Schadenfreude happy fun time
October 13th, 2012 at 8:33 PM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 8:43 PM ^
Referring to the Illinois fanbase as "Illini nation".
Really? Really? You do realize that no one outside your borders (and most people inside them) couldn't possibly care less about Illinois football, right? And Illini nation DOES refer to something, an actual American Indian tribe. Sorry, Illinois, try again.
October 13th, 2012 at 9:14 PM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 8:45 PM ^
Poke fun at a program that is not a rival, and that is having a terrible season, and that traditionally does poorly at football. Very big of you.
October 13th, 2012 at 8:50 PM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 8:56 PM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 11:58 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 12:40 AM ^
but we just say Buck the Fuckeyes. It works either way...
October 13th, 2012 at 8:51 PM ^
He hasn’t been there a year and they want Beckman fired?
October 13th, 2012 at 9:50 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 12:43 AM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 8:51 PM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 8:54 PM ^
Any good Sparty Schadenfreude out there?
October 13th, 2012 at 9:28 PM ^
Actually, there's been quite a few sparty posts lately... all to be removed by mods. Sigh.
October 13th, 2012 at 8:54 PM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 9:16 PM ^
I don't kick other teams when they are down, with just three exceptions. ND, MSU ( if Michigan has beat them and finally any team that is coached by Danny Hope.
Illinois has been an interesting and exciting team to watch the last few years. I just would like them to be a bit more competitive.
October 14th, 2012 at 12:09 AM ^
Trust me on this one: Illinois fans have no problem kicking Michigan when they're down. Kicking Illinois while they're down, while sorta pointless, is nothing to feel guilty about.
October 13th, 2012 at 9:25 PM ^
They should spend some of their BTN cash on an actual coach next time. What else are they going to do with it?
October 13th, 2012 at 9:30 PM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 10:10 PM ^
Wow, that was actually kinda sad to read. At least when RR was here it was only for a little bit but Illinois has sucked, basically forever. My family is full of Illini grads and it's pretty much a running joke of how bad they are and how nobody even cares anymore.
October 13th, 2012 at 10:18 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 8:16 PM ^
And won as many Big Ten titles as we have since 2001.
Not exactly forever, just inconsistent.
October 14th, 2012 at 8:44 PM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 10:11 PM ^
Most of them are idiots. Beckman is a good coach. What is he supposed to do with the something like 60th ranked recruiting classes the last three years Zook was there? Who else do they think they're gonna get?
October 13th, 2012 at 10:20 PM ^
"I would bet that even with no coaching experience whatsoever, I could get equal or greater results than Beckman so far."
October 13th, 2012 at 10:56 PM ^
and mork getting irriated back.
http://michiganstate.247sports.com/Board/93/Dantonio-calls-out-fans-130…
October 13th, 2012 at 11:11 PM ^
October 14th, 2012 at 9:13 AM ^
after MSU loses. This is my favorite so far...
(Initial comment) "I am sure he would have split the uprights."
(Reply) "Stfu. I didn't say whether or not he would make it. I was responding to the clown who said it would have been at least 53 yards. If that clown was you, then Stfu x2."
October 13th, 2012 at 11:11 PM ^
"Beckman can't be fired. It was hard enough to get anyone to coach here as it was. To let him go after one year would be a joke. No coach would ever want to come here."
I hate to say that this is perhaps the most sensible comment in the thread that the OP posted. They are going to have to give him time unless they really do in fact want to give up. Indeed, someone in this thread referenced the Lou Tepper years as something of a travesty when indeed, of the three head coaches before Beckman, Tepper was the most successful by overall winning percentage (0.431), with Ron Zook a somewhat close second (0.411).
October 13th, 2012 at 11:26 PM ^
October 13th, 2012 at 11:37 PM ^
I suppose they could go back to the formula that worked so well under Mike White.
But with the recent problems the school's had, a full-scale pay-for-play scandal probably isn't what they need right now.
October 14th, 2012 at 12:07 AM ^
since we're Illinois' biggest rival.
October 14th, 2012 at 12:26 AM ^
250-300 fans to Ann Arbor. That has to be the worst I can remember from a Big Ten team in years and years.
October 14th, 2012 at 7:17 AM ^