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<blockquote data-quote="18T" data-source="post: 1814871" data-attributes="member: 746768"><p>I entered the University in the fall of 1964 and bought season football tickets. Dick Butkus, Jim Grabowski, and company had easily defeated Washington in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day the previous January. We played Ohio State for our Homecoming game because, in those days, Ohio State was a guaranteed patsy.</p><p>I went down to the Quad the afternoon before the game for a pre-game student rally. Butkus spoke as did other players and we all were confident about the next day's game. We lost 26-0. That's our Illini; give us a few rays of hope and then fall apart like a cheap suit.</p><p>Little did I know then that my disappointment on 10 October 1964 would endure for the next 58 years and counting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="18T, post: 1814871, member: 746768"] I entered the University in the fall of 1964 and bought season football tickets. Dick Butkus, Jim Grabowski, and company had easily defeated Washington in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day the previous January. We played Ohio State for our Homecoming game because, in those days, Ohio State was a guaranteed patsy. I went down to the Quad the afternoon before the game for a pre-game student rally. Butkus spoke as did other players and we all were confident about the next day's game. We lost 26-0. That's our Illini; give us a few rays of hope and then fall apart like a cheap suit. Little did I know then that my disappointment on 10 October 1964 would endure for the next 58 years and counting. [/QUOTE]
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