Pregame: Illinois vs Indiana, Saturday, January 27th, 2:00pm CT, FOX

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illinifan1987

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LvilleILL said:
We are on of the best 10 teams in the country. We need to show it the rest of the year, it starts tomorrow
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1970 John

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IlliniHardwood said:
Not just the Krush, but the entire SFC. I keep reading that it's been loud in there or the crowd has been great (mostly in the hype from the commentators). But, from TV, the crowd has not looked engaged or seemed very loud most of the time. I hate to say it, but Northwestern had more of home court advantage against us than we have had for basically the entire season. I hope TSJ returns to his true form and wakes up a sleepy-appearing home crowd.
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I’ve been disappointed by the crowd in general, too, when we’ve been able to come to games. It seems that too many people are just Too Cool to cheer and make noise. And their big energy sumps.

Hey, if you’re just going to watch the game, stay home. You’ll see more. The fun of going in person is participating. We heard more ILL-INI in Piscataway than Champaign.
 
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PattyOBryant

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1970 John said:
I’ve been disappointed by the crowd in general, too, when we’ve been able to come to games. It seems that too many people are just Too Cool to cheer and make noise. And their big energy sumps.

Hey, if you’re just going to watch the game, stay home. You’ll see more. The fun of going in person is participating. We heard more ILL-INI in Piscataway than Champaign.
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I kind of thought the nugget thing was cute in the beginning, but now I get annoyed that some of our loudest fan involvment comes from the prospect of free food.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman

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1970 John said:
I’ve been disappointed by the crowd in general, too, when we’ve been able to come to games. It seems that too many people are just Too Cool to cheer and make noise. And their big energy sumps.

Hey, if you’re just going to watch the game, stay home. You’ll see more. The fun of going in person is participating. We heard more ILL-INI in Piscataway than Champaign.
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This is another weird phenomenon that’s been going on at least since COVID … Illini fans away from Champaign seem louder and more engaged. Vegas, Evanston, St. Louis, etc.
 
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Kendall Gill’s Uncle

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IlliniHardwood said:
Not just the Krush, but the entire SFC. I keep reading that it's been loud in there or the crowd has been great (mostly in the hype from the commentators). But, from TV, the crowd has not looked engaged or seemed very loud most of the time. I hate to say it, but Northwestern had more of home court advantage against us than we have had for basically the entire season. I hope TSJ returns to his true form and wakes up a sleepy-appearing home crowd.
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I agree
 
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Illini-Rule

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Iowa, Michigan, Mizzou and others have become worthy of our disdain over time. But I became a rabid Illini fan around 1984, when I ten years old. I hate Indiana. I HATE INDIANA. I think most Illini fans my age feel the same way.

Beat these suckers!
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I am older than you, graduated high-school in 1981. I agree the age at which you became a fan plays a large part of the rival,because of what teams we struggled with. But I would also say,, the part of the state you live in plays a bigger part. I live in the border of Iowa and Missouri and have pure disdain for Iowa. I have had to deal with Iowa fans my entire life. They are the rudest, most ignorant, and arrogant morons in the Big 10. Missouri people, I honestly never hear a peep out of them about Mizzu. Even when I was in college at North East Missouri State in Kirksville (now Truman State). Even at NMSU, the only fans that were irritating where the Iowa fans. Did I mention I hate Iowa?
 
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GallopingGhost

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I feel like I want to trust the spread and believe we will dominate. But with TSJ back and reforming team chemistry, I don’t feel like I trust this team as much as I did, say, after the Mizzou game. We gotta get back into a consistent rhythm.

I’m thinking like an 8 pt win
76-UI
68-IU
 
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Illini in Italy

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Illini-Rule said:
I am older than you, graduated high-school in 1981. I agree the age at which you became a fan plays a large part of the rival,because of what teams we struggled with. But I would also say,, the part of the state you live in plays a bigger part. I live in the border of Iowa and Missouri and have pure disdain for Iowa. I have had to deal with Iowa fans my entire life. They are the rudest, most ignorant, and arrogant morons in the Big 10. Missouri people, I honestly never hear a peep out of them about Mizzu. Even when I was in college at North East Missouri State in Kirksville (now Truman State). Even at NMSU, the only fans that were irritating where the Iowa fans. Did I mention I hate Iowa?
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Oh I don't know about that . . . I think ScUM fans will give them a run for the money . . .
 
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IllinialuminAZ

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Fighter of the Nightman said:
This is another weird phenomenon that’s been going on at least since COVID … Illini fans away from Champaign seem louder and more engaged. Vegas, Evanston, St. Louis, etc.
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I have noticed this too. Very strange. Vegas was an absolute madhouse and we technically only had a quarter of the stadium (realistically about 3/4).

JMO, but I will say one home "tradition" that I'm not a big fan of is being absolutely silent during free throws. I think it almost puts more pressure on the shooter and disengages fans a bit. A little white crowd noise is fine.
 
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21ChampaignSt

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GallopingGhost said:
I feel like I want to trust the spread and believe we will dominate. But with TSJ back and reforming team chemistry, I don’t feel like I trust this team as much as I did, say, after the Mizzou game. We gotta get back into a consistent rhythm.

I’m thinking like an 8 pt win
76-UI
68-IU
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I hear you on the shaken trust. But the good news is, that team that beat Mizzou does still exist in its entirety! Gotta believe that they'll regain their old form soon. And what better time than against IU at home. We owe them.

Ps. I would usually take some kind of jab at Hoosiers ahead of this game - something low brow and unoriginal about their weight, IQ, shallow gene pool, etc. But I'm actually in the process of trying to move to Indiana so those jokes aren't funny any more...Because I've seen first hand how true they are.

85 - 68 good guys.
 
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