It was a pretty good article. I hope to see the kid do well. He seems like a fine young man. Now only if we could correct that writer and tell him that Illinois Wesleyan is the Titans and not the Vikings.   

Wheaton moves to 3-0 on their trip with a 4-3 win over Sewanee.

Great to be on board. Don't get me wrong, I loved my time at Millikin. However, traveling around to different smaller universities after I was enrolled, it made me realize that there are far better universities in the Midwest.

I just don't understand why people are hyping it up like it's great.

#1. It's in Decatur--Enough said there.

#2. It's in Decatur...

#3. The athletic facilities are awful.

#4. It's a music and theatre school first!


My advice to prospects checking out schools, check out schools all over. I've recently been to DePauw and Wabash and the facilities were phenomenal. Granted, Wabash is all male, but the facilities and alumni support are that of a D1 program.

Downtown Naperville isn't too bad either. Just a quick walk from campus at NCC. Why someone from Florida would go to "The Soy City" blows me mind.

I would like to see the Big Blue be competitive at something other that a sport that draws 67 people (Womens hoops.)

This Wingo kid is originally from Casey, Illinois. He has to know someone or have friends attending Millikin.

Classic picture with European coach Rich Worsell. Goodluck kid, it's going to be a long four years at Millikin. I don't see that program improving anytime soon. Dump Neighbur and you may see some improvement. I know the guy won back in the 90's with Brylka, but I think it's time for him to hang 'em up.

I have no idea what these Millikin guys are talking about. I am a recent graduate from the university (within the past 4 years) and the place is a DUMP! I stayed all four years, and enjoyed my time down there. I choose to move away from the Chicagoland area and experience something new. Believe it or not, there are quite a bit of kids from Chicago.

As for your taste in bars...Are you kidding me?

LSB= DUMP
Winery=DUMP
Blocks= Soon to be DUMP
Kats= DUMP

I don't know what you guys are looking at, but these bars are complete dumps. As for facilities, it's garbage. The institution has made a commitment to the academic buildings (Scovill and the Science Building.) The school I hear has gotten so ridiclious, that it gave the students a certain amount of pages that can be printed per semester (400 or something like that.) If you go over that amount, you pay a certain amount for each page. That's ridiculious!

I do not understand why someone from Florida would want to make a trip to Decatur. I happened to really enjoy the experience, but I wish I would of known what I was getting into when I attended. It will help that Lori Kerans (current AD) is leaving the position at the end of the year.

QUICK FACT : Millikin had ONE winning CCIW conference team last year (WOMENS basketball)... This tells me Millikin is having some major problems.

I've been to the rest of the schools and was very impressed with their ability to support ALL athletic teams. Augustana has a beautiful baseball field, IWU has beautiful everything, North Central is phenomenal (and they are building a new state of the art indoor complex that should be done by next year), North Park has the Holmgren Complex which is beautiful...and Elmhurt, Carthage, and Wheaton are all respectable.

As a fellow Millikin Alum', I will defend my school with pride, but question the people who are in charge there. At one point, Millikin was in SERIOUS financial debt.

Get over the bars. They all stink. There is an extremly loud train that runs through campus every 4 hours or so as well.

Goodluck in "The D."

Augustana takes a twin bill against Gettysburg in Florida.


Game 1:

Augustana - 12
Gettysburg- 6

Game 2:

Augustana : 11
Gettysburg- 3

It looks as if the CCIW has gotten off to a rough start in the baseball season.

Just a little built up frustration from my struggling Big Blue. I always check the box scores, and it seems as if they turn the ball over a ton. It also seems like they have a high turnover rate among players in the program.

It's too bad.

Hello folks,

I am an out of state Millikin Alumnus. I cannot help but put the blame on our poor play the past 10 years to current athletic director Lori Kerans. Her recent hire of Marc Smith was absurd. I would agree with her decision to fire coach Tim Littrell, as that was much overdue. However, she also released Todd Creal, who happened to be a phenomenal recruiter. Todd is now the head coach at MacMurray College I believe.

There is no reason why the mens basketball team should be the laughing stock of the league day in and day out. The mens team hasn't reached an NCAA Regional since 1988. Also, Millikin hasn't had a baseball team win the CCIW baseball tournament since 1978.

I realize Kerans won a National Championship recently, however, aren't her roles as AD and coach seperate? Funds are supposed to be spread equally throughout the program for the most-part? I recently was in Decatur and viewed the facilities as I haven't seen them in a few years. I have to say, it is quite embarassing to see our athletic facilities. We simply cannot recruit kids who are considering IWU, Augustana, NCC, and North Park. Our facilities are about a C-.

I realize she is stepping down at the end of the year to just coach, and I have to say it's about time Lori. If you were in a big time sports program, you would be fired. The soccer programs are awful, the baseball program is pretty bad, and the basketball program is struggling big time. I place the blame on the AD.

There is absolutely no reason why a school in the middle of St. Louis, Chicago, and Indianapolis should struggle so much. As a fellow Big Blue alumnus, I look forward to your thoughts. I cannot wait until the Big Blue are back in contention in all sports.