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Texts few, far between at Illini games

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CHAMPAIGN — As the Memorial Stadium crowd was enjoying a rare Illini win over Nebraska last fall, one fan was having a little too much fun.

“Illini idiot with a horse head with alcohol on him shouting obscenities. Standing in aisle between section 111 and 110. Row 4,” another fan texted to the customer help line at 4:20 p.m.

Fifty-two minutes later, came another: “Illini, how long is it going to take?