*** Official #10 Illinois vs #4 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[I-stateTheTruth]

I hope our greater track record / battle-testing wins the day.

It seems like a LOT of national commentators are picking the Illijni due to their elite offense.

 

[madguy30]

If we play like we did in the Big XII tournament it won't be that close.

Yeah just hold IL to 41 points and score 70.

Is that too much to ask!?

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

75-70 Illinois.

It’s almost worth it to put money on the Illini. If they win, you can make some decent return. If the Cyclones win, I’m screaming in happiness and okay to lose a little money.

 

[CycloneErik]

Huge opportunity for a team with the toughness and talent to pull it off. The merciless nature of the tournament is that it probably comes down to who has their best stuff today, and who can hold onto the momentum (or seize it back). GO CYCLONES!

The opponent steps into the Garden and they become the enemy. The enemy deserves NO MERCY!!!!

 

[bawbie]

The lodge at Lutsen burned earlier this year, I think. We stopped there on the way to Isle Royale last summer, the Scouts had a great time on the alpine slide. That whole northern part of the Great Lakes region is pretty awesome, if you're into backpacking, Isle Royale is an amazing trek! Not for the faint of heart, it was difficult, but so worth it!

What! I had no idea that it burned, we were in that area last summer and they were doing a major construction project in that area.

 

[cycloneman003]

So much 1999-20 deja vu with this region. Let's go repeat history in this round and reverse it on Saturday!

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

The lodge at Lutsen burned earlier this year, I think. We stopped there on the way to Isle Royale last summer, the Scouts had a great time on the alpine slide. That whole northern part of the Great Lakes region is pretty awesome, if you're into backpacking, Isle Royale is an amazing trek! Not for the faint of heart, it was difficult, but so worth it!

Ya that sounds awesome. Do they allow dogs on that trail?

 

[Spanky]

The scared part especially is me today.

 

[Kinch]

If you are nervous this morning, keep in mind Fran is more nervous about the portal.

 

[jcyclonee]

Thanks Rulzzz!

Any team that can’t figure out an appropriate mascot deserves to be ridiculed.
Might as well give them an off season to work on it. Go Cyclones!

If they truly want to represent their state, their mascot should probably be the Deep Dish Pizzas or Corrupt Union Officials.

 

[CloneLawman]

If we play like we did in the Big XII tournament it won't be that close.

Tomorrow, there will be sportswriters in Chicago once again writing "
Illinois might as well have tried to play basketball with an Iowa cyclone as with the Iowa State team it met yesterday,"

 

[CloneLawman]

If they truly want to represent their state, their mascot should probably be the Deep Dish Pizzas or Corrupt Union Officials.

Their mascot should have the Blago hair style!

 

[1100011CS]

75-70 Illinois.

It’s almost worth it to put money on the Illini. If they win, you can make some decent return. If the Cyclones win, I’m screaming in happiness and okay to lose a little money.

I've been doing this most of the season and won't stop now. My bank is almost empty but as long as we keep winning...

 

[Kinch]

If Illinois commits the same amount of turnovers as the number of Illinois governors currently sitting in prison, we should be fine.

 

[jcyclonee]

Their mascot should have the Blago hair style!

Maybe 25 years ago, I knew somebody that went on a date with Rod Blago. He picked her up in a limo. All she could say was, "He talked nonstop about himself and had hair like a Monchhichi."

 

[simply1]

It’s time to arrive on the National Stage.

 

[cowgirl836]

Win or lose tonight, I will still give them the side eye when they swerve around me with their over sized, over indulged north woods vacation swag.

does it mean I'm fully integrated into WI when I too, now cuss out IL plates on the interstate?

TBF, I have the belief that the Venn Diagrams of "FIBS" and "from Chicago here for vacation" groups make a circle therefore I have never been a FIB.

 

[Cyrocks]

KenPom has us as a 1 point favorite tonight 76-75.

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game on.

You do a good job of posting the KenPom stuff.

Just curious. Have you tracked how often it is right?

 

[KnappShack]

**** those FIBs!!!!

Yeah!!

 

[Cyhig]

The lodge at Lutsen burned earlier this year, I think. We stopped there on the way to Isle Royale last summer, the Scouts had a great time on the alpine slide. That whole northern part of the Great Lakes region is pretty awesome, if you're into backpacking, Isle Royale is an amazing trek! Not for the faint of heart, it was difficult, but so worth it!

Yes - it burned earlier this year. Luckily nobody was harmed. It went quickly.