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<blockquote data-quote="illinistephen" data-source="post: 1938550" data-attributes="member: 749144"><p>UIUC isn't like WISC because since Barry Alvarez in 1990, WISC has won ~2/3 of their games while IL has won ~40% of theirs.</p><p>UIUC will probably never have as strong an in-state identity as WISC for no other fact than WISC accepts more in-state undergrads as a percentage of their state's overall population than IL does.</p><p></p><p>With conference realignment and super-conferences a real possibility, the next five-seven years might be the most important time period for IL football to be good in the history of the program. This mascot debate runs a huge, massive risk of displeasing more fans than it will please in the short term. Now is the last time that I think we need to take a gamble that the long term gains of kids maybe liking IL more because of a bird mascot outweighs the risk of the disunity this will cause in the short term. It also isn't good branding if ESPN, announcers, talking heads, rival fans, etc. are mocking it, which is a real possibility with Kingfisher.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="illinistephen, post: 1938550, member: 749144"] UIUC isn't like WISC because since Barry Alvarez in 1990, WISC has won ~2/3 of their games while IL has won ~40% of theirs. UIUC will probably never have as strong an in-state identity as WISC for no other fact than WISC accepts more in-state undergrads as a percentage of their state's overall population than IL does. With conference realignment and super-conferences a real possibility, the next five-seven years might be the most important time period for IL football to be good in the history of the program. This mascot debate runs a huge, massive risk of displeasing more fans than it will please in the short term. Now is the last time that I think we need to take a gamble that the long term gains of kids maybe liking IL more because of a bird mascot outweighs the risk of the disunity this will cause in the short term. It also isn't good branding if ESPN, announcers, talking heads, rival fans, etc. are mocking it, which is a real possibility with Kingfisher. [/QUOTE]
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