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[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

This 1982 Miller Lite commercial with Rodney Dangerfield, Dick Butkus, John Madden, Bubba Smith, Deacon Jones & others cannot be topped

[James Woods @RealJamesWoods]

I don’t think Billy Woods and I are related, but, dear Lord, I wish we were.

[PrairieStatePigskin @PSPigskin]

Former Illinois State RB James Robinson rushed for 69 yards and a TD on 16 carries as Louisville rallied past DC to win the United Bowl, 27-20.

[MJTruthUltra @MJTruthUltra]

Hot Diggity Dog “You just PISSED ME OFF”

Marion County FL Sheriff Billy Woods just went OFF on a piece of shit reporter who shifted topics away from a major sting operation to capture child sex criminals.

“Out of all this shit, you want to ask about another case? We’re talking about CHILDREN! — THAT (points to the sex predators) is what you need to be focused on— this press conference is solely for those pieces of shit right there.”

Drop a . If you approve his message

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[PrairieStatePigskin @PSPigskin]

Ex-Illinois State RB James Robinson broke off a 53-yard TD run to open the scoring as the Louisville Kings posted a 29-20 win at St. Louis to move into the UFL title game. The Kings face the DC Defenders in the United Bowl at 2 p.m. Saturday on ABC.
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[PrairieStatePigskin @PSPigskin]

Former Illinois State All-American RB James Robinson and his Louisville Kings teammates open the UFL playoffs at 5 p.m. at the St. Louis Battlehawks. Robinson, a Rockford native, rushed for 300 yards and 3 TDs in 6 games this season for the Kings.

[🌟Hope🌟 @NadaAJones]

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[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

[Officer Lew @officer_Lew]

Teammate beats his wife?

NFL players: crickets

Teammate introduces President Trump at an event?

NFL players: “I have to speak out against this.”

Make it make sense.

[Pete Hegseth @PeteHegseth]

Two simple Truths:

Jesus Christ died for our sins.

America’s fallen died for our freedom.

May we live worthy.

[PrairieStatePigskin @PSPigskin]

Former Illinois State RB James Robinson rushed for 88 yards and caught 2 passes for 14 yards as Louisville won its 3rd straight #UFL game. Robinson, a Rockford native, has rushed for 388 yards on 104 carries this season (3.73 pga).

[PrairieStatePigskin @PSPigskin]

Head coaches who have taken Illinois State to the I-AA/FCS playoffs:

🏈Todd Berry (1998, 1999)
🏈Denver Johnson (2006)
🏈Brock Spack (2012, '14, '15, '16, '19, '24, '25)

National semifinals in 1999
National runners-up 2014, 2025

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

This is what Memorial Day is about, This is also why We don’t tolerate People Burning our Flag!

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🚨 Sheridan Gorman's father is absolutely TORCHING Democrats on stage with Trump

"I'm not a politician. I'm not a public speaker.
I'm a father whose daughter was MURDERED by an illegal."

"I'm a husband who had to hold his wife on Mother's Day when she asked the question no mother should ever have to ask: "am I still the mother of two?"

"Yes, Jess, you're still the mother of two because Sheridan will always be our daughter. No mother should ever have to ask that question, and no father should ever have to answer it. This is what FAILED POLICIES have done to our family."

"NO FAMILY should have to become experts in immigration failures, release policies, warrants, sanctuary laws, enforcement breakdowns because their daughter was KlLLED by someone who should NOT have been here, and should NOT be free."

[Jason Cohen 🇺🇸 @JasonJournoDC]

💥Scott Jennings👏

“I think when the shooter pulled the trigger in Utah, he thought he was ending a movement. He thought if he could kill someone like Charlie Kirk, he could kill what Charlie stood for.”

“That the rest of us would get the message, that we would heed the warning: ‘Silence yourselves or we will do it for you.’ That’s what they thought.”

“But in trying to silence one voice, I believe they’ve created thousands. And in trying to end one conversation, they have started millions.”

“Ultimately, what Charlie stood for was faith and freedom. And here’s the thing about those two items: You can’t kill them.”

[PrairieStatePigskin @PSPigskin]

Despite playing in only 5 of 8 UFL games this spring, former Illinois State All-American RB James Robinson leads the Louisville Kings in rushing. Robinson has rushed for 212 yards on 60 carries (3.5 ypc). He has scored 3 TDs and has not fumbled.

[Jake Cribbs @jake_cribbs]

Cool moment before the OU game. The kid who sang the national anthem started crying and couldn’t finish, the OU crowd helped him through it, and Coach Patty Gasso and the team were there to encourage him after. #Sooners

[Paul Kabbes @PaulKabbes]

Lucky to have this guy on our sidelines. Best coach in the history of @RedbirdFB has the Birds primed for another big year!

[PrairieStatePigskin @PSPigskin]

Former Illinois State RB James Robinson, who was cut by the UFL's Louisville Kings in the preseason, is back with the team. Robinson rushed for 58 yards and a TD on 13 carries in Saturday's 30-13 upset of the first-place DC Defenders. Robinson also caught an 18-yard pass.

[James Robinson @Robinson_jamess]

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