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Is that Snake Juice? We will need to check how you've progressed later this evening.
UCLA should be pretty tough as well.I think 3 B1G schools will be right around the Top 5 at the end of the season. Illinois, Ohio State and Purdue. Maybe Michigan as well but I guess I'm lower on them than most. Imo Gonzaga and Texas will be the best non-B1G teams.
Yeah they'll be right there. Everyone returning plus Myles Johnson.UCLA should be pretty tough as well.
At least 25,000 of those are me.So, over a half a MILLION views of this thread. I am fairly impressed.
I'd have preferred a slightly less depressing first two years, ideally. But if that house cleaning was a necessary step to righting the ship as squarely as we have, then it's totally worth it.The men's basketball turnaround that BU and JW have helped orchestrate has been magnificent. Zero complaints.
You remember when Kofi showed up and I WON THE BOURBON BOWL!!!!Swap beer for bourbon and I’m right there with ya
With that level of viewership and ad revenue we should have been able pay Kofi to make his announcement on IllinoisLoyaltyLive.Dan thanks us for our obsessive obsession for all things Illini.
And for that, you're welcome.
If I have learned nothing else on the Illini Loyalty board I have learned reflexive skepticism.
16 days, $31K+ views/day. And still counting.....At least 25,000 of those are me.
Not cynical. Yet.. But certainly skeptical at all times.
I am pretty well set to see the end of our off-season of discontent.
Bring back the King!
Will be better than last year.what is almost lost in all our happiness that he’s picked us over going to UK, is that he’s also picked us over going pro .
3 weeks ago very few of us thought he would ever be on our roster again .
we are a legit top 10 team and should be in the top 3 in the B1G , and perhaps as good as last years team .
With that level of viewership and ad revenue we should have been able pay Kofi to make his announcement on IllinoisLoyaltyLive.
Not raggin on you—I hate the corporate “watermarks” making their way into gifs.
Well it's a clip from an Uber Eats commercial, so...Not raggin on you—I hate the corporate “watermarks” making their way into gifs.
No doubt. Just look at who left and who we add.Will be better than last year.
I wonder if even Underwood was surprised at the overwhelming lack of talent he was given to work with when he arrived at a Big Ten state school.I'd have preferred a slightly less depressing first two years, ideally. But if that house cleaning was a necessary step to righting the ship as squarely as we have, then it's totally worth it.
I definitely understood the first two terrible years and was patient. Season 3 was huge b/c you could see Brad's moves come to fruition.I'd have preferred a slightly less depressing first two years, ideally. But if that house cleaning was a necessary step to righting the ship as squarely as we have, then it's totally worth it.
I don’t think we can refer to Omar Payne as OP on a message board without causing considerable confusion.Sorry, forgot about that swap. I'm not sure how that one will work out. Loved everything about GB. OP had a lot of love coming out of HS, hopefully it rekindles
I wouldn't necessarily say lack of talent. We were probably below average there but not bottom of the barrel. I think a bigger issue was lack of discipline and culture. We weren't a Big Ten Championship caliber roster (nowhere close) but we were better (on paper) than the records we produced. Coaching matters.I wonder if even Underwood was surprised at the overwhelming lack of talent he was given to work with when he arrived at a Big Ten state school.
I agree with you for the most part. I think that, when the NBA didn't pan out the way he wanted, he, or someone close to him, said he should look at UK. That's where OA is, and it's, arguably, a higher-profile program than Illinois. He, or someone, thought he would get more exposure there, which would help him with the NBA, and he would be around a couple of familiar coaches. If what we've read is true, OA discouraged him from transferring, knowing that he will be an All American here, his NIL money will be much higher than at UK, and that Tim Anderson is the guy to prepare him for the NBA. We'll never know when he actually made the decision to come back (if he does), but I wouldn't be surprised to learn that the hype of the past few weeks has been solely for the purpose of amping up his profile locally and nationally to make him a marketing juggernaut. Let's hope he can focus on basketball with everything else going on around him.what is almost lost in all our happiness that he’s picked us over going to UK, is that he’s also picked us over going pro .
3 weeks ago very few of us thought he would ever be on our roster again .
we are a legit top 10 team and should be in the top 3 in the B1G , and perhaps as good as last years team .