Illinois fan harassing Kris Murray
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@PHawkKenyon . Sorry to hear that but glad to hear Kris was the bigger man!!
He's got bigger things to play for than an extra bye anyways
It’s been happening forever. Not a generational thing. I can remember people throwing bottles onto the field at Kinnick.
along with some pretty abusive verbal comments back in the 70, the words go kill yourself is very disturbing and hopefully any administration would work hard to find out who that person was and discipline him/her appropriately
along with some pretty abusive verbal comments back in the 70, the words go kill yourself is very disturbing and hopefully any administration would work hard to find out who that person was and discipline him/her appropriately
Agree with this. Social media, love the sharing of information and ability to interact with others, can be great. But I don't know where, when or how it became acceptable to yell things like what was yelled at Kris Murray. As others have pointed out, Iowa fan base is not immune. I see it at youth sports games where parents come completely unhinged at the ref or opposing coach, or even their own coach if they aren't playing their son/daughter enough. Completely insane. Makes me worried for the country and society in general. Sports gets people to that level of unhinged behavior, politics takes it to that x 1000.
It's funny you say this. I literally told my wife yesterday before the game that Illinois is the butthole of the B1G conference.
Sorry to hear that someone said those things. My wife and I are both Iowa grads and follow all the sports and players, men and women. We watched a great game last night and like all Hawk fans were disappointed in the end result, not the players. As disappointed as we fans were, no one felt worse than the players. Keegan and Kris would love to have those six free throws back but that isn't the way sports works. Sometimes, as hard as you play and try, things just don't work out. Now, on to the Big Ten Tournament, best wishes and we will be rooting hard for you. Go Hawks
I feel the same. In fact I think it's already about too late. People are clawing each others eyes out online over every topic. It's not just sports, either. Politics, Race, Covid, etc. Everybody is divided as can be and it seems to be getting worse and worse. Recent comments in this very thread - case in point.
Everybody has lost their damn minds. It's pretty obvious that some folks just sit around all day and stew about some of this shit.
For these reasons, I'm starting to consider just staying off message boards, Facebook, etc. altogether. It's not healthy to get caught up in it. Only reason I stay on Facebook, as you pointed out, is because it lets me stay in touch with some people that I can't otherwise see or talk to often, hurricane updates (Yeah I live in FL) and that sort of thing.
You're just as bad.
I hope Kris makes it to the NBA or other pro league and makes a ton of cash. The pathetic illini loser fan can sit in his moms basement with his video games.
That ok what goes around comes back. Illinois fans I hope you don't let your mouth over ride your ass . Your day will come to bad a few ass holes can destroy a good game
It became acceptable over the past 5 years. Lots of idiots are emboldened to say anything they want now.
What I'm speaking of began long before anyone heard of Donald Trump. Nixon did far more damage to this country. Yes, we have always had scum among us but there are many more of those types in the modern era than there were back in the day.
If that made you smile then I can comprehend why the shows like Friends & Big Bang Theory lasted as long as they did.
I remember being in Champaign after CMS40 died.
As the Hawks were leaving the court, having blown an 8 pt lead with 2:00 remaining (Andy Kaufmann), an Illinois fans yells:
"Hey Val Barnes, I hear Chris Street is still playing basketball...in a 6 foot under league."
My father honestly grabbed me by the belt and sat me down (I was attempting to go down and challenge the IL fan). "Son, stop it. You're pissed off and I get it. But I'm not letting you embarrass me like that dumba$$ kid embarrassed himself and his family."
Great lesson.
I will never cheer for Illinois. Not even if they were playing the Devil's team.
As the Hawks were leaving the court, having blown an 8 pt lead with 2:00 remaining (Andy Kaufmann), an Illinois fans yells:
"Hey Val Barnes, I hear Chris Street is still playing basketball...in a 6 foot under league."
My father honestly grabbed me by the belt and sat me down (I was attempting to go down and challenge the IL fan). "Son, stop it. You're pissed off and I get it. But I'm not letting you embarrass me like that dumba$$ kid embarrassed himself and his family."
Great lesson.
I will never cheer for Illinois. Not even if they were playing the Devil's team.
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Protecting children is one thing. But this seems like a bad look to me. Why share $$$ numbers?
The main problem with suicide is it’s usually the wrong people who commit it.
Any random fan who would use a racial slur or advocate someone end their life over a fugging basketball game needs to be first in line to take a bullet to the temple.
Does anyone remember this? When Steve Kerr's father was murdered some Arizona State fans were heckling him "where's your father?" during the game. I'm all for yelling and having fun at games, but some people just take it way too far.
Wait... White Sox fans?? If I made a list of the 50 worst professional fan bases, I don’t think the white Sox would even cross my mind to be added.
Well I am an Illini fan and that kind of behavior is unacceptable. No excuses. Very sorry that it happened!
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
Other people are never as good as my people.
Other people are never as good as my people.
For generations, illannoy fans have proven time and time again that they are the scum of the conference. No fan base comes close to the vile hatred exhibited by them. And the administration has done nothing to clean up the mess they've allowed to fester inside that craphole arena. It always gives me pleasure to watch their team flame out early in the NCAA tournament and this year will certainly be no exception.
Yeah, they usually suck so bad nobody cares... Most aren't as famous as this father son duo but similar classiness runs rampant on the south side. And Champaign it seems
I'm old too and have to call BS on this. There was just as many rude or downright evil in the 50s and 60s as there are now. The difference now is that social media makes it a lot easier for these people to disseminate their hate.
Yeah segregation was really civil. If anything drugs helped our country. Until the psychedelics were replaced with hard drugs.
Human nature doesn't change. It hasn't changed for ten thousand years. There are good and bad people in the world. I believe that most of them are good.
I have been to numerous sporting events on the Illinois campus over the last 55 years. The vast majority of Illinois fans I met were great people. I'm sure they would say the same thing about Iowa fans. Remember, it is an intense, border rivalry. They want to beat us, and we want to beat them.
In 1951, at an Illinois-Iowa football game in Iowa City, things got so bad that a big fight ensued and a student's jaw was broken. Because of that fight, Illinois and Iowa discontinued their football series for 17 years.
Both Illinois and Iowa have excellent basketball teams this year, and should be celebrated. A few bad apples is not representative of an entire fan base.
I have been to numerous sporting events on the Illinois campus over the last 55 years. The vast majority of Illinois fans I met were great people. I'm sure they would say the same thing about Iowa fans. Remember, it is an intense, border rivalry. They want to beat us, and we want to beat them.
In 1951, at an Illinois-Iowa football game in Iowa City, things got so bad that a big fight ensued and a student's jaw was broken. Because of that fight, Illinois and Iowa discontinued their football series for 17 years.
Both Illinois and Iowa have excellent basketball teams this year, and should be celebrated. A few bad apples is not representative of an entire fan base.
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