Frank Williams is the reason I’m an Illinois fan. Plain and simple
Williams was on campus during my formative years of sports fandom. His star power and the success of Bill Self’s teams made Illini hoops my favorite sports team in the country.
The Bulls were in the toilet post-Jordan and averaging less than 20 wins per year.
The Bears had one random playoff season preceded by four losing seasons and succeeded by three more losing seasons.
A lot of the Blackhawks games weren’t even on TV.
Frank Thomas was cool, but for the most part the White Sox were doing their White Sox thing and winning 80 games a season.