Reading Loren Tate is one of the guilty pleasures of an Illini fan. 75% of the time, I strongly disagree with him. The other 25% , I think he is dead on. Now the internet/ new media has eroded Loren's information advantage, but he is still a good read.
I dig the fact he will come at you with a Cy Vaughn and Bobby Eisner reference, as he did in his last column, when the 99% of all Illini fans have no idea who these guys are and their connection to Illini sports. Loren is like a living historian/ grudge recepticale for all the wrongs that have been done to the Illini, germanting in his East Central Illinois bubble, largely oblivious to the changes in the world going on around him.
Loren's mission statement is that all freshman should be redshirted, Illinois will never compete with Michigan and Ohio State in football, and Chicago is not part of Illinois. I disagree stongly with all these statements now more than ever, but Loren is the cranky old Uncle at thanksgiving who says I told you so.
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