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“Williams could tie it with a three... HE DOES!!” OFFICIAL Unofficial Fan Account of the Illini OLine 🔶scumbag Illinois fan🔶
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If you haven’t felt these hundred year old towers rumble with I-L-L chants then you haven’t lived
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SOON 🔜
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@blakeherbel
@thedickbutkus
@Bengals
Actually they were mostly actors I believe. For example, Tom Hanks starred in many other films. I don’t believe any of them actually served in the military. Hope this helps!
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Yo😭😂
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This isn’t going to be popular right now but I am still 100% behind Bret Bielema.
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He’ll lead us right back here I have no doubt
A teary-eyed Ty Rodgers talks about the brotherhood on this season's Illini team after Illinois fell to UConn in the Elite Eight:
"I think that's one of the hardest parts about this."
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They forgot my favorite TSJ pic smh
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WHO JUST LOST TO THE ILLINI FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT TIME???
WHO JUST WENT 0-10 ALL TIME AGAINST BIG BRET???
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“This is my dream school. I don’t care about Kentucky, I don’t care about Duke. I grew up watching y’all.” -
#Illini
AC Tim Anderson to Deon Thomas
🔶🔷
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If Kofi Cockburn played defense the same way he gets defended people would call him the dirtiest college basketball player of the century.
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The only dude on earth that makes me give a single fuck about the NBA
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I genuinely think that Tim Anderson, Chester Frazier, and Geoff Alexander are as (if not more) important to the future of Illinois basketball than Brad Underwood. Those dudes are fucking killing it.
#Illini
aren’t going anywhere.
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I still think about this from before the 21-22 season sometimes😭
FINAL: No. 14 Oakland 80, No. 3 Kentucky 76
Kentucky still hasn't advanced past the first weekend of the NCAA tournament since 2019. It's won one NCAA tournament game total in that timeframe.
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I don’t give a FUCK what anybody says I’ll see you all back in the Elite Eight next March.
"Shame on you... we're not going anywhere"
Coach Underwood reacts to the Elite 8 defeat.
#MarchMadness
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Ayo
Kofi
Trent
Da’Monte
Alfonso
Andres
Giorgi
Malcolm
Rayvonte
Brandon
Meyers
DJ
Demitri
Mike
It’s been a damn long time. A lot of great players that never made it here. Yet here we sit.
WHY NOT US??????
Guys like Ayo Dosunmu, Kofi Cockburn, Trent Frazier, and more never made it past the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament. Now that the Illini are headed to the Sweet Sixteen, Brad Underwood is thinking about them:
"I hope they're smiling... they built this thing."
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I don’t care what any of you think (or what I think in moments of anger) but I really hope Coleman is an Illini next year.
Coleman Hawkins (
@colehawk23
) reflects on the Arkansas loss and how the Illini culture wasn't kept consistent with previous seasons.
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Here is what you would look like if you were Illini basketball star Luke Goode
Posting face until they make me black and chinese
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How lucky is Brad Underwood that he inherited a perfectly suited, program altering guard in Trent Frazier.
Best thing John Groce ever did for Illinois.
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Finally a decision I can get behind
NCAA Playing Rules Panel passes legislation to permit schools to display corporate logos on football fields, sources tell
@YahooSports
. Conversation will continue on jersey patches.
With arrival of a new model, schools are searching for untapped revenues
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Bret Bielema has 12 of these wins for Illinois btw
Tonight, we say farewell to one of the most beautiful groups ever assembled - the Big Ten West.
Below is each team in the West's record against the rest of the West.
RIP Big Ten West (2014-2023)
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I want to make this VERY clear.
Bill Walton is NOT welcome in Big Ten country.
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Nobody has noticed this (including me when I QTd it yesterday) but the guy Kofi threw this one down on top of is…
Cameron Krutwig.
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What a sight to behold. What a damn game.
Fuck Kansas.
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Illinois did it first and better
B1G schools with NIL beers
- Iowa Swarm Ale
- Nebraska Cornhead Lager
- Rutgers Scarlet Ale
- Minnesota Duck Duck Beer
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Losing Walters on a defensive staff but then somehow replacing him with the best DC in the B1G (not as DC mind you) is the most dong-droppingest move I’ve ever heard out of Champaign, and in terms of coaching ability it’s probably a net positive.
Wild times.
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I’ve said this before but DAMN do I love having Ty Rodgers on my team
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Really thought this dude was gonna be one of the greatest to ever do it for awhile there…
Here’s a random Andre Curbelo play at Illinois
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This is more wildly accurate than you can possibly know
Illinois fans watching the rest of the college football slate today:
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@Cincyfan168
@blakeherbel
@thedickbutkus
@Bengals
Damn fr? My mistake. Off to go do some research on Purple Heart winner Matthew McConaughey.
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NO FUCKING WAY YOU GOTTA BE SHITTING ME I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS. LITERALLY CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS HAPPENED. I’m pretty sure I had a heart attack and passed away sometime in the 4th quarter and this is a coma dream. I can’t believe this.
Just… just wow. I love John Paddock.
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COOK HIM COLEMAN HOLY FUCK‼️🤣🫵
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The reincarnation of Jimmy Collins that Illinois has needed for decades.
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Not to feed the trolls but Illinois is 3rd in both all-time wins and win % in the Big Ten, and top 5 in conference titles, tournament appearances, and Final Fours.
Saying they’re not a storied program is hilariously disingenuous lol.
@Moxter3
@illiniduce
@CBKReport
“Storied” program. No. Illinois is not even close, historically, to the top BigTen programs.
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Oh so NOW he’s a 5 star? Lmao
NEWS: 2025 5⭐️ Jeremiah Fears (
@jeremiahfears2
) announced he will reopen his recruitment.
Fears is a 6-3 guard who’s a good shooter, crafty playmaker and solid downhill driver. Plays with elite competitiveness.
He originally chose the Fighting Illini over Providence, Kansas,
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Iykyk but I’m taking this dude lol
Okay, if you ended up in a bar room scuffle, which recent
@IlliniMBB
hooper would you want sitting with you.
Lots of good options, but I’ll take this tough guy. 🔸😳🔹
@verdadero_andre
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Plz I’m begging you
@BretBielema
recognize and return the greatness of the orange lid/blue jersey/white pants combo it’s an all time great look
Let's revisit
@ArreliousBenn
's explosive 2007 day vs. Penn State. 💥
#FlashbackFriday
x
@IlliniFootball
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Your grandpa looking down from heaven seeing Illinois land 5 stars again:
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*
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
WHY
🕯 NOT 🕯
US
🕯 🕯
🕯 🕯
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No matter the outcome of this offseason, I am confident in one thing.
Belo, Hawkins, Melendez, Rodgers, and the gang are gonna play such a fun brand of basketball. These returning guys give me vibes like Frankie and Brian Cook, Sergio and Cory Bradford and I’m stoked to see it.
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When recruits get to campus and say “everybody talks about family but around here they really mean it” sometimes you wonder what that means.
I can’t think of a better example than this.
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Jamar Smith got drunk and crashed a car with a teammate and Illinois has treated his name like Voldemort for 20 years.
Brandon Miller killed a lady with a teammate and Bama sees the opportunity for a heel turn.
The entire SEC is completely morally backrupt. Tear it all down.
We embrace the villain role.
Everyone hates us. It’s nothing new.
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The Big Ten truly has the worst referees of any CBB conference oh my god.
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BRUCE PEARL ON ILLINI PREGAME SHOULD BE ILLEGAL fucking cockroach
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Mayer gonna go down as one of my least favorite Illini of all time no doubt lol
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Me if the football gods don’t make Tommy DeVito immediately 100% healthy
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Brad Underwood after the Illini have 17 turnovers, barely break 10 assists as a team, and get out-rebounded by the
#2
team in the country and still win.
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Hey guys how about we just make him the mascot
Nobody will get mad about that I promise
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Mahomes would’ve never taken 4 sacks in OT
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Juice Williams’ 431 yards of total offense in a 45-20 route of Michigan was the most ever in the history of the Big House.
Few have ever embodied the phrase “fuck that was SWEET!” like the goddamn Juice did.
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Who the fuck is Kendall Jenner
Is Kendall Jenner the most famous person to ever be in Champaign, Illinois?
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Remember the time that an unranked Illinois team went to State College and knocked off Top 10 Penn State to the tune of 350+ rushing yards in the longest game in CFB history?
I remember.
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Illinois basketball got me through Covid. Not the government. Not medical experts. Not group whose goal it was to get people through it, but some dudes named Trent, Ayo, Kofi, Monte, Belo, Giorgi, RJ, Jake and Coleman.
Illinois basketball got me through Covid. Thanks guys.
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Podz Appreciation Post.
Tough, athletic, smart, and NOT AFRAID of the moment. Big future ahead🔶🔷
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YES SIR
@AyoDos_11
too cold w it🥶😭
#SeeRed
🔴⚫️
did anyone else hear that "hell no" when Ayo took the midrange jumper followed by "yes sir" when he hit it? 💀
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Shut. The. Fuck. Up.
This is truly, without doubt or exaggeration, the dumbest thing I’ve read this calendar year. Shut the fuck up.
It’s actually pathetic to do this much over a 16 sec video of a coach *gasp* yelling when his team is losing, and I hope you have a terrible day.
The behavior exhibited below by Coach Underwood does not satisfy the missions of either the Illinois Athletic Department (
@IlliniAthletics
) or the NCAA. If the
@UofIllinois
and the
@NCAA
are serious about athlete welfare, Coach Underwood must be censured for this conduct.
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On a personal note, the Kingfisher family has a hatchling
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Now do Madison
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Ayo Dosunmu ended his career w “This won’t end well for Illinois” lmao
This is the story I never wanted to write, because once upon a time I saw the best in Dan Dakich. I don't see it anymore. Instead I see — we all see — a mean-spirited bully disintegrating one tweet, one rant, one controversy at a time:
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I’ve watched this every morning for a week and it’s got me hype
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SOON
Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award Watchlist
@JoshKreutz
#Illini
//
#HTTO
//
#famILLy
//
@PolynesianFBHOF
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Ryan Walters should have to send Lovie a thank you letter every time he cashes that Big Ten HC paycheck lmao
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Lmao never forget
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Jeremiah Fears X Phoenix Gill backcourt in 2025 would heal broken marriages and give sight to the blind.
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“I’ve had some good D Linemen, I’ve never one in the Heisman race before the year started.” - Bret Bielema
First time for everything, big dog😈
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#IlliniNation
: *frothing at the mouth, chewing fingernails, pulling out hair, bleeding from left ear*
Coleman:
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Locked grandma in this cage and I am not letting her out until Marquise Lightfoot is a Fighting Illini🔶🔷
4⭐️ EDGE Marquise Lightfoot (
@MarquiseL01
) has arrived in Champaign for his official visit with Illinois, per his Instagram.
#Illini
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These mfs cannot be serious😭🤣
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Name a bigger upgrade:
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DWill COACHING AYO im gonna have an aneurysm
#Bulls
guard Ayo Dosunmu has been added to the Rising Stars Challenge as part of the All-Star festivities. He replaces injured Rockets guard Jalen Green.
Dosunmu will play Friday night for Deron Williams' team.
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If you ain’t gonna slap the floor like this ain’t no reason to slap it at all.
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Name an athlete who became more of a folk hero than being a great player
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I am so sick of this fake news narrative that Hunter Dickinson is “one of the best bigs in the country” I have literally never seen the dude play an elite game in like 5 years.
Dude is the definition of ‘all talk’.
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It’s time we start talking about the real possibility that the Fighting Illini have a Freshman All-American in both football AND basketball🔷🔶
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How about we hang this banner instead
@gvinny00
@DainjaSZN
@thereal_tbrad91
@BarstoolB1G
I’m devastated. Hang the banner on your mid season 2nd place finish!
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Busting out the haka to War Chant may be the hardest shit I’ve ever seen.
I love this so much lol
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All that matters now is Kofi hanging 40 on Wisco in the BTT Championship.
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This has concluded my short and uneventful career as a Bulls fan. I’ll be taking my talents to South Beach (or Denver or Portland or wherever Ayo goes)
BREAKING 🚨🚨
Ayo Dosunmu will likely NOT return to the
#Bulls
, per
@dan_bernstein
(via
@670TheScore
)
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“I’M THAT FUCKIN’ GUY” - Terrence Shannon Jr.
Who got the video I’m not looking it up
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Bad day to be a brick wall😈
"Our program is at a place where we're never rebuilding. Anybody who uses that word, I'm not going to talk to you anymore. We're not rebuilding, we're reloading"
With a new look roster,
#Illini
head coach Brad Underwood sets the standard at the start of summer workouts
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Marcus Domask posted the 10th ever tournament triple-double in his first ever NCAA tournament game as a fifth year senior.
Now go read that again just to make yourself smile.
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