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<blockquote data-quote="Fighter of the Nightman" data-source="post: 1938556" data-attributes="member: 590800"><p>The first Illini game I <em>truly</em> remember watching on TV was our loss to #2 Ohio State in OT the following year, so I really don't actually recall much of the 2001 or 2002 season. With that said, the parallels for 2001 and 2002 to 2007 and 2008 are really striking.</p><p></p><p>When did Illini fans start to feel really concerned with Turner? He had to have built up a ton of goodwill after the Sugar Bowl appearance and Big Ten championship, but 2002 also had to be a massive disappointment. I think any of us can excuse a loss to Mizzou in St. Louis, but a road loss to Southern Miss (RG, WHY were we playing this game?!) and San Jose State at home?! I guess we did finish somewhat strong in 2002, winning 3 of our last 5 and almost knocking off #2 Ohio State to earn bowl eligibility ... but I have to imagine our fan base was expecting so much more out of that year. </p><p></p><p>And then even in our 1-11 2003 campaign, we played Mizzou tough to start and lost our first 3 games by one possession. It obviously eventually became clear we were bad, though, lol... Did the fans just all turn on him slowly at different times? Death by a thousand cuts?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fighter of the Nightman, post: 1938556, member: 590800"] The first Illini game I [I]truly[/I] remember watching on TV was our loss to #2 Ohio State in OT the following year, so I really don't actually recall much of the 2001 or 2002 season. With that said, the parallels for 2001 and 2002 to 2007 and 2008 are really striking. When did Illini fans start to feel really concerned with Turner? He had to have built up a ton of goodwill after the Sugar Bowl appearance and Big Ten championship, but 2002 also had to be a massive disappointment. I think any of us can excuse a loss to Mizzou in St. Louis, but a road loss to Southern Miss (RG, WHY were we playing this game?!) and San Jose State at home?! I guess we did finish somewhat strong in 2002, winning 3 of our last 5 and almost knocking off #2 Ohio State to earn bowl eligibility ... but I have to imagine our fan base was expecting so much more out of that year. And then even in our 1-11 2003 campaign, we played Mizzou tough to start and lost our first 3 games by one possession. It obviously eventually became clear we were bad, though, lol... Did the fans just all turn on him slowly at different times? Death by a thousand cuts? [/QUOTE]
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