team. It was hard following Illinois. Then I moved to Minneapolis for the 1980's and that was really hard, except for the two Holtz years.
I thought Blackmon (can't remember the coaches 's exact name) would help Illinois but even he couldn't turn it around.
I moved to Tucson and loved following the U of AZ teams. Both basketball and football.
PS...following the local team never, ever replaced following BYU.......