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check my first post before you start flapping your gums, i didn't once rip on illinois football as being inferior to western, i just made a flippant statement on how i hated the orange jerseys. in all my previous posts about UI, it pretty much came down to the battle of attricion, never once did i get on a platform and declare "UIUC is pathetic, WMU will kick the s*** out of them easily." correct me if i'm wrong. thanks for the update on why they wear the new unis, still stupid. i know the basketball team has been wearing orange for a long time, and i don't mind. they look sharp. on the other hand, the football uniforms look horrible. some things are just better left alone. yes, wmu sucks, but UI is just as bad, and this weekend's game is absolutely HUGE for both teams. UI has a great chance to finally win a game against a 1-A opponent , while WMU is obviously shooting for the goal of beating a BCS conference team and a rebound from a severe beating at the hands of VT. both teams have high expectations for saturday. i can't wait to be there. news from today is that baggett is not going to start this weekend, it'll be rutgers transfer ryan cubit, who missed the TN-martin game because of a sour shoulder. also, what ozzie should have said to buck: "f*** YOU"

nice blanket generalization. sincerely,

sorry, i just melted for a second. i think i'm going to run for office in michigan on that platform, actually.

case closed? I consider a 17-0 shutout minus a worthless late touchdown by the dolphins a blowout in the NFL.

then are you that f***ing dense to not come to grips with the fact you are going to get piled on for running "but it's my favorite team and i pick them every week, so that justifies me not getting my ass run" smack every week the dolphins lose? (12 times this year) picking miami + running your mouth like a jackass by making takes on why you picked miami, but when they lose, break out "my favorite team" smack when getting piled on = epic plunger raping.

why is that? christ, syracuse JUST started wearing their hideous orange uniforms and they have had the word ORANGE in their nickname for over 100 years. tennessee's orange uni's i have no problem with, but if they wore orange helmets and pants as well, i'd have a big issue with that. i am a true traditionalist when it comes to sports uniforms, hell i don't even mind teal if used correctly, but the stupid decision making by some people in college athletics just to sell jerseys is unbelievable. let's just go through this logically: why would a school change their uniform colors? a) for the hell of it B) to improve on already bad looking uniforms (like the former brown/gold wmu jerseys) c) to make more money of merchandising well, while pro teams may drastically change colors for the hell of it, 99.99% of colleges with decent athletic tradition don't do that because it is their SCHOOL COLORS. so that eliminates A. the former illinois blue jersey style wasn't horrible, in fact, it should remind you of the simeon rice era at illinois, rather than accent the fact that the team is completely s***, which is what they are doing by just deciding in recent years to start wearing orange uniforms at home. horrible, so B isn't the answer either. so that leaves C as the only viable answer, they are bludgeoning tradition for the sake of making a couple extra bucks.

no wonder you're embracing the ultimate oxy-moron, "compassionate" conservatism. where in that entire article does it show that ozzie is pissed about a 2nd place finish? you can be pissed about a 2nd place and not act like a complete jackass in the press. i like ozzie, but the non-debatable part of the matter is that he reacted very unprofessionally.

^ just found this, rack you as well.

RACK, I love ozzie but that was totally stupid and a waste of breath. all that matters is W's and L's, regardless of how you got there. how you got there isn't a barometer of how good of a coach you are. this is when a simple, "f*** you, buck" is appropriate. saves your breath and gets your point across accurately without running on like a complete buffoon. and trust me, i have said some stupid s*** in my life.

asshatsoxfan's sig says it all: ILLINI FOOTBALL RECORD 2003-PRESENT 2-0 VS I-AA 0-12 VS I-A i want honest predictions from illinois fans. in all reality, I don't know what to think about WMU after that embarassment in blacksburg. wmu has been pounded soundly in the past, but never to the tune of 63-0. christ, the VT teams we played in the past four years were much better (as in highly ranked), but you can't ignore 63 points. we won't find out the full story on injuries until later this week. we're playing the quarterback shuffle right now between two unproven quarterbacks, one coming off a bad shoulder and one who had to leave the VT game after taking a big lick. not good. our secondary is horrible and our defense up the middle is not good at best. but i really don't know what to think about the broncos because they have played two games that aren't a true barometer of how good they really are: a 42-0 win over 1-AA doormat tennessee-martin and VT, always one of the most solid teams in the nation. VT might not always compete for the national championship, but they easily take care of lesser quality opponents because of fundamentals, defense, and special teams play. I would say we are at square-one for this weekend. no one in kalamazoo really knows what to think until later this week. hopefully we've escaped blacksburg with minimal injuries. i understand scheduling non-winnable games against teams like VT, but we've got to start making more than $175k if we are going to lose 63-0. as for illinois: just look at the above picture, what a joke. correct me if i'm wrong, but they started wearing those last season. coincidence? absolutely not.

Although WMU gave VT a run for their money this weekend, 63-0 I will say this: WMU +8.5 illinois is doomed to 1-10 seasons as long as they wear those disgraceful orange uniforms.

and (beside the point) but did anyone notice how cute she was in the old photo in the trib? old comiskey, cute women. awwwwwwwwwwwww

yeah, but that pic is still pretty hilarious.

that was a phenominal article about one of baseballs long lost treasures being dicked by the ever genius that is major league baseball franchises trying to appeal to the mainstream. like the article said, she never plays anymore so some mainstream fm DJ or someother lame ass can play s***ty arena rock and top 40 garbage. it takes a special talent to play the organ and i tell you this, i think it would have been one of the most tremendous honors in the world to play the organ at chicago stadium, the nation's largest organ at the time...at a hawks game...filled with 22,000 people, THAT would have been a rush.