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  1. J

    If the result was different, would you like the "system"?

    Frankly I don't get the "boring" thing. When our offense was running reasonably well in the first half of today's game, and we were getting good shots both inside and outside, I was enjoying the game. I figured the second half would be different, and unfortunately it was. But there are not...
  2. J

    How about a special "geezer section"?

    for those of us over 50, or maybe even 60. No ID required tho. Anyone who can remember the old Fieldhouse maybe. It would be a refuge from the young at heart who just can't handle the natural up and downs cycles of college athletics. I was just thinking that the Hawks in wrestling are sort...
  3. J

    Tell me about The Fieldhouse

    this might be a little off the main topic, but in '70 or'71 I saw the Grateful Dead, the New Riders of the Purple Sage, the Supremes, Neil Diamond, and Its A Beautiful Day in the fieldhouse. There was also some awesome soul singer that opened for the Supremes. During his set someone called out...
  4. J

    Re: Give it a rest already

    simple, you want to make a point that you care about, you don't bury it in the small print.
  5. J

    Re: Give it a rest already

    Does anyone out there know either what it is like to be 19 or 20 trying to navigate college life anonymously? Or do you remember? It ain't no picnic. Then imagine that you are a walkon Bball player who happens to have lived with the coach thru no fault of your own for most of your life...
  6. J

    Illinois favored by 4.5

    Let's hope our guys bring their best game tonight and gain a little border state team respect. I think we can get this one if things go our way. I thought IL would be favored by more like 10, but I guess they have not been that good on the road. Go Hawks!
  7. J

    Watching CBB today, realize how much I miss really having a relevant team

    let us not forget that for decades the Northwestern Wildcats had a permanent claim on the BT cellar, and then all of a sudden they started winning a few games here and there, and got some respect. Or football-I was a student at UW Madison in the early seventies, and one night they beat IA at...
  8. J

    Aaron Fuller, the emergence of a star

    I don't think it can be underestimated how big AF's emergence as a key player has been in the last 2 games. All of a sudden he is making a difference, and he is making other players better too. While it would be great to get Tucker back to add some ball handling and toughness, AF is the real...
  9. J

    The playing time on this team sucks

    I am sure Coach reads every one of these posts and then thinks long and hard about his lack of good judgment re. PT. I don't think there has been a coach at UI since I have been an involved fan that did not get questions about why someone was playing and someone else was not. And I have often...
  10. J

    Why do we have our own network and they don't even show our games

    I paid for BTN.com webcasts early in the season, and decided that Dolph and Bobby were WAY better. WOC has a great live feed, and once you adjust to hearing and not watching, its great. For me, I'd rather pay for Internet radio than crappy video. Nice to see AF have a good game, even...
  11. J

    Could Archie make a difference?

    I guess things are a bit slow in Cambridge at this time of year (unless you try to sneak a cell phone into the county court house), allowing for plenty of time to explain to the rest of us how to fix the Hawk's problems. Notwithstanding scoring droughts, I think our big challenge is to figure...
  12. J

    Not all that impressed with Payne

    I am just watching the first part of the second half of the IL game, and I don't see the head down, and he just made a nice reverse layup after driving the baseline. Nice move for the hometown folks.
  13. J

    Not all that impressed with Payne

    I think for a true freshman on a young team in a very tough league that he is doing pretty well. Its an easy decision to press the Hawks like MN did, and he did not get a lot of help most trips down the court. My main concern with him is that he seems to like to drive the baseline and try to...
  14. J

    So, I'm watching the basketball game tonight, you?

    maybe I am too loyal a fan, but its hard to believe that our guys are really this sad. Clearly there are many teams with more experience and better athletes, but I just don't buy the idea that there is such an enormous gap in ability. Our guys do need a confidence builder, but within the...
  15. J

    So, I'm watching the basketball game tonight, you?

    seems like for awhile we had more points in the Orange Bowl than in the first half.
  16. J

    So, I'm watching the basketball game tonight, you?

    can someone check to see if there is a lid on our goal?
  17. J

    So, I'm watching the basketball game tonight, you?

    scores now and then are great, too ugly to worry about why
  18. J

    So, I'm watching the basketball game tonight, you?

    thx for the exciting news. please send along others now and then. Thanks
  19. J

    So, I'm watching the basketball game tonight, you?

    I am stuck not to far from the IA/IL game, but with no way to either stream, watch, or listen. So guys, don't be shy about posting some scores and commentary.
  20. J

    Tyler Smith arrested

    alcohol, cannabis, guns, all while someone was driving. What could go wrong? I don't remember what year TS is now, but clearly his judgement is faulty. Don't know if he is/was playing well enough to be a potential draft pick, but this could be expensive for the boy a la Tiger Woods.


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