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QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jan 24, 2008 -> 05:26 PM) Well you are right, but Texas basically just offers the top 50 kids in Texas, tells them there are 25 spots open, and says it's first come, first serve. As a result of that, along with the popularity of HS football and the Horns down there, they have 25 verbals and a top recruiting class by about March every year, way before almost anybody else in the nation. Thus, as a result, if a guy or two strays (which does happen), they just pull the offer and have plenty of time to get somebody else. So while your correct, that's kind of a unique situation. Michigan threatened to pull Cissoko's offer and ND was using that strategy this year as well.

This show is awful

I really can't stand Brian Randle. Couple of good games and then he pulls this bulls***. 1-10 in the 1st half including a wide open missed dunk and a few other missed bunnies.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Jan 22, 2008 -> 04:02 PM) I also assume the movie is done. This does however put a cramp on the next film, assuming he was going to be in it, which I thought I heard he was... The film is in post production. Absolutely brutal news especially since he had a young child.

QUOTE(Brian @ Jan 20, 2008 -> 01:02 PM) For Illinois fans, I predict that Brandon Paul and Jereme Richmond will be teammates next year in high school. Which school is TBA. Just a prediction but am reading some writing on the walls. Really? What exactly are you hearing? That would be pretty sweet to watch.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Jan 20, 2008 -> 02:28 AM) Very respectful post here my friend. I live and die with KU basketball and take any rip on KU very personally as well. I have one other KU fan on this board, who disappears faster than a charachter on lost. I guess its the concept of brainwash that goes hand in hand with the school you attend. IU is not a natural rival, Illanoy fans think they are a rivalry because they have looted your best player. Sampson is scum, every Big 12 fan can agree with that. The problem is Weber never has any back up plans, and you are greatly suffering now. Instead of accepting this fact, you blame and complain and cry about how everything is unfair. I'm pretty sure that nearly every Illinois fan on this board has accepted that this team isn't good. In fact, I have had discussions with other Illinois fans on this board that Weber should throw in the towel on the season and just play the freshmen as much as possible.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Jan 19, 2008 -> 03:34 PM) Happens in almost every game in every conference. In games where the games are tight and fouls are called, a team needs depth. That was the problem today though. It was tight at times and very loose at others. It was basically completely random. And when you miss FTs the way Illinois did today and turn the ball over constantly you aren't going to win. That was never the point of my post today. I'm just sick of watching Big 10 refs blow calls constantly and just randomly change the way they are officiating games.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Jan 19, 2008 -> 02:54 PM) Who are the refs today??? Just wondering? Not in the box score yet. But all I know is I come away from nearly every Big 10 game (not just Illinois) I watch thinking the refs did a poor job. No consistency with the calls they make and I hate the way the conference is officiated in general. In the first half today the refs let both teams play. Then for a short period they called any contact at all. Then all of a sudden they decide to let the game get physical again. There just is no consistency from game to game or even from minute to minute in the way they call the games.

QUOTE(Jimbo's Drinker @ Jan 19, 2008 -> 02:44 PM) blame the refs, thats grand. I can't tell who is worse Frazier or McCamey sp????. They both are horrid. Where did I blame anyone for anything? Big 10 refs suck. That is fact.

Big 10 refs are so freaking terrible at their jobs. First 25 minutes they let both teams play. Now they just decided to call everything both ways. Ridiculous.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 09:54 PM) Davis is a much much better defender than Tisdale right now, thus I call for his minutes to go up and not Tisdale's. Tizzy should have took a redshirt, that's very obvious even though he could end up a very good player. I agree that Davis minutes should go up more than Tisdale's, but at this point I also think all the freshmen should see more minutes. Get these guys as game ready as you can. This season is a lost cause.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 09:46 PM) McCamey was a positive today I thought. He shot very poorly (2-10 overall, 2-6 on 3's), but he had 5 assists and zero turnovers. To do that in that environment is a big plus. And I still wish Mike Davis would play more. McCamey has to finish stronger at the rim but he is starting to look like a very good PG. Still makes some dumb plays but that is to be expected from a freshmen. He is taking to long to get his shot up (the reverse layups took way to long, needs to get the ball up much quicker). I think Davis and Tisdale both show flashes of being very good players. Both need to hit the weight room hard over the off season. Tisdale is also clueless when it comes to rotating on defense. He seems to think about where he needs to go on defense rather than just reacting. Makes him look a lot slower on D than he really is IMO. Part of the problem from playing D in HS where all he was asked to do was stand under the rim and try to block shots.

QUOTE(gbuk @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 09:41 PM) Too bad it took Weber this long to figure out that in order to win you have to have good players. Some are stubborn enough and arrogant enough that they think they can do it with players not nearly as talented as the big time recruits...laziness takes affect and it shows. Has Weber taken that route? I'm not exactly sure, but something clearly clicked in there. He went after big time recruits but just failed to land them until recently and Weber did a bad job recruiting but it actually had nothing to do with being lazy.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 09:36 PM) Illinois plays close with a team way better than them, loses due to missed free throws, Illini fans think the refs are the reason the game went the way it did. Same stuff, different game, just like it will be when Illinois finds a way to lose to a brutal Michigan team coming up next. Pathetic, the Illini have mastered playing to the level of their competition, and always finding a way to lose regardless. I don't think it is the reason we lost. IU is better and they had to play poorly and Illinois had to play well for the game to be close. Those calls absolutely did affect the game. Talent is the real reason IU won today, but that doesn't change the fact that the officiating was awful (which is par for the course in the Big 10).

QUOTE(farmteam @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 08:25 PM) As to the chanting of "Shut up Weber:" Classless? Maybe. But, as has been pointed out, it's the same thing you'd see at any other arena in the nation. That type of stuff doesn't bother me. It is more fun when fan bases actually come up with something clever though.

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 07:42 PM) Why did Rodney Alexander not play more today? Separated shoulder

QUOTE(Rex Hudler @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 07:26 PM) Almost as much as Illinois fans whine every game about the officiating, if that is possible. As I said that post was somewhat in jest as a lot of players complain a ton about officiating and Gordon was whining a ton after he got called for a foul 25 ft from the basket. Pruitt is as bad as they come as he was pouting throughout the game today. I do complain a lot about officials during Illinois games, this is the only game this year I thought they negatively affected the outcome for us. We may not have won anyways but there were some embarrassing bad calls today. The ball was clearly off IU with 50 seconds left and they give it to IU. At the very least since they had no idea who it was off of that needs to be a jump ball (not sure who would have gotten the ball). Ratliff basically punching Brock in the face and not getting an intentional foul. MEacham literally not touching Ratliff and getting called for a foul and then on the rebound of a miss from the FT line an Illinois player gets pushed to the floor with no call. I'm sure we got calls as well over the course of the game, but nothing like those. I also complain about officiating across the board, not just in games involving Illinois. Big 10 officials flat out suck at their jobs. I know it not an easy sport to officiate but there is no consistency and refs are constantly making calls when out of position. There have been games over the last couple of years where I thought Illinois was helped by the officials, and I still say the officiating sucked. Xavier game from the UC immediately comes to mind.

QUOTE(thedoctor @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 06:35 PM) i haven't been able to find that prediction, although i don't doubt that it was made. if you check back a page or so you'll note i called illinois's fans out for their homerism as well. anyhow, i and many of the illini fans here understood that this wasn't going to be a great year. i was hoping that a weak big ten would propel the team into the tournament, but i probably underestimated how poorly we'd perform in the pre-conference schedule. I thought we could finish 3-5 based mostly on how weak the Big 10 is.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 05:45 PM) Yeah I guess he did just make 2/2 so the law of averages was against him. I still think Randall shooting is basically the worst option. Agreed. And that is the problem with having no timeouts in that situation. I have no idea what he was thinking there and the thing he is actually played a very good game before that. I know Pruitt had hit two in a row, but 4 in a row just wouldn't happen and he has already missed Fts that could have put Illinois ahead this year in similar situation.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 05:41 PM) Well not sure what Randle was thinking, why not dump it into Pruitt and just for the tie? Maybe even get the 5th on DJ White and go to OT? Illini could have easily won that game, Im not sure how any objective observer can say that Indiana is that much more talented than Illinois in any way shape or form. The difference is basically Eric Gordon. Even then, the Illini could have won. And the Indiana fans yelling shut up Weber, how classy. With a coach like Sampson how can you possibly thow stones? He is the most classless and sanctioned coach in the Big 10. Problem with going into Pruitt is IU could just foul and there is no way he makes the FTs.

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 05:38 PM) Which one, lol? Looked like Ratliff had ball on the rebounded shot though. Ratliff reached in and fouled him.

No foul on IU there? Really? Edit: No doubt foul on IU there.

How can you possibly just call that IU's ball? F'ing pathetic. That should be our ball.

IU got so lucky on that last possession annd than Meacham with the big answer.

QUOTE(He_Gawn @ Jan 13, 2008 -> 05:20 PM) Are you serious? Gordon is not known to show much emotion at all. He's a teenager though, it does come out sometimes. A little hyperbole after he was whining a ton after a call.