The Hawks’ Nest also chanted “pussy” everytime McCamey touched the ball in the second half after he took a shot to the face.

Before diving into the nebulous world of “class” that is so often visited in the sports realm, was anyone injured or otherwise harmed by rushing the court? The Krush has done far worse (see: eric gordon’s family). No, we should not expect to beat good teams with wildly inconsistent offensive play or a virtual lack of post presence. Davis and Tisdale can be displaced and manhandled by the likes of Iowa. In the grand scheme of things, rushing the court is a relatively harmless gesture compared to some of the other crap in the world of college sports.

Now, we just have to wait for the inevitable retaliation from the MSU football team. Beware all you dorm-dwellers in the CU.

It was a huge game. Illinois needed that victory and the emotion was turned up to the max. Gameday was there, which added to it all. I don’t think people who are criticizing the Krush understand that it is so much different when you are on the floor than when you are up in the stands or watching on tv. Being that I was part of the storming and part of Krush, I can honestly say that we did not plan on storming but are in no way embarrassed by it. Coach Weber had no problem with it. If were too good for that, then why not rip into McCamey for standing on the scorer’s table after the game. Aren’t we too good for that? No, it’s stupid. The students wanted to celebrate with the players and unless those criticizing it stood outside at 5:45 AM to get into Gameday or waited outside 3 hours before the game to yell as loud as they could for the team, I think they should shut their mouthes.

In response to the actual thing being posted, that is hilarious. I was there in Iowa City and can say that it was an awesome experience. You shudda seen the faces of the few Iowa fans that were there, they were pissed. But at least someone was “impressed by our chants and unity.” HAHA. Get some Iowa

First of all, I did rewatch the game. Secondly, don’t let Vitale fool you, he doesn’t give a shit about Illinois or the Big Ten, so I can’t take anything he says about us seriously. Then to say it looks bad on the basketball program and the school is rediculous. We didn’t chuck quarters at Tom Izzo (West Virginia fans at a Pitt coach), we didn’t show up Michigan St, we celebrated after a huge game. Take it for what it was, which was the biggest moment the program has had since Dee Brown was here. I think Coach Weber would know the most about the reflection of the program and he said he was fine with it. I mean seriously, what did you want us to do? High five the person to our right and walk out in a single file line, making as little noise as possible? Is that what the Illinois fan handbook says to do?