Mark Schnake

I-L-L! cyclist, watch collector

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@davidu There used to be a way to do this with PayPal and letting it overdraft with a credit card as a backup. Haven’t tried this in ~10 years so no idea if that hack still exists. Just make sure you pay you cc off every month as it’s a cash advance charge.

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@SleepersMedia This is hyperbole. The 2024 UConn team was as good if not better.

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@FanboyCarp Same. I’m eating crow. The 16 and 8 were partially coaching wins even.

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@ALionEye I bet some 1 seeds have outpaced that against 16’s. Back in the day, those scores felt like 110-40

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@ALionEye Mic drop

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@loganrwade @illini_hype This is the answer

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@roblot31playa I think I have to be one of the biggest Brad haters over the last 5 years. This is perhaps his best coaching job. He is some OT wins away from a 1 seed. He also appears to have handed the reigns over to his assistants and focusing on recruiting/culture.

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@TheConnorPils He’s running into an issue with the expectations he’s verbally setting. “We are a top 15 team and with the right matchups we can make a huge run” is accurate.

This isn’t what he says. FWIW, next to 2021 I think this is his best coaching job.

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@ALionEye @msu, split the west coast trip, and at home to Michigan doesn’t surprise me. Michigan is better. Wisconsin was unacceptable and it stinks we dint steal one at UCLA. Things are never as good or as bad as they seem, they are somewhere in the middle.

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@200ColumnsRy I was ready to run BU out of the state after Illinois showed up flat to UCONN and Nebraska. The UCLA game doesn’t bother me. We showed up with great energy and put up 90. UCLA stats corrected in 2H.

If any IL player bodied him at the end, it would have been whistled.

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@ALionEye You are a #’s guy, wouldn’t OT generally be 50/50? It’d be cool to get that correction over the next few months.

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@IlliniGuy9595 @JWerner247 I am well on record of being anti-underwood, but that drive was on the players.

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@PodcastIllini Illinois typically doesn’t win the big home game…

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@soehnlin_j4134 @DrHoodieMaddog This.

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@msucontent @TheSpartanMag There wasn’t a call on that play, Tommy. The trip resulted in a 4 on 5 advantage and an open 3.

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@itsAntWright None of those guys will go back to MSU…I’m sure they’d prefer a different style of basketball.

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@giveupalready5 @KyleBuhs @colehawk23 Maybe it’s nuanced, but Jase, Akins. Tre and Booker were higher levels of talent than anyone on 25-26. If the fast break didn’t work, the goal wasn’t free throws.

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@TheConnorPils It’s frustrating to see that style of play rewarded (and yes, Illinois has played that way before). It’s plays designed to get to the line and then flopping to disrupt any natural flow that could bend it more talented teams. They’ll lose probably half+ of the rest of road games

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@GriffDancer11 @colehawk23 Last year’s MSU squad was materially different…

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@WoTDragonDaddy @colehawk23 Re-read my comment. It’s a style of ball issue and 2026 MSU is one of the worst versions.