Illini
Noun
Meaning
Illini pl (plural only)
The Illinois Confederation.
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“After five failed attempts in as many years to pass BDS, student activists enshrouded calls for divestment within a resolution opposing anti-Black violence,” the Illini Hillel at Cohen Center for Jewish Life said Thursday in a statement on Facebook.
Although his lone appearance at the Illini Open at the University of Illinois gave him hope for a recovery before the indoor season, the pain became too much to bear when he went home for winter break.
Brandon Peters threw for one touchdown and ran for another in his first game in nearly a month, Illinois had two rushers go over 100 yards and the Illini beat the Cornhuskers 41-23.
“Every time I step on the court from now on, I’ll think about him,” said the player known throughout Illini Nation as simply Ayo.
Joined by in the starting lineup, Bruce Weber had a team that looked like they would be the first Illinois squad since the 1989 Flyin’ Illini to make the Final Four.
That is a real -statement on Illini basketball, considering the Hoosiers haven’t been, you know, the Hoosiers in a while.