OMG !!! The "Curse of the Chief" Took A BIG Night Off Last Night !

8 February 2013



OMG... 

They Pulled It Off !
 




The "Curse of the Chief" Took A BIG Night Off Last Night !


 I gotta admit that the guys Basketball team really fought a tooth and nail battle against INDIANA !

They were able to hang in there... almost like the Warriors of old... and bump off the #1 ranked team in the country, INDIANA, with a last second shot !


Congrats to their tenaciousness and to their great Upset WIN last night !!!


Now... if they could just pass along some of that courage and backbone to the Administrators... maybe they would come to their senses... and DO THE RIGHT THING... Bring Back The Chief !

Politically Correct Idiocy Continues at the Once Great U of I

7 February 2013

                                                                                                             

The Politically Correct Idiocy Continues at the Once Great U of I in Champaign-Urbana !

Read the following story as linked at:  http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=4603 

You will be amazed to see the Administration officials are continuing to stick their heads further in the sand and are trying to find another mascot... one that no self-respecting true Illini fan would want to see represent their once proud team spirit !

What dummies those officials continue to be ! 

And the "curse of the Chief" continues... look at the ongoing downhill slide of the once-ranked U of I Basketball team !!!

12 March 2012: It's Oh So Obvious !!!

The Once-Proud and Inspiring Symbol of a Competitive Fighting Illini !!!

The result of the Curse of Chief Illiniwek !?!
How many more times must it happen ???

Coach Weber... the most recent casualty of "The Curse" !!!


The Springfield, IL newspaper... the State Journal-Register... published the results of an online poll they took on Friday 9 March 2012:


Their poll question...

"Who's more to blame for the Illini's poor basketball season?"

Their results...

Coach Weber.............20%

The Players...............26%

Both Equally..............54%



I think they can't see the forest for the trees... it's oh so obvious !

I believe the culprit this year was again - The Curse Of Chief Illiniwek !!!


Yes, that ongoing black cloud that has hung over all Illini teams since the know-it-alls (and political-correctness idiots) banished that patriotic, inspirational symbol of determination, spirit, grit, pride, and hard-driving competitive sportsmanship... the Great Chief Illiniwek !


BRING BACK THE CHIEF !!!

"Curse of the Chief" strikes again ?

Oh No !

Did the "Curse of the Chief" strike again ?

The U of I got slapped and is not invited to play at the "big dance"... the NCAA "March Madness" tourney this season.

The valiant Fighting Illini basketball players...
without their Brave and Honorable Warrior, Chief Illiniwek to guide them...
will now be seeded #1 in the NIT bracket.

Good Luck and play hard in winning the NIT !

Is There A 'Curse' on the Illini ?

Is there a "curse" that let's the Fighting Illini teams have some sparkling victories... BUT keeps the carrot of 'the Big Win' dangling out of reach?

Shortly after Chief Illiniwek's "burial" under the dirt of political correctness, the U of I football team excelled their way to the Rose Bowl in January, 2008... where they were then thumped on by USC 49-17... the victory carrot snatched away!

U of I Football 2009 was sadly not much to talk about.

After struggling some this season, the basketball team really shone in the Big 10 Tourney when they beat a strong Wisconsin team. But... with a glowing upset in their sites, the Illini gave up a 10-point lead and lost in overtime to first-seed Ohio... another victory carrot snatched.

Now, can they make the Big NCAA Tourney? It looks 50/50 so far. Cross your fingers and rub a rabbit's foot for good luck (and to cancel out the 'curse of the Chief').

The Chief and a Tradition are Born

Chief Illiniwek did his first Indian dance at Champaign-Urbana's Memorial Stadium on October 30th, 1926.

A co-creator of Chief Illiniwek as a symbol of athletic strength and honor, Lester Leutwiler, was the first 'Chief Illiniwek' and performed his first authentic Indian dance at half time during a U of Illinois vs U of Pennsylvania football game.

A tradition was immediately born and Chief Illiniwek as an inspiring symbol and mascot proudly continued uninterrupted until February of 2007.

Then the wimps at the U of I administration kowtowed to overwhelmingly fictitious and so-called 'politically correct' accusations from outsiders that the Chief was somehow offensive and demands he must be destroyed.

More than 35 different students danced as the Chief (even one young lady danced as "Princess Illiniwek" during WWII)... and after 81 years of Chief Illiniwek's honorable and inspiring traditional dances for the Fighting Illini then became just a memory.