Recent content by Fuze

People eat nostalgia up, and honestly, our fanbase does it to the extent that we make it nearly impossible for the school to try anything new. We'll always complain when something isn't exactly what it was in our preferred era, whatever that era may be (for most, it's when they became fans). I...

I had nothing better to do this morning so I went thru this helmet vid because if I was on the media team and editing a video like this, I'd hide at least one teaser to the reveal in the edit. These screenshots are the only frames that looked like potential designs I could pick out. The other...

I had to do a double-take when I saw it lol. Went back to watch it like 3 times

Jets and Lions leaned into their classic looks and greatly benefitted from it. I actually do really like the Lions' black alternate, but I'm also just a sucker for that color combo. I love any blue-black combo, but I especially like it with a light blue like Detroit's Hawaiian blue. I think the...

Looks more like a low-res screenshot of NCAA 14 in the early stages of Road to Glory. Looks exactly like one of the high school stadiums from that game

I'm so torn on this. On one hand, I think everyone should have to play at least 1 P4 every year (at least while 8-9 conference games is still standard) because I think it's better for the sport just as a fan and creates more interesting matchups we'll otherwise never see, particularly rivalries...

I don't think it's been said by insiders unless I also missed it. It's worth noting with this WVU gig, he's closer to home, closer to where he primarily recruits, and closer to where he'd likely get a head coaching job, and know from insiders that in the weeks prior he had been...

This is to most if not all of the main architectural masterplans: https://www.uocpres.uillinois.edu/resources/uiucplan Landscape Masterplan (tho idk if this still is active since it's in the archives rather than a normal uiuc site)...

My understanding is that he doesn't have a buyout if he leaves on his own accord

I'm on the younger end for this board, and that 2007 Rose Bowl team he was on was the first season I have memories of growing up and it was the season I went to my first Illinois game. Davis was without a doubt my favorite player on that team. He was honestly the reason I started paying...

This is where I've stood for a lot of uniform talk (here and elsewhere) about the script. The script is cool and special, and everyone in the country loves script jerseys. We're already seeing it be overdone as a concept by so many schools overusing it that it's starting to lose a lot of what...

https://www.illiniboard.com/im-with-the-band/ Conveniently, Robert posted an article today and at the very end he added a video he took from within the Tuba section of Runaway Baby which really lets you hear the vocals.

So yeah that's Runaway Baby. The vocals started with the band and then the students picked up on them. The ones I think you're specifically referencing are "Go Illini," "Barry Houser is my Dad," and then "Hotdog." Then at the very end they just yell swag. I'm not sure if the "hotdog" or "swag"...

The decade prior to that trio coming together was incredibly shakey top to bottom in the ways you described. not just limited to the top end of the university's admin. I've joked to friends that Barry Houser is the only public-facing hiring that was made by the university in that period, and...

My perfect world uniform-wise would use the same system we have currently with a 3 colorway primary set, an orange throwback, and a white throwback. Uniforms themselves would be Flying Illini in orange, white, and blue as our primary set, keep the script as our white throwback, and the 2005...