^ RE: the themed games, I am TOTALLY on board with the perspective that was prevalent in the mid- to late 2000s that EVERY Illini home game in any sport was a de facto "orange out." That seems to have waned with fashion trends in the last 10-15 years, though. I would at least be
curious what a "navy out" at Memorial Stadium would look like. While not quite a monolithically navy crowd, this old photo of a Bears MNF game the year they played in Champaign might give us a taste of what it could look like:
I feel like for a night game, that could actually look really cool and intimidating.
EDIT: Tracked down a picture of that random basketball game in 2012 where we did a "Blue Out" at Assembly Hall, lol ... not as cool for hoops, I must admit: