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<blockquote data-quote="Illiniguy74" data-source="post: 1443443" data-attributes="member: 656008"><p>Born in Kankakee in '52. Moved to central Illinois in '63. Hard to be pulled away from all my buddies. Became an Illini fan to fill the void. Remember listening to the '64 Rose Bowl on the radio. You can't imagine today how little Illini gear was available back then. Mom bought me a regular gray sweatshirt. I cut out an outline of a football player kicking a football and traced it on the sweatshirt with a Magic Maker. Wrote Illini above the figure and had my Illini sweatshirt. Folks eventually bought an official one for me from Bailey and Hines (sporting goods store on campus on Green Street). Really happy in '67 when they beat both Ohio State and Michigan. Illinois was the only school I applied to. Graduated in '74 with a degree in Finance. I've enjoyed the relative few highs and suffered through the many lows over the years. Still, my dedication to the Illini is unwavering. </p><p></p><p>WE LOVE NO OTHER SO LET OUR MOTTO BE</p><p>VICTORY, ILLINOIS, VARSITY</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Illiniguy74, post: 1443443, member: 656008"] Born in Kankakee in '52. Moved to central Illinois in '63. Hard to be pulled away from all my buddies. Became an Illini fan to fill the void. Remember listening to the '64 Rose Bowl on the radio. You can't imagine today how little Illini gear was available back then. Mom bought me a regular gray sweatshirt. I cut out an outline of a football player kicking a football and traced it on the sweatshirt with a Magic Maker. Wrote Illini above the figure and had my Illini sweatshirt. Folks eventually bought an official one for me from Bailey and Hines (sporting goods store on campus on Green Street). Really happy in '67 when they beat both Ohio State and Michigan. Illinois was the only school I applied to. Graduated in '74 with a degree in Finance. I've enjoyed the relative few highs and suffered through the many lows over the years. Still, my dedication to the Illini is unwavering. WE LOVE NO OTHER SO LET OUR MOTTO BE VICTORY, ILLINOIS, VARSITY [/QUOTE]
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