There's a long story as to how it got like that. It takes some weird sociological turns, political turns, etc. Peoria is socially like St. Louis, but economically like Decatur. It's Midwestern Gothic. People who came from or spent significant time in Peoria include Richard Pryor, Dan Fogelberg, Charles Manson, and ex-congressman Aaron Schock.

From 1860 to 1950, Peoria was one of the top 100 cities in the US in population; in 1870, they were the 59th largest city in the US. In 2010, Peoria was ranked 269th. They're not even the largest Peoria in the country anymore.... Peoria, Arizona has about 60,000 more people than Peoria, Illinois.

Since Loyola joined the MVC, Caterpillar, one of the top employers in the Peoria area moved their headquarters to suburban Deerfield. Most people in Chicago probably didn't even notice it happened, but it was HUGE, EARTHSHAKING NEWS in Peoria. I suspect that may be a small part of their animosity toward Loyola (and anyone from this area).

The commentators said the flu bug had hit several players on the team including Krutwig. Bruno was so ill he did not make the trip.

Thanks for the great insider report. Nate, you not only deserve credit for saving Ireland's from Bradley takeovers, but also for inspiring the reconfiguration of seating in the Joe after its takeover by Illinois State. This led directly the fantastic atmosphere we have in the arena now but also to a huge home court advantage and three 20-win seasons in a row. I don't think many people know how important you were in creating what we have today.

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There may well be other incidents I don't know about, but I believe the jacket theft is the biggest post-game swipe since Pat Boyle nabbed a pair of Bowling Green uniform shorts in retaliation shortly after BGU ended the Ramblers' 21-game winning streak at Bowling Green in 1963.

Now that I think about it, I believe there was some story about Porter possibly taking someone's coat when he coached at Little Rock. Anybody remember that?

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Some good stuff here from JCT, ahunte, Nate, and Scream. Ramblermania at its finest!

Here's the article about it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/29/spor ... moser.html

Yikes I think you got me mixed up with someone else....all I might have been responsible for is having extra security added as I can get worked up during games !!!!! But I did have some conversations with some people about the Bradley ALumn organization renting out Irelands last year. Really pi..ed me off. And I would recommend to everyone to take a road trip to see the Ramblers.....Might not hurt to call ticket office to see where LU has tickets and see if there are any behind the bench cuz that is a great experience....you might miss a play or two as the team stands up for something or Porter pacing back and forth....He often turns around to yell ,,,,but doesnt seem to know who he wants to yell at...

will be interesting to follow the story of the missing jacket.....would not be surprised if the story ended up similar to that other story...There were a couple of fans in the stands, specifically one in their anemic student section who seemed to be in charge of rallying the troops .....and harassing Porter Moser. Couple of fans riding him pretty hard....