JIMMY GREENFIELD:
TOPIC 1: DID SUNDAY’S NBA PUNISHMENT GIVE ANYONE A RAW DEAL?
Looks fine to me. I just wish Ron Artest made more so he could lose more.
TOPIC 2: WHAT’S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR THE NEXT ILLINI COACH? Deciding whether to rent or buy.
TOPIC 3: DO NOT USE GOOGLE, DO NOT E-MAIL A FRIEND. WHO ARE THE CHICAGO SOLDIERS?
An ABA expansion franchise. At least, according to Google and many of my friends.
TOPIC 4: GIVE US YOUR FAVORITE LOU HOLTZ MEMORY.
It has to be from “Annie Hall,” or perhaps “Manhattan.” He’s a genius!
TOPIC 5: IF CHICAGO HAD A COLLEGE BOWL GAME, WHAT COULD WE CALL IT?
The Misera Bowl.
PHIL THOMPSON:
TOPIC 1: DID SUNDAY’S NBA PUNISHMENT GIVE ANYONE A RAW DEAL?
Me. Whose going to pay for my therapy after this?
TOPIC 2: WHAT’S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR THE NEXT ILLINI COACH?
As far as recruiting, competing with a really good juco. Or Northwestern.
TOPIC 3: DO NOT USE GOOGLE, DO NOT E-MAIL A FRIEND. WHO ARE THE CHICAGO SOLDIERS?
Bears fans’ answer to the Dog Pound.
TOPIC 4: GIVE US YOUR FAVORITE LOU HOLTZ MEMORY.
Notre Dame’s upset of juggernaut Florida State with Charlie Ward. Huge.
TOPIC 5: IF CHICAGO HAD A COLLEGE BOWL GAME, WHAT COULD WE CALL IT?
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The Clothes Bowl. Bundle up if you’re playing here in January.
LEO EBERSOLE:
TOPIC 1: DID SUNDAY’S NBA PUNISHMENT GIVE ANYONE A RAW DEAL?
Suspending guys for leaving the bench has always seemed silly to me.
TOPIC 2: WHAT’S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR THE NEXT ILLINI COACH?
Banning the all-orange uniforms.
TOPIC 3: DO NOT USE GOOGLE, DO NOT E-MAIL A FRIEND. WHO ARE THE CHICAGO SOLDIERS?
An elite group of … I have no idea.
TOPIC 4: GIVE US YOUR FAVORITE LOU HOLTZ MEMORY.
Every interview when he’d basically say, “We’ve got no shot on Saturday.”
TOPIC 5: IF CHICAGO HAD A COLLEGE BOWL GAME, WHAT COULD WE CALL IT?
A great chance to boost car-towing revenue.
WHIZZER:
TOPIC 1: DID SUNDAY’S NBA PUNISHMENT GIVE ANYONE A RAW DEAL?
Pacers fans would cry, “Yes.” And they’d be wrong.
TOPIC 2: WHAT’S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR THE NEXT ILLINI COACH?
Reach for the sky, achieve your dreams and go 4-7 in 2005.
TOPIC 3: DO NOT USE GOOGLE, DO NOT E-MAIL A FRIEND. WHO ARE THE CHICAGO SOLDIERS?
Anyone who fights Wrigley Field traffic during home games.
TOPIC 4: GIVE US YOUR FAVORITE LOU HOLTZ MEMORY.
He once sang “Wheels on the Bus” for reporters.
TOPIC 5: IF CHICAGO HAD A COLLEGE BOWL GAME, WHAT COULD WE CALL IT?
It’s the Daley Bowl or it doesn’t happen.
BAG BOY:
TOPIC 1: DID SUNDAY’S NBA PUNISHMENT GIVE ANYONE A RAW DEAL?
Still waiting to hear the punishment for the fools that threw crap.
TOPIC 2: WHAT’S THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE AHEAD FOR THE NEXT ILLINI COACH?
This sounds crazy but, “Keep in-state talent … in the state.”
TOPIC 3: DO NOT USE GOOGLE, DO NOT E-MAIL A FRIEND. WHO ARE THE CHICAGO SOLDIERS?
It’s my fantasy football team. Ironically, no Chicago players.
TOPIC 4: GIVE US YOUR FAVORITE LOU HOLTZ MEMORY.
When he took six different schools to a bowl, none of them my team.
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TOPIC 5: IF CHICAGO HAD A COLLEGE BOWL GAME, WHAT COULD WE CALL IT?
Even less important than Dec. 14’s New Orleans Bowl.