Halftime at Memorial Stadium chiefly ordinary
By Greg Kline
Sunday September 9, 2007
Darrell Hoemann
University of Illinois juniors Mike Annes of Park Ridge, left, and Mat Szalay of Round Lake Beach come together with the crowd behind them to sing during the 'Three-in-On' during halftime of the Illinois-Western Illinois football game Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Herb Erickson of Wheaton, who attended the University of Illinois himself and sent two kids through, certainly missed the spectacle that was Chief Illiniwek.
"I thought it was a crime that there is no more Chief," he said Saturday in the stands at Memorial Stadium, standing next to a seat covered in a UI Alumni Association Official 1984 Rose Bowl Tour cushion. "It's very sad."
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