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<blockquote data-quote="WhiteRhino" data-source="post: 1360179" data-attributes="member: 633721"><p>Seeing posts like yours makes me sad at what a failure Illinois athletics has been of late. There are people like you all across the state--in Rockford, the Quad Cities, City of Chicago, Chicago Suburbs, Metro East, and of course Central Illinois--people with deep and passionate roots to the University of Illinois and its athletics tradition.</p><p></p><p>When Illinois has been great, it has been led by instate legends from all across the state. Over the last 10-15 years, we have increasingly seen the best players in almost every sport go out of state, while Illinois athletics, for the most part, have been dismal. Team from the past like the '83 Rose Bowl football team and the '89 Flyin' Illini and 2005 basketball teams have rallied people from all over the state the way only sports can seem to do. </p><p></p><p>With everything going on in Illinois, we desperately need something to get excited about again from Illinois basketball and/or football. And because things have been so bad for so long, so much apathy has set in that just being competitive again is not going to cut it. </p><p></p><p>[Depressing rant over]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhiteRhino, post: 1360179, member: 633721"] Seeing posts like yours makes me sad at what a failure Illinois athletics has been of late. There are people like you all across the state--in Rockford, the Quad Cities, City of Chicago, Chicago Suburbs, Metro East, and of course Central Illinois--people with deep and passionate roots to the University of Illinois and its athletics tradition. When Illinois has been great, it has been led by instate legends from all across the state. Over the last 10-15 years, we have increasingly seen the best players in almost every sport go out of state, while Illinois athletics, for the most part, have been dismal. Team from the past like the '83 Rose Bowl football team and the '89 Flyin' Illini and 2005 basketball teams have rallied people from all over the state the way only sports can seem to do. With everything going on in Illinois, we desperately need something to get excited about again from Illinois basketball and/or football. And because things have been so bad for so long, so much apathy has set in that just being competitive again is not going to cut it. [Depressing rant over] [/QUOTE]
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