I’m making a NW trip to watch the Illini play Oregon and Washington, and now that I’m watching this Washington game and see the crowd size, I see why the tickets were so cheap.
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Thanks - I think I have fixed the issue, let me know if there are any other issues.
This is more fun to update after an Illini win
altgeld88
- Arlington, Virginia
Yeah. Unfortunately. They'll likely be one all season and beyond. May was a solid hire and he worked the portal well. Wish our only reg season matchup with them wasn't in AA.
Decided to watch some that game myself... The talent drop off between Illinois (and teams like them) and the Providences/DePauls of the world is immense.
I feel like with NIL all of the talent is being funneled to the top 50 or so budgets. You end up with a huge amount of parity within the major P5 conferences, and the other 280 college programs are just nowhere close.
It's why we see NW beating Illinois and Penn State absolutely handling Purdue.
Penn State reloaded with transfers instead of having to rebuild.
NW needed a PG, so they were able to buy an instantly very good one through the portal rather than have to go out and recruit one who might be pretty good 3 years from now.
But DePaul is at least moving in right direction. Holtmann has done a pretty good job of elevating that team to where they are now watchable. We’ll have to see how that translates to wins.
But, yes, we are blessed with a much better product at Illinois.
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
"Rebuild" is no longer a thing in college sports.
I'd vote Ayo or Kofi but not even they had lottery pick projections.
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You have to buy the ammunition before you load it.
GrayGhost77
- Centennial, CO
Hopefully doing so will pay dividends.
Come to Fletch pls!
He is a more athletic player than Tomislav,but not near as good. He should come here next year and get Fletched.
Colgate (2-8) is now leading Kentucky 41-40. Please let them have another meltdown like Evansville a couple years ago
YTTV going up another $10/month 
Bigtex
- DFW
Got that email but still better than the $150 we were paying for DirecTVYTTV going up another $10/month
sorry can't like your post
From $49.99 Dec 2019 to $64.99 to $69.99 to $72.99 to $82.99 now. Plus $7.99 with moving games games to Peacock. But still better than Xfinity. And better access to recorded games.YTTV going up another $10/month
But no CHSN, so no Bulls, so no thanks. I like my Fubo.
Did you see they were coming out with a Chicago sports network. $30 a month to see teams finish last. Yeah that will do well. Feel bad for the hardcore fans who will get it because they have to
It will continue to be better than Xfinity until Xfinity is dead and buried. Then it will be just as bad or worse than Xfinity. Thus is the circle of life (capitalism edition).
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
I switched for the Blackhawks, but it also has Marquee for the Cubs during baseball season. I'm liking Fubo so far.
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