It was a good B10 road win the other night, but what I noticed is that Illinois athletics is having fun right now. Robert Rosenthal sees it too:

Think back to the water guns in the locker room in Boston after beating Iowa State in the Sweet 16. Think about the chair thing during the tournament with the players pushing in their chairs at press conferences. Think about Luke Altmyer and his shirts praising his offensive linemen. Then think of the football team having a snowball fight on top of the giant snow pile after beating Northwestern.

Think of Brad Underwood purchasing the orange sweatsuit and recreating the AI photo. Think of Tomi smashing the guitar after beating Tennessee the other night.

Think about Krush showing up tonight and drowning out the Ohio State postgame tradition of signing “Carmen Ohio” by signing Alma Mater at the same time. And think about these guys going to this length to support the team from behind the bench referencing the above picture.

Think about all of the Illini fans in Orlando making the T-Bar gesture towards the South Carolina fans. Think about the spring practice where the moms participated, not the players. Think about the Illini fan invasions at Duke in September and in Nashville just the other night.

Could this be any more fun right now?

Winning cures all, of course.