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<blockquote data-quote="TheChief4Life" data-source="post: 1809837" data-attributes="member: 747708"><p>First football game: Dad’s day in November 2004. My fiancé at the time and her family invited me to an Illinois game (their whole family are all Illini grads). I fell in love with the chief, and the game was exciting too (I believe we got an interception with a few minutes left and drove for a winning TD as time expired… or something similar).</p><p></p><p>Wife and I got married in July 2005 and we decided to buy season tickets that year. Started off 2-0 and I felt like I’d never see an Illinois loss after seeing 3 straight Illinois wins to start my Illini fandom. Well… 17 years of season tickets later… <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤦♂️" title="Man facepalming :man_facepalming:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f926-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_facepalming:" /></p><p></p><p>Last game: Minnesota this year.</p><p></p><p>The trek to Champaign was easier when we lived in Springfield. 3 1/2 hour drives from St. Louis haven’t been as fun the past four years since we’ve moved. This year has been though <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙂" title="Slightly smiling face :slight_smile:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" data-shortname=":slight_smile:" /></p><p></p><p>I’m just glad my two kids (who have been to every game since birth sans the COVID year) finally have something to cheer about!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheChief4Life, post: 1809837, member: 747708"] First football game: Dad’s day in November 2004. My fiancé at the time and her family invited me to an Illinois game (their whole family are all Illini grads). I fell in love with the chief, and the game was exciting too (I believe we got an interception with a few minutes left and drove for a winning TD as time expired… or something similar). Wife and I got married in July 2005 and we decided to buy season tickets that year. Started off 2-0 and I felt like I’d never see an Illinois loss after seeing 3 straight Illinois wins to start my Illini fandom. Well… 17 years of season tickets later… 🤦♂️ Last game: Minnesota this year. The trek to Champaign was easier when we lived in Springfield. 3 1/2 hour drives from St. Louis haven’t been as fun the past four years since we’ve moved. This year has been though 🙂 I’m just glad my two kids (who have been to every game since birth sans the COVID year) finally have something to cheer about! [/QUOTE]
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