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Question: Favorite Illinois School
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Bradley University Braves - Peoria, IL		  
#2
Chicago State University Cougars - Chicago, IL		  
#3
DePaul University Demon Deacons - Chicago, IL		  
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Eastern Illinois University Panthers - Charleston, IL		  
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University of Illinois-Chicago Flames - Chicago, IL		  
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Illinois State University Redbirds - Normal, IL		  
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University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign Fighting Illini - Urbana-Champaign, IL		  
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Loyola University (Chicago) Ramblers - Chicago, IL		  
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Northern Illinois University Huskies - DeKalb, IL		  
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Northwestern University Wildcats- Evanston, IL		  
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Salukis - Carbondale, IL		  
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Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Cougars - Edwardsville, IL		  
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Western Illinois University Leathernecks - Macomb, IL		  
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University of Chicago Maroons - Chicago, IL		  
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Illinois Tech Scarlet Hawks - Chicago, IL		  
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« on: April 25, 2015, 01:15:03 AM »
« edited: April 25, 2015, 01:19:30 AM by SMilo »
We still got a tie between FSU and Miami but 3 less votes than the Alabama poll still so hopefully someone manages to break that. Onward to the next state in the meantime where we will change it up and head north to Big Ten country with a lot of directional schools in the mix.

My picks:
[1] DePaul
[2] Northwestern - if I had to go to one, it'd be here, but c'mon. Even DePaul has made the NCAA tournament (believe it or not)
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[3] SIU-Carbondale
[4] WIU
[5] Bradley
[6] The Illini
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[7] Illinois St. - like the football because MVC but basketball not at all
[8] Loyola (Chicago)
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[9] NIU
[10] EIU
[11] Chicago - hate the city but the strong econ department makes up for its lack of sports
[12] Illinois-Chicago
[13] Illinois Tech
[14] SIU-Edwardsville - THE FAKE SIU. I WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE
[15] Chicago State
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« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2015, 01:20:42 PM »
Northwestern
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« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2015, 01:27:11 PM »
All my friends have since graduated, but when they were in school, Carbondale was literally my favorite place in the world.
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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2015, 03:03:02 PM »
The list seems strangely short. Benedictine University has more students than Bradley, and Aurora University is almost as large. There are others missing from the private non-profits. Among public universities the list overlooks U of I Springfield, Governor's State University, Northeastern Illinois University, and WIU Quad Cities.

At least NIU was on the list. Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2015, 03:07:43 PM »
« Edited: April 25, 2015, 03:11:21 PM by SMilo »
It's mostly a football thing, muon Tongue
And Bradley is for basketball.
Typically I'd love to include all schools, but I'm trying to narrow it to those with fanbases that may get votes. NIU would be higher on my list if they would just stop beating up on my favorite directional schools in Michigan!
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« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2015, 03:35:54 PM »
Quote from: SMilo on April 25, 2015, 03:07:43 PM
It's mostly a football thing, muon Tongue
And Bradley is for basketball.
Typically I'd love to include all schools, but I'm trying to narrow it to those with fanbases that may get votes. NIU would be higher on my list if they would just stop beating up on my favorite directional schools in Michigan!

So how did U of Chicago get on the list? IIT (Illinois Tech) isn't really known for its sports, but it's there. I assume Loyola is for basketball, too.
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« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2015, 05:03:51 PM »
« Edited: April 25, 2015, 05:08:11 PM by SMilo »
The first two I added because I wanted to include top 125 us news ranked schools and top 15 liberal arts schools since some of them likely have a national brand as well. Didn't want to leave the MITs and Johns Hopkins' and UChicago's of the world off when the forum has as many academic-types as sports nuts.

And yes, Loyola and I believe Chicago State and Edwardsville are basketball only as well
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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2015, 05:25:06 PM »
guess I can't vote for Urbana-Champaign due to the Salaita affair..  I went with UI-Chicago
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« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2015, 08:42:58 AM »
My sister graduated from Eastern and the last time I ever flew an airplane I left from the local regional airport, so I went with that.
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« Reply #9 on: April 27, 2015, 01:48:43 AM »
I would love to visit U Chicago sometime.
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« Reply #10 on: April 27, 2015, 08:55:17 AM »
Depaul tried really hard to get me to come there. Wish I could have.
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« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2015, 11:14:45 AM »
U of I is the correct answer
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« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2015, 12:30:50 PM »
Close call between a few options.  Voted Northwestern.
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