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by wiu712
Tue Jan 16, 2018 9:46 am
Forum: Football
Topic: Favorite Game Day routine
Replies: 21
Views: 13067

Re: Favorite Game Day routine

Where does a guy get team apparel in town now? You can go to Hibbett Sports on East Jackson. However Hibbett does have to correct their website. They have us listed as the "Western Illinois Fighting Illini ". :lol: https://www.hibbett.com/storedetails/IL/Macomb/557 The Macomb Walmart also...
by wiu712
Mon Jan 15, 2018 12:48 pm
Forum: Western News
Topic: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff
Replies: 2225
Views: 1013778

Re: Updates to faculty layoff plan and other stuff

Illinois' Higher Education leaders at odds over proposed budget.

From today's Chicago Tribune:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-m ... story.html
by wiu712
Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:53 am
Forum: Leatherneck Athletics
Topic: Basketball Attendance
Replies: 24
Views: 16961

Re: Basketball Attendance

My comment was referencing the period when students were not on campus. Technically, students were on campus for that game back in 2014. The 2014 Spring Semester started on January 13. Most students probably came back to town on January 12 and would not have been around for that January 11th game.
by wiu712
Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:46 am
Forum: Football
Topic: Favorite Game Day routine
Replies: 21
Views: 13067

Re: Favorite Game Day routine

GV Dad wrote: Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:25 amWe're coming in town this weekend for my son's official visit. Going to try and get to Jackson Street Pub for a tenderloin horseshoe!
https://www.facebook.com/Jackson-Street ... 855560384/
by wiu712
Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:00 am
Forum: Leatherneck Athletics
Topic: Basketball Attendance
Replies: 24
Views: 16961

Re: Basketball Attendance

Those numbers are low but probably not much different than they were 40 years ago when I was around Macomb during the semester break. In looking back at recent basketball history, we have had some success in getting people out for semester-break games. Just 4 years ago (January 11, 2014), the crowd...
by wiu712
Sun Jan 14, 2018 8:08 pm
Forum: Leatherneck Athletics
Topic: Basketball Attendance
Replies: 24
Views: 16961

Re: Basketball Attendance

The 4-week semester break is now over.

This is the attendance for the Men's and Women's home basketball games during that 4 weeks.

Men:
December 31 = 523
January 11 = 467
January 13 = 425

Women:
January 4 = 503
January 6 = 571

There were no Promotions for these 5 games.
by wiu712
Sat Jan 13, 2018 9:56 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: vs Omaha, vs Oak Hills Christian
Replies: 36
Views: 20180

Re: vs Omaha, vs Oak Hills Christian

Western beat Oak Hills Christian 100-45. Oak Hills brought down 8 players (all played), one manager, and one coach. Kobe Webster and Brandon Gilbeck led the Western scoring with 18 points. Lynrick Moxey had 17. Isaac Johnson and Jalen Morgan each had 10. All 13 Western players played at least 6 minu...
by wiu712
Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:04 pm
Forum: Men's Basketball
Topic: vs Omaha, vs Oak Hills Christian
Replies: 36
Views: 20180

Re: vs Omaha, vs Oak Hills Christian

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by wiu712
Sat Jan 13, 2018 3:15 pm
Forum: Women's Basketball
Topic: at Omaha
Replies: 2
Views: 2943

Re: at Omaha

Western beats Omaha 90-51.

Emily Clemens led the Western scoring with 29 points. Taylor Higginbotham had 16. Morgan Blumer had 14. Michelle Farrow had 10.

Western out-rebounded Omaha 56-31.

Attendance at Omaha = 996.
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by wiu712
Fri Jan 12, 2018 10:21 pm
Forum: Football
Topic: HC Jared Elliott
Replies: 49
Views: 29342

Re: HC Jared Elliott

Meet the New Boss: A Conversation with Jared Elliott. From tonight's KHQA-TV-7 Sports: http://khqa.com/sports/content/meet-the-new-boss-a-conversation-with-jared-elliott Chris Duerr mentions in the video that Coach Elliott was the backup QB to Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh Steelers) when he was at...