Utah Utes, Illinois Illini. The University of Pennsylvania thought about following this pattern by calling themselves the Pennsylvania Pencils. However, they were afraid their students would start chanting "We're No. 2"
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfGvQyR-pJQ]Illini fans fill Carver-Hawkeye Arena.MOV - YouTube[/ame]
Dear god they need to take 20 minutes and put percentages of max attendance next to these numbers.... Michigan State is ranked 4th in the Big 12, but sold out every game.
Funny thing is, that really might be the "Hawk's Nest". Being that the vast majority of their students are from Illinois/Chicago area, they are Illini fans first when it comes to basketball.
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