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<blockquote data-quote="Toews" data-source="post: 1954424" data-attributes="member: 51603"><p>I know Robert from Illiniboard has said it's kind of like Hoosier, but it's a little different. It's less about people from the state and more was just something for the students to call themselves is my understanding. At least Illini was, Native American imagery came a little later with "Fighting" for the stadium. Native American imagery and calling yourself "Indians" also doesn't necessarily relate to the name itself anyways, as basically every team used that in the late 1800s early 1900s no matter the name. It was basically taking the place of like a warrior in modern day slang. But Illini was basically just something the students caused themselves for school spirit purposes in the beginning.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Toews, post: 1954424, member: 51603"] I know Robert from Illiniboard has said it's kind of like Hoosier, but it's a little different. It's less about people from the state and more was just something for the students to call themselves is my understanding. At least Illini was, Native American imagery came a little later with "Fighting" for the stadium. Native American imagery and calling yourself "Indians" also doesn't necessarily relate to the name itself anyways, as basically every team used that in the late 1800s early 1900s no matter the name. It was basically taking the place of like a warrior in modern day slang. But Illini was basically just something the students caused themselves for school spirit purposes in the beginning. [/QUOTE]
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