Terrence Shannon Jr. reinstated

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Illwinsagain

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Fighter of the Nightman said:
I have thought about this a few times. What I am about to say is O-N-L-Y regarding this specific topic, so please nobody infer anything else.

With that said ... I do wonder how recruits see this. We have seen a couple athletes on social media suggest this case is BS, some other athletes like those posts and we have seen two of our own players wearing black tights to show support for Shannon. This is a total guess, but I actually think your average athlete - especially one with a similar upbringing as TJ where basketball was their "way out" of a life trajectory that probably wasn't leading to millions otherwise - probably sees this situation, assumes that TJ is innocent and thanks his lucky stars that the exact same accusation didn't ever come his way. And I kind of worry that (again, rightly or wrongly!) Illinois will come across as particularly - err - ready to dump him?
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I appreciate your view. I think that the University did what it had to do to protect it's reputation.

If they don't fight the ruling to the nth degree and let him play, I think it will work out fine. The University was walking a fine line. No easy answer. I believe that this is the best case scenario (besides charges dropped, obviously).
 
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Relax GIF by LeVar Burton
 
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Fighter of the Nightman

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Another thing RE: hostile fans on the road, does anyone think this will maintain the same steam at a constant rate? Perhaps an initial huge blowback, then a lull and then pick up again around his hearing? Perhaps just constant hate? Perhaps the first few games are really rough and by March it's not QUITE as bad? Either way, these are our games away from Champaign:

Wednesday 1/24 at Northwestern ... at least there will be tons of Illini fans!
Tuesday 1/30 at Ohio State ... their attendance sucks.
Saturday 2/10 at Michigan State ... likely pretty brutal.
Saturday 2/17 at Maryland ... likely bordering on dangerous.
Wednesday 2/21 at Penn State ... their attendance REALLY sucks.
Saturday 3/2 at Wisconsin ... very brutal if things remain at the same level.
Sunday 3/10 at Iowa ... I'll be at this one and I'M nervous, so yeah...
Thursday 3/14-Sunday 3/17 BTT in Minneapolis ... pretty much an away game given Illini fans alone will be a small minority at any one time (until we make the championship!)
 
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as I am reading the order I believe there is something that might have been expected but not confirmed until now which will have significant impact on the criminal proceedings: Hopson was there to monitor and drive them back. He was sober (maybe the only one in the bar) and he was monitoring TSJ. So he will be able to testify quite convincingly as to what did or DID NOT HAPPEN.
 
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I doubt the university knows what's its going to do at this point in time since the decision just came out today. A lot to digest. Of course they can try to suspend him again under a different process than the one they used which is probably the way they'd proceed rather than try to move to reconsider or appeal the courts decision. But there's a lot to digest and consider. I'm just going to enjoy ILL basketball and be prepared for anything that may come. That TRO was a hail Mary. Pretty impressive win
 
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pvaughn8

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Fighter of the Nightman said:
Another thing RE: hostile fans on the road, does anyone think this will maintain the same steam at a constant rate? Perhaps an initial huge blowback, then a lull and then pick up again around his hearing? Perhaps just constant hate? Perhaps the first few games are really rough and by March it's not QUITE as bad? Either way, these are our games away from Champaign:

Wednesday 1/24 at Northwestern ... at least there will be tons of Illini fans!
Tuesday 1/30 at Ohio State ... their attendance sucks.
Saturday 2/10 at Michigan State ... likely pretty brutal.
Saturday 2/17 at Maryland ... likely bordering on dangerous.
Wednesday 2/21 at Penn State ... their attendance REALLY sucks.
Saturday 3/2 at Wisconsin ... very brutal if things remain at the same level.
Sunday 3/10 at Iowa ... I'll be at this one and I'M nervous, so yeah...
Thursday 3/14-Sunday 3/17 BTT in Minneapolis ... pretty much an away game given Illini fans alone will be a small minority at any one time (until we make the championship!)
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I'm pretty confident we can just beat up the northwestern fans if they say anything
 
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