IHSA basketball contract will go to...

[EdgyTim]

Champaign for the Boys and I'll guess ISU will retain the Girls. All just pure guesses on my part.

Also look for the focus to become the next football host contract which ends I believe after this year in Champaign or 2021 in DeKalb...I'm double checking on that one.

I've said for a handful of years now that ISU will play a big role for the next football contract as host and I say ISU will get it or at least co-host. I'm very interested to see if Champaign wants football back and I would not be shocked to see them pass on football if they land Hoops. I also feel NIU has been a very good host for football...yes media wise it's bad but outside of that? Lots of positives from my observations....best case scenario is they rotate between NIU and ISU.

Also still don't get why IHSA insist on 5 year plus contract for hosting sites....if football has shown anything...rotating sites every other years keeps things fresh and I feel it keeps the host cities a bit more involved. Seen things drop off at various one site multi-year host in the past after the first few years....

 

[ClownBaby]

ISU is the best spot for football. They have a great new facility and the location is ideal for the entire state.

 

[missingwalter]

ISU is the best spot for football. They have a great new facility and the location is ideal for the entire state.

and ISU has the Pub II

 

[sporthog9er]

Pub II yes sir

 

[greatgig13]

and ISU has the Pub II

Cheese balls.

 

[missingwalter]

Cheese balls.

I'm pretty sure I paid for that beer garden.

 

[greatgig13]

I'm pretty sure I paid for that beer garden.

I don’t think I did. Back when it was $1.50 pitchers.

 

[missingwalter]

You may have helped them buy out the Bike shop and expand.

 

[PowerI66]

I much prefer Brew-ha's. $2 burger basket and $2 imports on Tuesdays!

 

[missingwalter]

I much prefer Brew-ha's. $2 burger basket and $2 imports on Tuesdays!

I'm either too old or too young to know of this place.

 

[PowerI66]

Its right across the street. In pretty sure its been there quite a while, but I can't find when it opened.

 

[missingwalter]

Its right across the street. In pretty sure its been there quite a while, but I can't find when it opened.

Other than a few stops here and there, I've been gone from ISU since 1997. That whole strip is completely different now, but the Pub II remains.

 

[FCHS2019]

Other than a few stops here and there, I've been gone from ISU since 1997. That whole strip is completely different now, but the Pub II remains.

ISU has rocked it, really made the directional schools look bad.. the Downtown Normal area is awesome, the area along in Main has improved a ton with restaurants apartments. They have really created a big gap with UI, UIC and ISU between NIU, SIU etc..

 

[missingwalter]

ISU has rocked it, really made the directional schools look bad.. the Downtown Normal area is awesome, the area along in Main has improved a ton with restaurants apartments. They have really created a big gap with UI, UIC and ISU between NIU, SIU etc..

Yeah, it's definitely not the same and obviously looks much better, but I'll still wax nostalgic for the old Shannigans and some Grog's pizza.

 

[Chicago773]

DeKalb & ISU should be the move!!! @EdgyTim give us detail on the media challenges at NIU

 

[crusader_of_90]

Sub Conscience.

And if anyone was around in 1992 spring - 99 East Cherry, Apartment Number Two.

I worked the door - the Offensive Line had shirts depicting them as security ... and like the hooker in Platoon, anything you want. This was Wonderland.

Then there were shootings and chaos at the end of the semester with the Rodney King thing ... That part sucked. But for 15 weeks, it was great!

 

[EdgyTim]

DeKalb & ISU should be the move!!! @EdgyTim give us detail on the media challenges at NIU

Press box at NIU that's from I'd guess the 1950's very little room to operate just very small cramp and cold and the same goes for any radio/TV etc. Amazed they can do any TV at Huskie Stadium to be honest.

 

[missingwalter]

Sub Conscience.

And if anyone was around in 1992 spring - 99 East Cherry, Apartment Number Two.

I worked the door - the Offensive Line had shirts depicting them as security ... and like the hooker in Platoon, anything you want. This was Wonderland.

Then there were shootings and chaos at the end of the semester with the Rodney King thing ... That part sucked. But for 15 weeks, it was great!

I was around then, actually lived at 104 W. cherry that summer and later 104 E Cherry in the house next to the gamma Phi’s. Racial tensions were terrible for a while down there.

 

[crusader_of_90]

I was around then, actually lived at 104 W. cherry that summer and later 104 E Cherry in the house next to the gamma Phi’s. Racial tensions were terrible for a while down there.

Just down the street - we were right in the tracks.

 

[missingwalter]

yeah, I've lived on both sides of the tracks on Cherry. If you go there long enough, you live a lot of places and I'm not even a Doctor.

**SubConcious was actually good, Grogs was terrible, but still pizza.

 

[crusader_of_90]

yeah, I've lived on both sides of the tracks on Cherry. If you go there long enough, you live a lot of places and I'm not even a Doctor.

**SubConcious was actually good, Grogs was terrible, but still pizza.

Michelleo’s was the “good” pizza.

 

[missingwalter]

Michelleo’s was the “good” pizza.

Yeah, that and Jake's were the best. For a short spell there was a place called Anthony's that was pretty good.

 

[net-se]

i can't believe there's no love on here for schooner's. i love that place.

or lucca grill...........

 

[missingwalter]

i can't believe there's no love on here for schooner's. i love that place.

or lucca grill...........

Schooners was alright, but not on campus, same with Lucca grill. Normal loved DUI's too. There was a reason Bloomington closed at 2 and Normal at 1.

 

[greatgig13]

Michelleo’s was the “good” pizza.

The family special. One large, one small pizza and a liter of RC. I delivered pizzas for one semester and quit after it conflicted with my party schedule.

 

[greatgig13]

i can't believe there's no love on here for schooner's. i love that place.

or lucca grill...........

I was out by 89. Never heard of those places. For bars we had Pub II, Rocky’s, Shenanigans, The Cellar and Bogeys in Bloomington for late night trolling. Food was Michaleo’s and Avanti’s.

 

[missingwalter]

I was out by 89. Never heard of those places. For bars we had Pub II, Rocky’s, Shenanigans, The Cellar and Bogeys in Bloomington for late night trolling. Food was Michaleo’s and Avanti’s.

Schooner's has been around, kind of a towny bar in the Bloomington. All those you mentioned were still around until the mid-90's. Rocky's closed in '95. Lucca Grill, also in Bloomington, was around through the 90's as well. I got there in '89 and after a couple of tenures, I left in December of 95. It was Shannigans, which is a common mistake.

 

[godfthr53]

Press box at NIU that's from I'd guess the 1950's very little room to operate just very small cramp and cold and the same goes for any radio/TV etc. Amazed they can do any TV at Huskie Stadium to be honest.

Being in the box at both Champaign and NIU I can agree that Champaign is infinitely better.

 

[sporthog9er]

I was always partial to Foul Shots, not sure if that is there anymore by ISU

 

[missingwalter]

I was always partial to Foul Shots, not sure if that is there anymore by ISU

Was that over there by University Liquors?

 

[sporthog9er]

Was that over there by University Liquors?

I'm not sure. I didn't attend ISU but visited buddies alot. And usually not in the right frame of mind to remember. I do recall it closing, then there was as foul shots 2 that opened up. Sort of a dive bar with sports theme

 

[missingwalter]

I'm pretty sure that's where it was, near the McDonald's and Spanky's.

 

[crusader_of_90]

Was that over there by University Liquors?

U Lick was by LaBambas, yeah? Or was that the one by Kingery Court.

 

[missingwalter]

U Lick was by LaBambas, yeah? Or was that the one by Kingery Court.

U-liq was by Kingery and McD's. Budget-Liq was by LaBamba.

 

[crusader_of_90]

Anyone remember the Phi Sig house being firebombed?

I was at Southern at that point but it was awful.

 

[missingwalter]

The AKL house had the same thing happen in the summer of '91.

 

[greatgig13]

The AKL house had the same thing happen in the summer of '91.

My favorite was KTB. Kappa Tappa Brew.

 

[crusader_of_90]

Someone's business was conflicting with another's, was my understanding.

 

[missingwalter]

Someone's business was conflicting with another's, was my understanding.

Phi Sigs or AKL?

 

[PowerI66]

I'm pretty sure that's where it was, near the McDonald's and Spanky's.

Correct. It was closed my freshman year in 2008.