Figured as much. All in good fun!
Looking ahead to 2024
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It's a tangled web if we try to change the schedule this late in the game. Other schools aren't going to make a change to benefit us without some sort of benefit themselves. Tom Michael is willing to listen but what about Jeri Beggs (ISU). Kansas allegedly has a plan B.
While I get where you're coming from, I doubt that the Mid-America Classic gets moved, especially at this point. The last time they played a non-playoff game outside of the month of September was back in 1998. Normally the game is played either the 2nd or 3rd weekend of September, depending on how the calendar falls.
MustangWally
- Mayfield
ISU can play Kansas, problem solved
Would keep them humble.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Pretty ornament, bad memory.
MustangWally
- Mayfield
Very warm day, embarrased on the field, and my girlfriend had her purse stolen.
We have one hanging on our Christmas tree as I write. Wife and I hosted a big Rose Bowl party. Well attended. From boom to bust in the span of a quarter and a half. Have hated Rick Neuheisel ever since. His comments about the game over the years have only deepened my resentment. Am I a sore loser? You bet your life.
We needed a lot of things to go our way, but we had an outside shot at winning the natty going into that day. As it turns out, we ended up being ranked behind UM and tOSU and barely staying in the top 10
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Only team to go 9-0 vs. the old 10-team Big 10, right?
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
correct
MustangWally
- Mayfield
I had my dad tape the game on my Betamax. Never watched it.
Looking forward to seeing the Illini in Autzen next year. It will be strange seeing a B1G logo on the field. I haven't been in Champaign Urbana since I was stationed at Chanute for training in 1966.-67 Obviously, it's probably changed a lot since then, at the time it reminded me of Corvallis. Of course the winter there was nasty. Weather in Eugene for late October should be in the 50-60 for a high and maybe some rain. Might freeze at night if you hit a cold spell.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
Sony didnt guess wrong very often in the 1970's - 1990's, but that sure was one them
anyone who bought a $995 Betamax in 1980 was trying to sell it at a yard sale for $25 in 1985
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
I saw a Neuheisel comment again recently. With a coy smile, he pointed to the Illini Playboy Mansion visit as being a big contributor to our lethargic play.
I have no further details.
Haha- I remember that. Back in Champaign the news everyday was the team going to Disneyland, playboy mansion, various tourist attractions and it did make you wonder if they would be ready for the game. UCLA was playing in their home stadium and it was their Super Bowl that year given they had nothing else to play for- the distraction for them was minimal. Definitely showed on the field!
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Smells a bit suspicious now, doesn't it, in light of the the TSJ news that has surfaced over the past 3 days?
Personally, I thought it was incredulous two weeks ago when I first heard the news. How many AD's back out of the home end of a "Home & Home" football agreement that's been on the calendar for 8-10 years? And it's not like we're dumping Alabama or Georgia --- it's just Kansas, the perennial doormat of the Big 12 football.
IlliniKat91
- Chicago, IL
I think the fact that we're no longer going to be facing a weak Big Ten West is the culprit. What happened with TSJ is bad but it's not a reason to drop a home and home
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
I guess I can be convinced; however, I don't recall a similar (sudden/late) change occurring over the past 44 years.
Sounds like Duke would also subject to change then too, in 2025/2026. And then Mizzou further down the road......
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