This is why I come here. I love hearing about small town 1970 highschool basketballAnd past recruiting failures, the history of the high schools we attended, legendary Illini players, Larry Bird's athleticism, and how many beach houses we own.
This is why I come here. I love hearing about small town 1970 highschool basketballAnd past recruiting failures, the history of the high schools we attended, legendary Illini players, Larry Bird's athleticism, and how many beach houses we own.
We should have Dan create a thread titled "Living Life Through my Yester Years" people could talk about the 6 boards they had in the Illinois Church League Championship game in Peoria in '97.This is why I come here. I love hearing about small town 1970 highschool basketball
Scott Skiles scored 45 on me in 1985 Dust bowl game. Also broke my nose with an un intentional elbow. Thats my claim to fameWe should have Dan create a thread titled "Living Life Through my Yester Years" people could talk about the 6 boards they had in the Illinois Church League Championship game in Peoria in '97.
Or "Who Dunked on Me." Mine would be Chukwudebe at Greenville College summer camp. I'm 5'11", its not like he had to try very hard
When we were in the 8th grade Keon Clark dunked on us in a game. At that point, I could just barely get the bottom of the net with my best jump. That dude was a freak of nature...dunking at age 13.We should have Dan create a thread titled "Living Life Through my Yester Years" people could talk about the 6 boards they had in the Illinois Church League Championship game in Peoria in '97.
Or "Who Dunked on Me." Mine would be Chukwudebe at Greenville College summer camp. I'm 5'11", its not like he had to try very hard
I have seen a lot of great players at the Assembly Hall...Scott Skiles was one of the best..Scott Skiles scored 45 on me in 1985 Dust bowl game. Also broke my nose with an un intentional elbow. Thats my claim to fame
That dude had the longest arms I’ve ever seenWhen we were in the 8th grade Keon Clark dunked on us in a game. At that point, I could just barely get the bottom of the net with my best jump. That dude was a freak of nature...dunking at age 13.
Brian Cook held open the door to Lincoln Hall for me. And a few years later I sold a six-pack of Red Stripe to Stephen Bardo at the on-campus Piccadilly Liquors (RIP) when Bardo first got into broadcasting.Scott Skiles scored 45 on me in 1985 Dust bowl game. Also broke my nose with an un intentional elbow. Thats my claim to fame
Brian Cook held open the door to Lincoln Hall for me. And a few years later I sold a six-pack of Red Stripe to Stephen Bardo at the on-campus Piccadilly Liquors (RIP) when Bardo first got into broadcasting.
Did you call this in on a segment on The Score at one time? Feel like I remember hearing this before on the radio.Scott Skiles scored 45 on me in 1985 Dust bowl game. Also broke my nose with an un intentional elbow. Thats my claim to fame
Figured if I can’t beat them, might as well join themI had no idea we were in the presence of such cool people. Tell me more about your personal experiences in the recruiting thread
Perhaps he was intoxicated? I remember Orange Crush (probably back when it was still spelled with a "C") gave him a tremendous amount of grief during a game immediately after one of his off-court incidents or another. I think they chanted DUI at him every time he touched the ball for what seemed like the entire duration of the game.Scott Skiles scored 45 on me in 1985 Dust bowl game. Also broke my nose with an un intentional elbow. Thats my claim to fame
Had a class for a few days with Corey Bradford (he eventually dropped it). It was a SPCOM/THEAT class. One of the first days we did some sort of team building exercise where you had to get the entire class across the room with all our ankles tied to the people next to us (or something along those lines... this sounds very weird now that I am typing it). People had various ideas of how best to cross the classroom. I came up with a system that was quickest and most efficient. When we reviewed everyone's idea Corey said he thought mine was the best because it was quick, but also took teamwork. I remember the TA (who was a real BLANK to me for whatever reason) said, "Just because it is the fastest doesn't mean it's the best." I remember she gave me a hard time for missing class on 9/11 when the school sent out an email telling students classes for the day were optional.
I also had a journalism class with Brandon Lloyd. Not sure anyone remembers seeing ESPN laughing at his broadcasting clips outtakes where he couldn't get a sentence or two out without having to stop and start over... haha. I remember on the first or second day, our instructor told him something along the lines of, "My friend has told me I have to call you Mr. Sticky Fingers" since he was so good at hauling in passes. Brandon was a heck of a nice guy I recall.
Matt Sinclair was not a nice guy... although that was probably more my fault. Found myself in line next to him at Bamba's at 2am after some terrible loss in late 2003. Everyone else was saying how great he was, and sucking up to him. After the loss that day (and I'm sure a night of heavy drinking) I was not quite in a mood for singing anyone's praises. I asked, "So Matt? Who is our next head coach when they fire Ron Turner?" Probably not a wise question to ask. His response was something along the lines of, "He only asks something like that because he knows I can't break his nose and get away with it." Still not sure how I did escape any sort of beating from someone in line that night.
Also had Kurt Kittner call a few times on my radio show on WPGU (107.1 the Planet back then) to chime in on whatever the heck I was going on about.
Ran into tallest player in Illinois history Nick Smith at Clybourne right after Self left and BW came in. Not often when I have to actually crane my neck to look up at someone! Asked him what his thoughts were on the change. Seemed like a nice guy.
Fun times!
I recall hearing bad things about Butkus too... Seems he thought everyone owed him everything just because of his last name.I lived my freshman year at Bromley, and saw Nick Smith quite a bit there. It was always with the same girl, so I'm not sure if it was his girlfriend or just a study partner, but you couldn't not stare at them because she was so short. She was maybe 5 feet tall. So seeing this 7'1 guy walk around with her was something.
And I can attest that Sinclair and Luke Butkus were not nice guys. They were always at Joe's causing problems, getting into fights, just being drunk bullies. Most of the football team back then were chills guys, just not those 2. One of my buddies hung out with Eugene Wilson and Christian Morton alot, and he used to make fun of Geno because Geno would never cuss. It was always "darn this" "darn that". Never would utter a curse word, which for college guys that's quite an accomplishment
Or a pizza chain that sells slices.Do whatever it takes. Heck, rename boneyard Creek after him.
Another flying tomato brother?Or a pizza chain that sells slices.