THE GREAT T-SHIRT WARS OF 2022

 



 

The ILLINI RTC thought they could get away with sending me shirts. The fools! They thought I’d just sit back and take it. Plush, awesome polo shirts. Cool ILLINOIS Wrestling t-shirts. Because of them, I get to wear what are pretty obviously the coolest shirts in all of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

 

Well, folks, they almost got away with it.

 

But I decided to fight back and send them some cool new (and exclusive) ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond t-shirts. Take that! How does it feel to get some of your own medicine?

 

Okay, that was kind of silly, maybe a little stupid. But it gives me the opportunity to implore every one of you to think about a donation to the ILLINI Regional Training Center. They’ll send you awesome shirts! The folks at ILLINOIS Wrestling and the IRTC have worked ABSOLUTE miracles, coming from nowhere to put four athletes on the United States National Team.

 

They sent two wrestlers to the World Championships!

 

Zane Richards just Zane-bombed the freaking World Cup! He teched this year’s World Bronze. He beat Iran in the World Cup Finals. He represented the USA like a true warrior.

 

This all takes money. Thank God for some amazing whales who have carried most of the load for the rest of us. But the rest of us should make a resolution to donate for the last time in 2022 or for the first time in 2023. 




What Coaches Poeta and Medlin and the rest of the staff are doing has the potential to revolutionize the wrestling landscape in ILLINOIS for decades to come. The new facility, the great new staff, the new venue for duals, a crazy-good recruiting class coming in, the University paying a significant yearly stipend to scholar-athletes making academic progress, &tc.

 

This is our chance to make a difference.

 

You can click on this link to donate to the IRTC. I just did. As for the ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond t-shirts, I’ve sent out the last one from this run to our friend Huff Hall. He has said that he’ll be at the ILLINI/Wisconsin dual next week at State Farm Center to video and take pictures. Hopefully, he'll be rocking his new shirt. We hope to upload his videos/pics for your entertainment.

 

Comments

  1. Huff HallDecember 29, 2022 at 7:10 AM

    You bet I will be wearing the shirt next Sunday, Go Illini

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    1. Greg GermanDecember 30, 2022 at 7:02 AM

      Yay! The ILLINI Wrestling Blog and Forum and Beyond now has 17,002 employees worldwide. Haha! Seriously, this is just plain fun. Thanks, Huff!

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