Recent content by Fighter of the Nightman

Hey, to be fair, that side is full even when we have crappy crowds! :ROFLMAO: P.S. Insiders, please get the DIA to stop using this photo so often, haha. I think it is from when we upset Wisconsin in 2019, and we had a fairly pathetic 37,000 for that game. We have drawn over 50k multiple...

I’m sorry, Kat, but strong disagree. In a bar??? They have similar hair styles, similar skin tones, are of a similar height, have a similar brow ridge and they have IDENTICAL facial hair patterns, at least here. They’re obviously not twins, but not similar at all?! 🤣

The part I will never understand is that the super wealthy alumni Illinois has (and they obviously/absolutely exist!) are not embarrassed and pissed that their school is behind a school like Mizzou to the point that they are willing to step up and enhance our NIL!

Has there ever been any talk of a renovation to the baseball stadium, Illinois Field? It has its charms, but my perception is that it is probably bottom third in the Big Ten, at least the stands? Not 100% sure about that. I imagine we would have to get a lot better at baseball for a sustained...

I think it will be much easier than in 2010 … to my knowledge, you could attend their previous two games there vs. Purdue and Iowa with a relatively cheap StubHub ticket. In 2010, you had to literally purchase an NU season ticket to attend, or you had to buy on StubHub for a LOT of money. It...

And I'll never fully understand that, TBH.

I actually think Big Noon Kickoff would be very realistic if we can be 4-2 or better ... maybe they will feel bad for ditching us at the eleventh hour last year?? :ROFLMAO: These are the Big Ten and Big XII games that week, which to my knowledge are the only games Big Noon can pick ... again...

FWIW, these are some of the other high profile Big Ten games the weeks that I think we have the best shot at a "good" TV/time slot. I roughly ranked them in order of how attractive I think they are to the networks, and I only included ones that I think are as good or better than our matchup for...

I … am open to this? Spice up the grind of Big Ten play with a tough neutral site test. Hopefully a weekend then!!

Forgive my total ignorance, but it seems like we have improved our ceiling a bit lately? Maybe not? I saw a lot of fans predicting between 4-6 wins ... anyone feel we can be playing for 7 this season? I think getting more than 6 wins would be a MUCH needed re-establishing of momentum at a...

Thank you for clarifying this - VERY helpful! Although I am nervous to the point of having a pit in my stomach (literally cannot even imagine how Terence feels), I too look forward to Terence's day in court to hopefully prove his innocence!

I have alluded to this before, but MAN it is my dream to see the Illini in the College World Series one day ... we had a shot in 2015, but we ran into defending champion Vanderbilt and lost in the Regionals at home, IIRC. The CWS just seems like such a fun event, and my two friends who live in...

Might be naive and, as always, IANAL … but doesn’t it at least speak to some reasonable level of confidence that TSJ’s team would put him up there? Again, novice opinion here, but I would not put my client up there if I had a suspicion he might be at least partially “guilty” and could...

True that. Using just Illinois... Arizona - A ton of history (e.g., 2001 and 2005 Elite Eight classics) Houston - Kelvin Sampson bad blood Iowa State - Sweet Sixteen rematch Kansas - Bill Self connection Kansas State - Brad Underwood connection Oklahoma State - Brad Underwood connection West...

Good for Terence, assuming the apparent lack of evidence for his guilt leads to his acquittal. With that said, I know when I am in a stressful situation (obviously nowhere near this stressful!), I always have conflicting thoughts about prolonging it or getting the resolution over with. On one...