Sunday, October 28, 2007

70-109-2

Lost in all the hoopla over Illinois being bowl-eligible are the facts:

1) This is the first time Illinois has been eligible for a bowl game since Illinois won the Big 10 in 2001.

2) This is just the 5th time in his 16 seasons on the job that the football team is bowl-eligible under the leadership of the best AD in the Country.

3) It was Illinois' first win on Homecoming since 2002.

4) It improved the record of the football team under Coach Guenther to 70-109-2.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Contract Extension for Ron Zook

While I am glad Ron Zook is going to be staying around longer, I am still mad about the way he blew the game at iowa. If UI is going to give Zook bonuses for getting the Illini to bowl games, how about financial penalties for every game he loses? Or removing a year from his contract if Illinois does not make a bowl game?

Couldn't this wait until the Fighting Illini become bowl-eligible? Meanwhile, some of the UI Trustees should be flogged for running up costs by taking a limousine service to meetings. This money could be used to buy out Coach Guenther's contract.

Saturday, October 13, 2007

A Question for Guenther Loyalists

In the wake of today's mind-numbing loss at iowa, did Coach Guenther pound his fist on the table and yell "Ron, YOU IDIOT!" when Ron Zook made the asinine decision to accept an iowa penalty, allowing the Hawkeyes to convert a third down instead of facing a fourth down. He made this dumb decision TWICE!

Somewhere, Warren Carter is smiling. Did Eric Loy watch the game this week or did he rely on his game logs for his post-game show?

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

ECIMEZ calls out owner of Illiniboard?

Rumor floating on illiniboard.com that East Central Illinois Media Elite Zealot (ECIMEZ) Eric Loy of Champaign radio station WDWS 1400-AM called out Brumby, the owner of illiniboard.com. Specifically, the rumor is that E. Loy said Brumby has an anti-Weber bias. Thread is here.

Maybe Jim from Rockford can call Loy and ask him if he watched the football game @iowa or if he relied on his "game logs" because he was too busy making tapes of highlights of the game.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

DIA Offering Odd Deal on Basketball Season Tickets

I received an intriguing e-mail message from the DIA. The DIA is now offering a "limited number of one year, non-renewable season tickets" for men's basketball, in C level, for $384. According to the e-mail, these seats were first offered to those on the waiting list, and now they are available to I Fund members. Several comments:

1) This shows how far men's basketball has fallen since the magical Final 4 year of 2004-05. Thanks to Bruce Weber and his incompetent recruiting (no recruits lined up for the early signing period in November) the future is not bright.

2) Has the Football Guy achieved his dream of making Illinois a football school, at the expense of the men's basketball program, which was a national power?

3) I guess folks on the waiting list didn't care to get season tickets. Lack of interest caused by mediocre on-court performance combined with atrocious off-court behavior?

4) As I understand DIA priority rules, season ticket holders get 1000 points for each year that they renew season tickets. So if these tickets were renewable instead of non-renewable, a new patron would have to donate $1000 at least to bump someone from C Section tickets behind a basket. Sounds like the DIA is being disingenuous.

5) Apparently the DIA cannot sell enough student tickets and now must sell those same tickets to the non-student fan base.

6) Who wants to buy these tickets if they are non-renewable and offer you no chance to improve your seat selection in future years?

7) Apparently, demand for season tickets is low and the DIA is desperate to sell these tickets. However, if men's basketball becomes good again, the DIA reserves the right to screw those who buy these non-renewable tickets to new I Fund members willing to pay cash money.

Another Bad DIA Marketing Idea

Leave it to the buffoons at the DIA to mock the accomplishments of the football team. So if Wisconsin finishes 4-4 in the Big 10, can I still proudly wear this ridiculous t-shirt?

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Pink Shirts for Midnight Madness? BRUTAL.

Hey, I am all for raising money for cancer awareness. But the DIA is dropping the ball (stunning!) with this idea of having fans pay $7 for pink t-shirts for admission to Midnight Madness. WTF? Orange is our color. I was at the football game on Saturday and the players could not wait to remove their pink shirts.

Further, the DIA is only donating $2 per t-shirt to cancer awareness. What about the rest of the money? Is it going to buy out Saint Guenther's contract?

Look at the t-shirts for yourself.