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<blockquote data-quote="IlliniKat91" data-source="post: 1654069" data-attributes="member: 9133"><p>You do you. Go on and block me if you can't handle an Illini fan that disagrees with you. No one owes their allegiance to the State school, particularly if they didn't go there and they haven't been given a reason (i.e. winning consistently) to do so.</p><p></p><p>I have friends that went to ND. I've enjoyed going to their games and tailgating with their fans. I don't agree with what the staff did regarding the death of Declan Sullivan, but let's not forget we have our own football coach who was pushing players to play while injured for the sake of his own job. We're not exactly squeaky clean where protecting students over athletics is concerned. And the fact that a student trainer allegedly suffered domestic abuse at the hands of a football player. I'm not saying two wrongs make a right, but we're in no position to throw stones. We're just incredibly lucky no one suffered a serious injury on the field or wound up dead off it.</p><p></p><p>I know I'm in the minority on this view, but I don't see the point of getting my proverbial panties in a twist over ND as an Illini fan. They're not in our conference. They have an objectively better track record than us in football. Crying that they get more attention from the national media when we've done nothing to earn more attention make us look pathetic and salty.</p><p></p><p>If I'm going to get riled, I'd rather it be someone in our conference. That at least makes sense since we compete directly against them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IlliniKat91, post: 1654069, member: 9133"] You do you. Go on and block me if you can't handle an Illini fan that disagrees with you. No one owes their allegiance to the State school, particularly if they didn't go there and they haven't been given a reason (i.e. winning consistently) to do so. I have friends that went to ND. I've enjoyed going to their games and tailgating with their fans. I don't agree with what the staff did regarding the death of Declan Sullivan, but let's not forget we have our own football coach who was pushing players to play while injured for the sake of his own job. We're not exactly squeaky clean where protecting students over athletics is concerned. And the fact that a student trainer allegedly suffered domestic abuse at the hands of a football player. I'm not saying two wrongs make a right, but we're in no position to throw stones. We're just incredibly lucky no one suffered a serious injury on the field or wound up dead off it. I know I'm in the minority on this view, but I don't see the point of getting my proverbial panties in a twist over ND as an Illini fan. They're not in our conference. They have an objectively better track record than us in football. Crying that they get more attention from the national media when we've done nothing to earn more attention make us look pathetic and salty. If I'm going to get riled, I'd rather it be someone in our conference. That at least makes sense since we compete directly against them. [/QUOTE]
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