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<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 1981805" data-attributes="member: 748655"><p>I have had similar thoughts recently. In theory (and I emphasize "in theory") in this new age of basketball transfers, next year some of these Missouri players could be playing for the Illini and vice versa. So as IlliniCaboose said, "is there enough time to build up hostility for games like this"? I have been following Illinois basketball since the 70s (has it been that long? Where has the time gone?) and I no longer get very excited about this rivalry anymore. I think the fact that Missouri has not been very good for many years is one factor (and also the Groce years for the Illini). This game used to have a Final Four game craziness to it that it no longer has. And related to the above, players don't stay at one school very long, so there is no "history", that is, the Illini played an almost completely different Missouri team than last year (at least that is what I have gleaned from various discussions about this game). In the past, well, I don't know how to phrase this exactly but there would not just be a rivalry between the teams but also between the players since players stayed at their respective schools longer. And before I get a lot of hate directed at this post, listen to the Illini Inquirer podcast after the Colgate team when Werner and LaTulip were discussing the Missouri game. They admitted that there just doesn't seem to be as much excitement about this game as there used to be and one of the reasons, as I mentioned, is the player turnover. Remember the greater hostility we had toward Michigan with Dickinson there or with Iowa when Luka was playing? And I think it was not just our hostility, it was the Illini players as well. Some on here will remember some of the Missouri players of old, Jon Sundvold, Doug Smith, and Steve Stipanovich, just to mention a few. How many Missouri players will anyone remember from the Missouri teams of the last 10 years or so (excluding Mark Smith)? My thoughts on this are not particularly clear and well thought out but I just know something is different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Guest, post: 1981805, member: 748655"] I have had similar thoughts recently. In theory (and I emphasize "in theory") in this new age of basketball transfers, next year some of these Missouri players could be playing for the Illini and vice versa. So as IlliniCaboose said, "is there enough time to build up hostility for games like this"? I have been following Illinois basketball since the 70s (has it been that long? Where has the time gone?) and I no longer get very excited about this rivalry anymore. I think the fact that Missouri has not been very good for many years is one factor (and also the Groce years for the Illini). This game used to have a Final Four game craziness to it that it no longer has. And related to the above, players don't stay at one school very long, so there is no "history", that is, the Illini played an almost completely different Missouri team than last year (at least that is what I have gleaned from various discussions about this game). In the past, well, I don't know how to phrase this exactly but there would not just be a rivalry between the teams but also between the players since players stayed at their respective schools longer. And before I get a lot of hate directed at this post, listen to the Illini Inquirer podcast after the Colgate team when Werner and LaTulip were discussing the Missouri game. They admitted that there just doesn't seem to be as much excitement about this game as there used to be and one of the reasons, as I mentioned, is the player turnover. Remember the greater hostility we had toward Michigan with Dickinson there or with Iowa when Luka was playing? And I think it was not just our hostility, it was the Illini players as well. Some on here will remember some of the Missouri players of old, Jon Sundvold, Doug Smith, and Steve Stipanovich, just to mention a few. How many Missouri players will anyone remember from the Missouri teams of the last 10 years or so (excluding Mark Smith)? My thoughts on this are not particularly clear and well thought out but I just know something is different. [/QUOTE]
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