Pistol Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 A day early, but ESPN forced my hand with a timely article about Evansville's famous/infamous sleeved jerseys. Trigger warning: Significant Jim Crews content within. Proceed with caution. (Also quotes from former SLU assistant Marcus Wilson, Evansville senior and former Okawville HS star Noah Frederking, and more). Bills by 25. BuiltFordBills and David King like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 16 minutes ago, Pistol said: A day early, but ESPN forced my hand with a timely article about Evansville's famous/infamous sleeved jerseys. Trigger warning: Significant Jim Crews content within. Proceed with caution. (Also quotes from former SLU assistant Marcus Wilson, Evansville senior and former Okawville HS star Noah Frederking, and more). Bills by 25. Back when I was still in Hoosierville, I fondly remember Evansville playing at Hinkle against Butler.; the sleeves and the robes. The article mentions the tragic air plane crash in 1977 when all passengers died during takeoff. One team member wasn't on the plane, being injured and out for the year, but died in a car crash two weeks later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACE Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 I REALLY don't like the second part of this thread title. rgbilliken and wgstl like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 13 minutes ago, ACE said: I REALLY don't like the second part of this thread title. Clearly wishful thinking on my part. brianstl likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted December 11, 2020 Author Share Posted December 11, 2020 18 minutes ago, HoosierPal said: Back when I was still in Hoosierville, I fondly remember Evansville playing at Hinkle against Butler.; the sleeves and the robes. The article mentions the tragic air plane crash in 1977 when all passengers died during takeoff. One team member wasn't on the plane, being injured and out for the year, but died in a car crash two weeks later. What an incredible, sad story. There were a lot of details in this that I had either forgotten or didn't know. The robes thing cracked me up - I was always puzzled by the sleeves when I was a kid but never realized they used robes on the bench. Only being able to do throwbacks by doing a baseball jersey - that's also classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 2 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Back when I was still in Hoosierville, I fondly remember Evansville playing at Hinkle against Butler.; the sleeves and the robes. The article mentions the tragic air plane crash in 1977 when all passengers died during takeoff. One team member wasn't on the plane, being injured and out for the year, but died in a car crash two weeks later. 2fw. didn't know that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenbill Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Back in the early 60s, my older brother’s junior high team played in sleeved jerseys. He was six years ahead of me and the school decided to buy new unis without the sleeves for our 9th grade team. I’d been looking forward to wearing my brother’s jersey and they ditched them just as I had the chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 The fact that Evansville doesn't take the court to Princes "Purple Rain" in a purple light show at their home games is criminal misconduct by the Evansville athletic department over the last 30 years. You people in Evansville would really enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reinert310 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 2 minutes ago, brianstl said: The fact that Evansville doesn't take the court to Princes "Purple Rain" in a purple light show at their home games is criminal misconduct by the Evansville athletic department over the last 30 years. You people in Evansville would really enjoy it. Also, after every home win, the PA announcers needs to say “Game: Blouses!” 3star_recruit and SLU_Lax like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 Box and Won likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkielBreakers Posted December 11, 2020 Share Posted December 11, 2020 4 hours ago, ACE said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duff Man Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Reinert310 said: Also, after every home win, the PA announcers needs to say “Game: Blouses!” Reinert310 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuiltFordBills Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 "He who will not be named" revenge game for sure. After this win we can finally put those years behind us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 "You People in Evansville" makes me laugh every time. Every damn time. JMM28 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 You People in Evansville is one of the worst teams in all D1. This game should be ugly. SLU - 105 YPIE - 49 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 How did they beat UK last year and then go right in the toilet this year? Let's not take them for granted. Admittedly, I know nothing about them, so this may be a Chicken Little post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBFan Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 21 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Back when I was still in Hoosierville, I fondly remember Evansville playing at Hinkle against Butler.; the sleeves and the robes. The article mentions the tragic air plane crash in 1977 when all passengers died during takeoff. One team member wasn't on the plane, being injured and out for the year, but died in a car crash two weeks later. I remember when the plane went down HP. My father is a Evansville alum and my whole family both sides are from that area. I still am close and fond of that area of Indiana so I have a soft spot for the purple aces but never when playing the Billikens. I enjoyed the old MCC conference that gave the Billikens an opportunity to play Evansville twice a year. My mom and I would watch some of those games together. While visiting my grandparents in Evansville I began and developed my love for college basketball watching Bill Walton play for UCLA with my grandfather and dad on a black and white TV. My dad and grandfather would talk about the purple aces but I was only interested in UCLA. HoosierPal likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 5 minutes ago, slu72 said: How did they beat UK last year and then go right in the toilet this year? Let's not take them for granted. Admittedly, I know nothing about them, so this may be a Chicken Little post. They were in the toilet immediately after the UK win last year, they haven’t won a game since mid December of last year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMM28 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, slu72 said: How did they beat UK last year and then go right in the toilet this year? Let's not take them for granted. Admittedly, I know nothing about them, so this may be a Chicken Little post. Their head coach got caught banging a cheerleader, got suspended, got fired, and then they put Lickliter in charge towards the end of the season. That’ll toilet your program for a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billiken_roy Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 We cant be at the game in body let's all be there in spirit. Dress in your best billiken blue today to watch and cheer on the BILLIKENS! GO TEAM BLUE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 The robes looked like Boxer's robes, satin and very colorful. Not always in the team colors. Here is a nice link on some of the history of Evansville uniforms that was written this year https://www.ibj.com/articles/sports-rainbow-colored-robes-and-orange-jerseys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 No game today. Cancelled because of COVID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliKat Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 Is that real? Evansville or SLU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 1 minute ago, BilliKat said: Is that real? Evansville or SLU? Evansville. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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