Illini Fans get ready to say goodbye to Chief Illiniwek
February 19, 2007
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — As the clock counted down during Illinois win over Northwestern on Sunday, the Assembly Hall fans chanted a simple, one-line wish. “Save the chief! Save the chief! Save the chief!”It seems unlikely that wish will come true. Espn Stated.
Sunday was the first Illinois basketball game since the university announced this school year will be the last for Chief Illiniwek, the school’s 81-year-old American Indian mascot.The halftime of Wednesday’s Michigan-Illinois basketball game will see the last performance for the chief.
