Just flew in from Vegas....

[dogsrus]

...and BOY are my arms tired. Bada bump.
Great weekend....MY actual 1st trip to Vegas. Don't mean to sound like some bumpkin (I have travelled a bit) but MAN is that town BIG. Its like one HUGE Mall. Ceasars Palace is so big...man those Greeks really now how to build a place. Mirage was a nice place to stay.

Congrats to BU for putting together a flawless trip. A little golf, betting ...refreshments...GREAT food (I guess the days of cheap eats in Vegas are gone YIKES)

Nice to meet several BU posters...Heemymonster, Chitown, BradleyBrave and a few others that slip my fried mind.

The arena was nice....better then the usual HS Gym. Refs were suspect. They seemed to be impressed or intimidated with Illinois's name. I dunno for sure.

Illini 2-1 0ver BU in numbers but BU held there own in the game.

I'm one that really could care less about playing Illinois. Its ok but once every 4-5-6 years is fine. I'm more concerned about playing well and THATS what I hope is happening.

We bring THAT effort and intensity the rest of the year and we could make some noise. I just want to see some carry-over to ANOTHER Illinois team specifically Northern Illinois.

Wonderful balanced effort by all. SO many "keys" to the game...Warrens three of a GREAT screen, Sams free throws, Roberts MONSTER rebound and putback...CR went up and stole it against bigger players and the entrie crowd gasped.

DSE got hosed on his charge and basket taken away especially when Cole went down and got the EXACT opposite call. Need to see that replay for sure.

DSE with some huge defense. Will held his own and outplayed Tisdale IMO. Sams giving 100% on a 65% leg...he was limping alot.

Nice contributions from Sticks. Had a riot greeting the team back at the Mirage. We "owned" the hotels North end for a few hours with hundreds of Red clad fans waiting at the entrance and taking up an entire open Bar that allowed us to hang over the rails and high five the players as they continued into the hotel.

We were loud but its Vegas and no one cared......

NOW..I must rest. Go BU and BUILD on this win.

[mrcoachdude]

Dru was pictured on the BIG screen! Sounds like a great time.....I gott amake one of those trips for some golf and hoops!

[dogsrus]

Dru was pictured on the BIG screen! Sounds like a great time.....I gott amake one of those trips for some golf and hoops!

The Illini fans weren't booing they were yelling DRUUUUUU....(not)

Yeah...join us the next trip. Hopefully Hawaii.

[Chucky T's]

Let's plan on a BU trip somewhere around the second weekend in March.

[Headless Bobcat]

Ceasars Palace is so big...man those Greeks really now how to build a place.

Caesar was Roman, but I digress...

[Murph]

Sounds like a good time was had, If the timing was a bit different I definitely would have been there.

[TheHeemyMonster]

Didnt get back to Peoria till 1030 or so last night.... ohh what a weekend. Coach Buesher was on my flight home and overheard him talking about the game and how much fun he had this weekend.

It was great to meet a few posters as well. Sat right by dogsrus at both games. I think I found someone who likes to yell at the refs just as much as me.

Overall, it was a great weekend. Although my wallet is very thin, the win vs the illini made my trip. The best part of this now is the fact I have this whole week off work to recover. I might be posting more than tornado this week....

[dogsrus]

Caesar was Roman, but I digress...

Hey...cut me some slack...I just got back from Vegas, my wires are still a bit short circuted. Nice catch though.

[dogsrus]

Didnt get back to Peoria till 1030 or so last night.... ohh what a weekend. Coach Buesher was on my flight home and overheard him talking about the game and how much fun he had this weekend.

It was great to meet a few posters as well. Sat right by dogsrus at both games. I think I found someone who likes to yell at the refs just as much as me.

Overall, it was a great weekend. Although my wallet is very thin, the win vs the illini made my trip. The best part of this now is the fact I have this whole week off work to recover. I might be posting more than tornado this week....

Heeemy...it was great to meet you. I've met alot of wonderful fans on these trips including S. Padre, Tulsa, Oakland and now Vegas.


BU fans are the best.......and I simply deny the assertion that I yell at refs.

[BradleyBrave]

Overall, it was a great weekend. Although my wallet is very thin, the win vs the illini made my trip. The best part of this now is the fact I have this whole week off work to recover. I might be posting more than tornado this week....

Any particular reason why?

[BU_EMT128]

Any particular reason why?

He bet on the illini to cover...

[TheHeemyMonster]

He bet on the illini to cover...

ha.... u might be right on that.... rumor has it BradleyBrave made out very well, maybe I can get a loan...

[houstonbrave]

Yeah DRU I don't know why anybody says you yell at refs. It took months for my hearing to recover from S. Padre. I was really surprised you did not get "ejected" considering you spent the OK State game on the floor.

Now that Bruce has said he won't play us again should we call them the "Frightened Illini" ?

[dogsrus]

Yeah DRU I don't know why anybody says you yell at refs. It took months for my hearing to recover from S. Padre. I was really surprised you did not get "ejected" considering you spent the OK State game on the floor.

Now that Bruce has said he won't play us again should we call them the "Frightened Illini" ?

OK I yelled a bit but I was NICE about it.

Good to see you at Vegas.....hope you had a good time with my regular golfing buddies Troy and Mark.

[Out of Balance]

...and BOY are my arms tired. Bada bump.
Great weekend....MY actual 1st trip to Vegas. Don't mean to sound like some bumpkin (I have travelled a bit) but MAN is that town BIG. Its like one HUGE Mall. Ceasars Palace is so big...man those Greeks really now how to build a place. Mirage was a nice place to stay.

Congrats to BU for putting together a flawless trip. A little golf, betting ...refreshments...GREAT food (I guess the days of cheap eats in Vegas are gone YIKES)

Nice to meet several BU posters...Heemymonster, Chitown, BradleyBrave and a few others that slip my fried mind.

The arena was nice....better then the usual HS Gym. Refs were suspect. They seemed to be impressed or intimidated with Illinois's name. I dunno for sure.

Illini 2-1 0ver BU in numbers but BU held there own in the game.

I'm one that really could care less about playing Illinois. Its ok but once every 4-5-6 years is fine. I'm more concerned about playing well and THATS what I hope is happening.

We bring THAT effort and intensity the rest of the year and we could make some noise. I just want to see some carry-over to ANOTHER Illinois team specifically Northern Illinois.

Wonderful balanced effort by all. SO many "keys" to the game...Warrens three of a GREAT screen, Sams free throws, Roberts MONSTER rebound and putback...CR went up and stole it against bigger players and the entrie crowd gasped.

DSE got hosed on his charge and basket taken away especially when Cole went down and got the EXACT opposite call. Need to see that replay for sure.

DSE with some huge defense. Will held his own and outplayed Tisdale IMO. Sams giving 100% on a 65% leg...he was limping alot.

Nice contributions from Sticks. Had a riot greeting the team back at the Mirage. We "owned" the hotels North end for a few hours with hundreds of Red clad fans waiting at the entrance and taking up an entire open Bar that allowed us to hang over the rails and high five the players as they continued into the hotel.

We were loud but its Vegas and no one cared......

NOW..I must rest. Go BU and BUILD on this win.

Anyone leave you a PRO-V, Dog Glad you had a great time