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Discuss the Illini’s game against Lipscomb after the jump. Continue reading this post »

Tonight, the Fighting Illini continue their quest for the Cancun Challenge championship with this tilt against the Lipscomb Bisons. The Illini won their first game of this tournament Continue reading this post »

The Dump is back after a long hiatus with all of your Fighting Illini news. Er… at least some of the Illinois news out there this morning. We start with Continue reading this post »

Fresh off an occasionally uneven but ultimately dominating performance against Loyola, the Fighting Illini men’s basketball team faces off against the Cougars from SIU Edwardsville. Fun fact: SIU-E is home to the Buckminster Fuller-designed Center for Spirituality and Sustainability, which is a large Continue reading this post »

Michigan and Illinois have a rich shared football history. Red Grange inaugurated Memorial Stadium with his six scores against Michigan to lead the Fighting Illini to victory. That win ended a 20-game Continue reading this post »

Got a little food poisning, sorry for my tardiness.

This time it counts
The Fighting Illini have had an enjoyable exhibition schedule. We’ve gotten to see all of our newcomers (save Devin Langford) play significant minutes. Of course, the only way to see those games was to go to Assembly Hall or purchase the BTN.com package. Now, the stakes are considerably higher, though apparently not Continue reading this post »

Eleven. Eleven. Eleven. Best number 11 in Fighting Illini history? Dee Brown. So on to basketball…. Continue reading this post »