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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 1641430" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>Eh, whatever. Losing Kofi and Ayo (not to mention other losses) is reason enough for the talking heads to consider us in a rebuilding year. Fortunately, I think we can surprise. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Also, semi-OT regarding the playing "local teams" ... I also want to play regionally relevant teams, but I only want them as a home-and-home series. The idea of playing Marquette and (especially) Notre Dame at the United Center has been floated before, and I am very against that. Our United Center game, at its best, is billed as a true Illini HOME game in front of a packed orange crowd; that game should be saved for (ideally) big-name opponents from OTHER regions, and the crowd-drawing should (ideally) come from a good Illini showing. This isn't wishful thinking, as there is a wealth of evidence that a good Illini program draws very well there.</p><p></p><p>Allowing a team to be a part of a neutral site game in a given location elevates that team's status to an "equal" in the area, and I don't think we want to do that for anyone in Chicago. Think of the Braggin' Rights Game. By having the crowd 50/50 in St. Louis every year, Mizzou is inadvertently acknowledging that we are a St. Louis Area team. I know some people put too much stock in these things, but I honestly believe it probably helps our STL recruiting that we are in that game rather than Mizzou just having an annual game in STL and hosting whomever they can find. The significant majority of the STL area is on the Missouri side, and even on the IL side it seems pretty split between Mizzou/Illini, but we are marketed heavily as an equal partner in the affair. If the game weren't so awesome/storied by now (literally my favorite non-postseason sporting event of the year), I would have never gone for that if I were Mizzou, and I don't want Illinois "sharing" Chicago in such a way ... ideally. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 1641430, member: 590800"] Eh, whatever. Losing Kofi and Ayo (not to mention other losses) is reason enough for the talking heads to consider us in a rebuilding year. Fortunately, I think we can surprise. :) Also, semi-OT regarding the playing "local teams" ... I also want to play regionally relevant teams, but I only want them as a home-and-home series. The idea of playing Marquette and (especially) Notre Dame at the United Center has been floated before, and I am very against that. Our United Center game, at its best, is billed as a true Illini HOME game in front of a packed orange crowd; that game should be saved for (ideally) big-name opponents from OTHER regions, and the crowd-drawing should (ideally) come from a good Illini showing. This isn't wishful thinking, as there is a wealth of evidence that a good Illini program draws very well there. Allowing a team to be a part of a neutral site game in a given location elevates that team's status to an "equal" in the area, and I don't think we want to do that for anyone in Chicago. Think of the Braggin' Rights Game. By having the crowd 50/50 in St. Louis every year, Mizzou is inadvertently acknowledging that we are a St. Louis Area team. I know some people put too much stock in these things, but I honestly believe it probably helps our STL recruiting that we are in that game rather than Mizzou just having an annual game in STL and hosting whomever they can find. The significant majority of the STL area is on the Missouri side, and even on the IL side it seems pretty split between Mizzou/Illini, but we are marketed heavily as an equal partner in the affair. If the game weren't so awesome/storied by now (literally my favorite non-postseason sporting event of the year), I would have never gone for that if I were Mizzou, and I don't want Illinois "sharing" Chicago in such a way ... ideally. :p [/QUOTE]
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