Michael Gardiner

@hoijim Great answer!

I asked Bradley Coach Brian Wardle if all his newcomers would be in Peoria this summer working out- his answer is the definition of the new "pro college ball"

@barstoolsports He got kicked in the face. Yes. Only soccer players react this way though. Dude didn’t get shot in the chest with a 12 gauge. Give me women’s soccer over men’s 100%.

A bicycle kick to the face is brutal

@KKlinkradt @hoijim The job of sports media is to be objective in their reporting. Not a “homer”. I’ve watched Jim since early 90’s, was fortunate enough to have him cover my high school career, and have tuned into him covering Central IL sports for 35yrs. He is one of the best in his profession.

@hoijim Jim you also pranced around your station for a week talking about Houston upsetting Illinois. I know you’re an alum and I love your show but let’s not toot the horn to loud when you didn’t have much faith. If they don’t win that game I don’t think we don’t see this retention #ILL

I've been saying on my radio show I was so confident Andrej Stojakovic was coming back to Illinois--because right after that Final Four team photo--Andrej raced over to get his photo with Coach Underwood. I asked him during the tourney about Underwood pushing him all season

@JWerner247 Purely to see a B1G team win a natty. Tired of national “media” pointing out the 20+ year gap. Plus, I do think they are the best overral team this year.

Feels like a tough choice for #illini fans, so who are you rooting for in tonight's NCAA Tournament championship game? (And, no, not allowing a third choice of mutual destruction)

@KevoVsKevin Yep. Can’t stop on CBS Sports Network. Went from AZ vs Michigan winner is your champ to UCONN has Hurley so everyone else is in trouble.

They are about to Glaze UCONN more the Dunkin does it's donuts. Trust me.. lol

@itsAntWright @ArmchairIllini So sad that you are right.

Illinois sense of urgency isn’t there.. not saying they took Iowa lightly but this isn’t “this is for a Final Four” energy

@PatrickWOlson @DrHoodieMaddog They are not post players and soft as Charmin. Underwood put together a team that will create mismatches 25ft from the basket. Unfortunately, Michigan played the game within 8ft of it. Took our bigs to the playground for a butt whipping.

@DrHoodieMaddog Crazy to me Illini has twin 7-footers and does not post them up on offense hardly ever

Gutless performance from Andrej Stojakovic and both Ivisic twins

@Jon_Kidd You put a stop to Fears shenanigans by someone putting him on the deck HARD. No confusion. No need to review. Playground doesn’t want to get back up type foul. Athletes like Fears don’t play with their feet outside their shoulders. 100% intentional

You have to be 6 points better to win at Mich St, cause the refs are scared of Izzo. Just brutal.

@Jon_Kidd @DraftKings This is the obvious response and the only valid response. Literally nothing else has changed about the sport.

@DraftKings Everybody can pay players now w/ out getting in trouble. Used to just be primarily the SEC that did.

The Big Ten has won three straight College Football Playoff National Championships 🔥 Has the SEC finally fallen? 👀

@BrianMWardle 😂😂I have all three levels of girl drama covered. Middle school, high school, and college. It’s like they battle to see who can create the most! Wouldn’t change it for the world though!

Love having dinner with my daughters, the drama and stories are pure entertainment 😂 😂

@RealistMidwest @IlliniCBK @JWerner247 This! There is an obvious gap in talent between those two teams and the coaching isn’t even close. The confidence Cignetti had post game tells me they had UofI beat in every detail going into the game and he knew it. It wasn’t even close last night. Disappointing.

@IlliniCBK @JWerner247 It means the talent isn’t what they thought it was

#illini Bret Bielema: It looked like we just didn't belong in that moment. If we have good players, we have to let them play fast. If we're giving them too much, we have to change that.

@JWerner247 The LOS is -3 yds at the snap. I’m not sure I’ve seen an OL get pushed back so quickly. And I’m tired of hearing about Feagin being a beast. He plays like 185lb RB and has no feet in pass pro. He needs moved to DE

Too many of these sacks are Altmyer stepping up into the pressure.

@paulspacey @Mickyoungbhoy It’s about money. $75 reg fee and parents are okay with Sally only playing a few minutes. $1500 in fees, $400 kits, and a couple overnights; Sally deserves 50% playing time. Even though she only shows up 1x a week due to “conflicts”.

@Mickyoungbhoy Game time is absolutely needed. *equal* game time is detached from the reality of both competitive sport and life in general.

How can we develop better, more resilient players? “Give them equal game time and call them ‘game changers’ instead of subs.” No.

@coachkbuffs @HuskerNews95 He won’t stay in coaching. I don’t think there is a market for him. Huge Prime fan as a player and as a leader of young men. He just isn’t a top tier coach. To win at the level he is expected it takes more than talented athletes.

@HuskerNews95 He not doing that. What other school is going to give him the bag and control he has now post Trav and Sheduer era without proving he can win first

Yep. Seaton aint coming back next year. We don’t deserve him.

@patricketherton Where are you and the boys catching all of these monsters?!?

Last free morning to take the kids fishing during the week and Rory caught a very nice musky.

@KnuppelRodney Scary part is 80% of kids playing travel that would have sat the bench in rec/house league when I was a kid would be 100% ecstatic playing rec/house if it existed and their parents weren’t worried about the social status or weekend social gatherings.

Youth sports: too many teams. Too many programs. Too many games. Too much money. Not enough instruction.

When swimmer Kamryn Gardiner is in the pool, there’s typically a smile on her face. centralillinoisproud.com/sports/local-s…

@Dwilliams1515 It’s all sports. What breaks my heart is when you see a 3rd-6th grader that looks miserable on the court/field and on the bench, but mom and dad use it for social status and/or living out their athletic shortcomings.

Few things are worse than watching a bad AAU game. The problem is anyone with $300.00 and a son can make his own AAU team. Your son took 35 shots and had 23 points and you lost by 40. Make it make sense!!!#daddyball #yoursonsucks

@patricketherton Where are you catching these fish!!!?

Today was a good day.

@FauseyJay @jc_playmakerWNY @ECNLgirls Lies?? By 16 yrs old if you can’t look out and tell where your son or daughter fits in then you are lying to yourself. So tired of hearing parents blame coaches for their own deception. There isn’t that much parity. Elite is elite.

@jc_playmakerWNY @ECNLgirls Correct!! Most of the parents are fed lies….

Looking at 08’ ECNL girls champions league playoff scores… 6-2 4-0 5-2 5-2 14-0 6-1 5-0 7-4 5-0 5-0 5-0 7-2 Clearly not everyone is “elite” @ECNLgirls