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<blockquote data-quote="1970 John" data-source="post: 1938232" data-attributes="member: 589602"><p>I was there, my junior year. </p><p></p><p>The only college games I saw before going off to college were Army-Navy games on a circa 1952 Admiral console TV with a 12 inch screen. We were a Navy family. </p><p></p><p>So when I arrived on campus in 1966, college football was all new to me. I didn’t even know what “Big 10” was. But the atmosphere—everyone it seemed was at the game. There were only 30,000 students then, so everyone COULD have been there. The Marching Illini. Chief Illiniwek! And the team was competitive. </p><p></p><p>I became Illini for Life. Two years later I got my girlfriend hooked. </p><p></p><p>Now that we’ve retired we are able to attend games. It’s a day and a half drive each way but we have season tickets. And will as long as we can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="1970 John, post: 1938232, member: 589602"] I was there, my junior year. The only college games I saw before going off to college were Army-Navy games on a circa 1952 Admiral console TV with a 12 inch screen. We were a Navy family. So when I arrived on campus in 1966, college football was all new to me. I didn’t even know what “Big 10” was. But the atmosphere—everyone it seemed was at the game. There were only 30,000 students then, so everyone COULD have been there. The Marching Illini. Chief Illiniwek! And the team was competitive. I became Illini for Life. Two years later I got my girlfriend hooked. Now that we’ve retired we are able to attend games. It’s a day and a half drive each way but we have season tickets. And will as long as we can. [/QUOTE]
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