^ This is a great post. Well done--seriously. I love posts like this.

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This is going to be a fun big ten season

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I'm not laughing. There was nothing funny about that game. And, after all that, just before the refs were about to cash in their winning bets, they still had a chance to win it in the final seconds if Head hits that 3.

I would argue they are the best team. They weren't the most talented group of Illini players.

But, they were a fantastic and unselfish team.

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You know me like that.

They weren't as good as the '89 team. I wonder who is #2 on Road's list, though. The Cook-Williams-McClain team?

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yeah we have been thru this many times around here. 89 was the best team and it is not even close IMO.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Them or '84

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Oh, OK. I forgot how ancient Road is.

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They were the most talented without question.

The '84 team was very good also.

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You know me like that.

Yeah. The '84 team was great. That was when I was down there too. Oddly enough, I was not a fan. I LOVED DePaul basketball at that time. I hated when the Illini would win a recruiting battle against DePaul. I did root for them against Kentucky though. I was still butthurt over Dickie Beal changing his mind and snubbing DePaul. Fuck Kentucky.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Not sure why I am laughing, since this implicates me, too.

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Doesn't look to be any gimme's this year in the Big Ten. Going to be a fun year to watch.

Wisconsin over Indiana

Mich St over Minnesota

IU really choked. Hard to imagine that they haven't won @ UW for 23 years. Crazy.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Blew a damn 22 point lead, my goodness Ralph!!!

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Yeah was a terrible 2nd half. Looked about like the Archie teams, bad shot selection, missed free throws and terrible turnovers down the stretch. Not a good start for Woodson

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Moment of silence for the undefeated Bricks

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

well I guess the 76 Indiana team is safe.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Iowa getting blown out too. Glad to see it…just wish it wasn’t another team from that god-awful state.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Hey Rutgers is tough. That victory put them over .500.

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“Mr. Trump is unfit for our nation’s highest office.”- JD Vance
“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

I’m surprised.

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You know me like that.

What a disaster.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Ahh it is probably for the best. You were not going to go undefeated anyways, so get that loss out of the way and dominate. You guys are still the favorite for the Big 10.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

It's going to haunt them all season. They could have afforded losses @MSU, @Michigan, and @Illinois this year and been alright but they now have to win one of those games or it's going to be questionable to get a 1 seed and even winning the Big Ten title becomes a lot tougher.

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So my prediction of a 4 seed wasn't too far off?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Not out of the question now.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I really don't think it is going to haunt you. The Big 10 is going to be a meat grinder. All the other good teams are going to have a bad loss or two as well. You guys are fine.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Ah, that glorious week of Purdue supremacy.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I'll take it given it had never happened before.

I do wonder if the moment and storyline of it being the first time did get to them. The Iowa game last week was closer than it should have been. A lot of mistakes and lost focus.

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Purdon't lost to a team that lost to DePaul. Let that sink in.

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