****Official B1G Off Season Thread****
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I honestly always feel like Champaign-Urbana feels a lot like WL-Lafayette.
I haven't been to EL since it was Drew Brees going up against Plaxico Burress lol.
I’d heard that too, but I didn’t get that feeling when I went. Either way, they’re both fine places, but they’re not the best.
Yep. Not bad, but not as good as some of the better college towns in the B1G.
Ahh I see. It’s crazy how much it’s changed the last few years. I know I’m biased but it’s improved a ton since I’ve graduated 10 years ago. Once Chauncey is updated (close to where Harry’s is), it’ll help a ton.
CU has changed a lot in the last 10 years and quite a bit in the last 3 years. I'm sure WL has made similar improvements.
I have friends that like college sports. My core friend group that I travel and golf with prefer professional sports or no sports at all.
There's a video on YouTube of some guy driving down Green St (the main street that runs through campus) in the 90s, and it's crazy the differences. It's nearly unrecognizable in some parts. In the video, there were no buildings more than 4/5 floors, and now there are mid and high-rises. So much money to be made on college campuses.
It really isn’t the insult that you took it as. It just surprises me. We are all college sports degenerates and I’d figure most of us have some ride or die college sports enthusiast friends.
That's fair. Glad you weren't trolling that. I thought you'd gone off the rails.
My college friends were mostly engineers and physics majors, and I only encountered a handful that didn't consider it a waste of time. My former college roommate is a CFB coach in the SEC, so he wouldn't have time to do that sort of stuff in the first place. Most of the rest have moved out of Illinois if you can believe that.
Most of my friends in college are the barstool sports type. Probably says worse about me than you lol. But I’ve never had a shortage of people willing to waste money on going to games.
I really don't have many college sports buddies in Denver. It's just not a college sports town. A HS buddy just moved here and he's going to Lincoln with me, then I have a coworker that's an IU guy and we've gone to a couple CU games together.
When I lived in Chicago, it was always easy to find B1G sport fanatics.
When I lived in Chicago, it was always easy to find B1G sport fanatics.
I’ve been to Ann Arbor for basketball. Crisler is a nice arena and really no bad seat in the place, but the pep band plays the UM fight song over and over and over and over. It’s all they play. So be prepared for that for two straight hours. Also, the arena is kind of a bitch to get to. Long walk especially in the cold.
When we play Michigan in basketball, we dont give the pep band any reasons to play.
Hail, not all of us live in the past.
You gotta go for football. Town doesn’t come alive for basketball nearly the same way.
Indiana has sucked as of late.
Isn’t talking about beating Michigan last year living in the past?
I think you can understand the difference between the most recent season and 10 years ago. It’s subtle, but I think you are capable.
I don't blame you for not wanting to live in yore past 15 years.
What does me telling you to stop living in the past about Indiana have to do with Illinois?
What does me posting to an Indiana Fan have to do with you?
I was just trying to be helpful to let you know where else you could take your obsession.
It bothers you that I responded to your post to an Indiana? Don’t be so sensitive.
Not at all you should make another thread about Illinois basketball and responded to more posts about Illinois. I love it.
Couldn't care less about the past. Its irrelevant. Last year......5 years ago....10, 15, or whatever. This year has nothing to do with last year---or the previous 20,
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I cafe about this year. And for the first time in a good minute, I actually feel good about the team we have. Not hope. But seriously like the pieces. Experience...POY candidate....FOY candidate(Yes I think Bates will be that good). Johnson/Stewart are huge upgrades. But then again, gotta consider who they are replacing;Although Franklin was becoming solid, I still like Stewart better, and especially Bates(who will eventually start). Kopp is a nice addition---who can shoot it. I think Geronimo has a huge ceiling..
Johnson-6"3
Stewart-6"5"
Kopp-6'7"
Race--6'8"
TJD---6'9"
Geronimo at 6'6"....Bates at 6'5". At times, IU can have a "big" back court....
Could go Stewart, Bates, Kopp....thats 6'5, 6'5 and 6'7---Possibly use Geronimo for Kopp(6'6").
Duncomb at 6'10 and Durr at 7'0"
Looking forward to Nov 9th. Unfortunately, I have a game.
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I cafe about this year. And for the first time in a good minute, I actually feel good about the team we have. Not hope. But seriously like the pieces. Experience...POY candidate....FOY candidate(Yes I think Bates will be that good). Johnson/Stewart are huge upgrades. But then again, gotta consider who they are replacing;Although Franklin was becoming solid, I still like Stewart better, and especially Bates(who will eventually start). Kopp is a nice addition---who can shoot it. I think Geronimo has a huge ceiling..
Johnson-6"3
Stewart-6"5"
Kopp-6'7"
Race--6'8"
TJD---6'9"
Geronimo at 6'6"....Bates at 6'5". At times, IU can have a "big" back court....
Could go Stewart, Bates, Kopp....thats 6'5, 6'5 and 6'7---Possibly use Geronimo for Kopp(6'6").
Duncomb at 6'10 and Durr at 7'0"
Looking forward to Nov 9th. Unfortunately, I have a game.
Curious why you think they’re huge upgrades when they’ve yet to play a game? Sure they look decent on paper but you lost one of your best players and arguably your two best shooters on a poor shooting team. Franklin is a pretty big loss IMO.
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