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Fighter of the Nightman
Mr. Tibbs said:
we arent going to get national or even state wide respect until we earn it.
We've been like Moses and the Israelites wandering through the desert for 40 years.
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It doesn’t help that we have made zero effort to have anything past paper-thin traditions to make us stand out. It would be so easy to add a non-offensive, creative tribute of some kind before each game to Illinois’ veterans and tie that in to the history of Memorial Stadium.
 
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blackdog
Fighter of the Nightman said:
It doesn’t help that we have made zero effort to have anything past paper-thin traditions to make us stand out. It would be so easy to add a non-offensive, creative tribute of some kind before each game to Illinois’ veterans and tie that in to the history of Memorial Stadium.
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Seriously our game day experience is overall pretty bland and there is hardly anything that is uniquely Illinois. It's like we lost some of our old traditions and the school gave up trying.
 
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Fighter of the Nightman
blackdog said:
Seriously our game day experience is overall pretty bland and there is hardly anything that is uniquely Illinois. It's like we lost some of our old traditions and the school gave up trying.
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I also think we are delusionally afraid of offending anyone after the Chief. I have seen posters hear opine/worry that anything tying us to the veteran aspect of “Fighting Illini” might be offensive. Seriously?? Every tradition, no matter how it’s done, is automatically sus if it’s tied to WWI?? There is an ocean of sensible middle ground between bland nothing and enacting a WWI Doughboy logo tomorrow, lol.

One very simple idea would be this. Every game, Illinois welcomes a new/different group of Illinoisans who have served or are currently serving. Before each game, the group is walked out to the same spot at midfield with the same formula each week (and unlike with the Chief, we take direction on how to do this exclusively and enthusiastically from the people whom we are trying to honor). While they walk out, the PA announcer explains the history of Memorial Stadium and gives our eternal appreciation and gratitude for “the Fighting Illini of past, present and future.” Have it end with a military salute/rifle firing or something and thunderous applause from the crowd. Over time, it would become a must-see aspect for fans, something older fans love and parents want their young kids to see. You know how Illinois was unique because no one left during halftime due to the Chief?? Well now, it will be that Illini fans are never not in their seats in time for the Fighting Illini Salute.

This is NOT hard. Go look at a list of the best traditions nationwide. Some are literally just the songs that the team always enters to, and the fans LEARN to consider it epic (like Virginia Tech and Enter Sandman). Others work with what they obviously have in front of them, like Iowa waving at the children’s hospital.

We. Are. Not. Trying.

It’s the ONE form of incompetent negligence on behalf of the current DIA administration, which is otherwise amazing.
 
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Ander1345
RabidDawgClassic said:
I still can’t get over the concept that grown a$$ adults are so vehemently opposed to a costumed figure that is designed to make children smile. That’s some serious failure at adulting there.
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There's a number of people who don't want anything if they can't have the Chief. Personally I think it's possible to have a great game day experience it just takes a lot of investment and a winning football team. As far as like traditions and what not, it doesn't really bother me that we don't have a super unique intro in the CFB video game that has a ton of issues with gameplay and other stuff any way. I miss the old quip about the bulldozer under the stadium sometimes....
 
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Dkayak
Ander1345 said:
There's a number of people who don't want anything if they can't have the Chief.
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I guess I’m one of them.

Let’s take a vote among all faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Each person gets one vote. No reason to give faculty voices more consideration than others, putting employees ahead of customers. Majority decides. How is that not fair? Of course that would never happen. As long as some voices havre veto power, I’m opposed to any alternative. After a vocal minority overruled the majority, they want our support? For many of us, that’s an unreasonable expectation. That’s what drives the Chief or nothing sentiment. End of rant.
 
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RabidDawgClassic
Ander1345 said:
There's a number of people who don't want anything if they can't have the Chief. Personally I think it's possible to have a great game day experience it just takes a lot of investment and a winning football team. As far as like traditions and what not, it doesn't really bother me that we don't have a super unique intro in the CFB video game that has a ton of issues with gameplay and other stuff any way. I miss the old quip about the bulldozer under the stadium sometimes....
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Yes. And those people — grown adults — are being selfish and petty denying children a game day feature meant to bring them joy. Herky the Hawk, Brutus Buckeye and Bucky Badger don’t exist to entertain grown ups.
 
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KBLEE
RabidDawgClassic said:
Yes. And those people — grown adults — are being selfish and petty denying children a game day feature meant to bring them joy. Herky the Hawk, Brutus Buckeye and Bucky Badger don’t exist to entertain grown ups.
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TBH - there really aren't that many children in attendance.
 
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