The Champaign Room · Feb 3, 2022
It’s time to go all-in emotionally
I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the Fighting Illini emphatically took control of the Big Ten on Wednesday with a huge win over Wisconsin as Kofi Cockburn scored 37.
I want to elaborate on something I touched on in my Twitter video:
You’re snowed in. So is @thumpasaurus1
Illinois is in sole possession of first again. Jump around! pic.twitter.com/wW7hy7g12H
— The Champaign Room (@Champaign_Room) February 3, 2022 “It’s just different now.”
That’s what I want to talk about. I’m among the older members of the Lost Generation of Illini basketball fans. I was a freshman in 2007 when the Illini began wandering in the wilderness for more than a decade.