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MARYLAND HIGHLIGHTS The ILLINI were a 33-7 winner over the Maryland Terps. That equaled eight wins out of a possible ten. Kannon Webster scored a pin over a pretty damn good wrestler, while both Brawlnagels and Braeden Scoles earned tech falls.  The ILLINI was the winner in two top ten-ish matches, with #4 Lucas Byrd beating #11 Braxton Brown and #11 Luuuuke Luffman stuffing #12 Seth Nevills. Before showing the video, here are the results: 125: Caelan Riley  (ILL) dec. Abram Cline (MARY), 10-5 ILL 3 I MARY 0 133: #4  Lucas Byrd  (ILL) dec. #11 Braxton Brown (MARY), 7-3 ILL 6 I MARY 0 141: #12  Danny Pucino  (ILL) dec. Dario Lemus (MARY), 8-5 ILL 9 I MARY 0 149: #12  Kannon Webster  (ILL) over #32 Kal Miller (MARY), fall (4:39) ILL 15 I MARY 0 157: #6 Ethen Miller (MARY) major dec. #22  Jason Kraisser  (ILL), 15-6 ILL 15 I MARY 4 165: #13  Braeden Scoles  (ILL) tech. fall Alex Uryniak (MARY), 20-3 (3:15) ILL 20 I MARY ...

 

  POLL: Should this image be in every preview? Your choices are "Yes" and "Duh."  WHAT: The ILLINI dual Maryland WHEN: Friday, January 24 at 6:00 pm Central WHERE: College Park, Maryland TV/STREAMING: BTN+ ( subscription service ) STREAK:   The ILLINI are 8-0 in the series WHY WE HATE MARYLAND I'm having a rage seizure thinking about this state. The name sounds like a cheesy amusement park or Putt-Putt course. Maryland was actually named after a lady who wasn't even technically a queen because she was the wrong religion and was never coronated and then fled England as soon as her husband's head was chopped off.   Moreover, there's this phrase, "a bunch of Mary's." It refers to a group of men who won't fight or who don't fight well. Perfect.  Finally, the state had THE IDEAL OPPORTUNITY to change its name. In 1776, there was a freaking revolution! You can bet that it was discussed at high-level meetings, and a bunch of Mary's...

 

NEW RULE: You go into Iowa City and beat a Hawkeye, you get your own show. 

Four-time Fargo Champion, State Champion, Triple Crown Winner and gold medalist in many other tournaments AARON STEWART has decided upon his future college: The University of ILLINOIS. This video shows highlights from two of Stewart's Fargo Championship wins. The young lion is also signed up to play football as an ILLINI, meaning he has signed on to two ranked teams in the same university. Aaron Stewart joins Wyatt Medlin and George Marinopoulos in the recruiting class. Video and audio credit to 20th Century Television and FloWrestling, audio credit to 20th Century Fox, outro music by Audio Beats. Photo credits in the outro sequence to FightingILLINI.com, NCAA.com, uiaa.org, wrestlingchangedmylife.com, ILLINOISMatmen.com, flowrestling.com, intermatwrestle.com. We are not in any way affiliated with the University of ILLINOIS or that school's athletic department. This video is not to be monetized.

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NORTHWESTERN DUAL ILLINOIS VERSUS IOWA WHAT: ILLINI Wrestling Dual Against Stupid Iowa WHEN: Friday, January 17 at 6:00 pm Central WHERE: Stupid Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Stupid Iowa City TV/STREAMING: BTN A DAY IN HISTORY It is January 28, 2005.  This is possibly the worst weekend in movie history as the top two at the box office are Hide and Seek and Are We There Yet? It's not much better on the radio with two top ten songs by Destiny's Child, Mario holding down the #1 spot and Nelly featuring Tim McGraw in the top ten.  You've just thrown your boombox off the top of Starved Rock State Park into the ILLINOIS River.  Your little Sister wants you to play the new Bratz video game that features the  Bratz dolls traveling to London where they form a Spice-Girls-like band. You play for five minutes.  And now you've just thrown the video game and your sister's Game Boy Advance over the cliff at Starved Rock State Park.  You're finally on ...