman and Thomas, followed by the turtle slow hiring process that eventually landed Whitman, but not before the awkwardly timed extenstion of Cubit. </p><p></p><p>Why on earth would anyone expect or even reasonably hope for a large, raucous crowd? It’s not happening. Not until the school and the program earn that crowd back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="champaignchris, post: 1409345, member: 26283"] Re: the crowds, both size and enthusiasm... What do you want? Really? 15 years is the only history that matters to college football. Any longer ago than that is outside the memory of both the students playing the game and the students watching the game in the stands. And over the last 15 years, Illinois is the worst program in BCS conference football. Illinois has the worst record. Worse than Duke, Indiana, Vanderbilt, Kansas, Iowa State. Every single program in the big five conferences has been better than Illinois during the living memory of every single college aged person. Add to that the nasty, embarrassing Beckman scandal. And the turtle slow handling of the investigation and eventual firings of Beckman and Thomas, followed by the turtle slow hiring process that eventually landed Whitman, but not before the awkwardly timed extenstion of Cubit. Why on earth would anyone expect or even reasonably hope for a large, raucous crowd? It’s not happening. Not until the school and the program earn that crowd back. [/QUOTE]
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