Originally posted by PDXSVT:
EVERY year? I was in Chambana during the Mike White regime, including the 1983 Illini team that ran the table on their way to the Rose Bowl. David Wilson and Tony Eason both came out of his program to become starting QBs in the NFL. Didn't Wilson pass for like 649 yards in ONE GAME at Ohio State? Perhaps the wildest second half of college football ever, but it's news to you. Edit that for accuracy.

Those same years the Illini were tough in hoops. Kentucky edging the Illini at Kentucky to make the Final Four led to the rule change about not playing NCAA playoff games on your home floor. Kentucky had Sam Bowie and Mel Turpin at center/power forward, both went high in the NBA draft, and the Illini still played well enough to beat Kentucky at Kentucky.




Davo likes to make blanket statements to piss people off. I bet he knows full well that UofI has had some good seasons. And I bet he also knows that UofM, under Lloyd Carr, has one of the best records against top 20 schools of any current coach. But I also know they lose to enough NDs early in the season to know he is right. But outside of USC the last couple of years, EVERY team chokes just about every year.

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