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<blockquote data-quote="KenR" data-source="post: 1434016" data-attributes="member: 177988"><p>WOW!! You guys bring back some very dear and heartwarming memories.</p><p></p><p>The biggest and most significant win in school history, football or basketball, arguably is the "comeback" win in '05. If it's not the biggest, it's deeply in the conversation.</p><p></p><p>The two wins I harbor the most affection for are the Rose Bowl clinching victory at home in '83, and the Sugar Bowl clinching Thanksgiving Day game. Reason being I attended both of those games and the feeling was, to this day, indescribable!! In '83 it was the 49-21 win over Indiana on the afternoon of Nov. 12th. When the final gun sounded they played a parody of the Beach Boys '60's hit "Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)" on the Memorial Stadium PA system. It was a cutesy little tune by Captain Rat & the Blind Rivets "The Fighting Illini In Pasadena"! The whole stadium seemed to go out onto the field and celebrate. I remember our group of friends standing on the 50 toasting the score board. In those days it was possible to sneak a beer or two into the games if you were at least mildly discreet! No one wanted that day to end!</p><p></p><p>[video][MEDIA=youtube]YuqOTxrFjlI[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The 34-28 win over Northwestern on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2001 was special in that we had a Thanksgiving feast with some of those same friends we'd toasted the scoreboard with 18 years earlier. It was a beautiful day for late November and we had turkey and all the trimmings served on real China, sipped dinner wine from real glass wine glasses at the very south edge of what is now Grange Grove right next to Kirby Ave. Hope and expectations for coach Turner and his staff looking to the future were running high and seemed very realistic at the time. The Illini were getting guys like Kurt Kittner, Brandon Lloyd and Tony Pashos to come play at Memorial Stadium.</p><p></p><p>I know those two wins aren't the most significant or well known to most Illini fans but they sure are special to our group!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KenR, post: 1434016, member: 177988"] WOW!! You guys bring back some very dear and heartwarming memories. The biggest and most significant win in school history, football or basketball, arguably is the "comeback" win in '05. If it's not the biggest, it's deeply in the conversation. The two wins I harbor the most affection for are the Rose Bowl clinching victory at home in '83, and the Sugar Bowl clinching Thanksgiving Day game. Reason being I attended both of those games and the feeling was, to this day, indescribable!! In '83 it was the 49-21 win over Indiana on the afternoon of Nov. 12th. When the final gun sounded they played a parody of the Beach Boys '60's hit "Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)" on the Memorial Stadium PA system. It was a cutesy little tune by Captain Rat & the Blind Rivets "The Fighting Illini In Pasadena"! The whole stadium seemed to go out onto the field and celebrate. I remember our group of friends standing on the 50 toasting the score board. In those days it was possible to sneak a beer or two into the games if you were at least mildly discreet! No one wanted that day to end! [video][MEDIA=youtube]YuqOTxrFjlI[/MEDIA] The 34-28 win over Northwestern on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2001 was special in that we had a Thanksgiving feast with some of those same friends we'd toasted the scoreboard with 18 years earlier. It was a beautiful day for late November and we had turkey and all the trimmings served on real China, sipped dinner wine from real glass wine glasses at the very south edge of what is now Grange Grove right next to Kirby Ave. Hope and expectations for coach Turner and his staff looking to the future were running high and seemed very realistic at the time. The Illini were getting guys like Kurt Kittner, Brandon Lloyd and Tony Pashos to come play at Memorial Stadium. I know those two wins aren't the most significant or well known to most Illini fans but they sure are special to our group!! [/QUOTE]
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