<p>To be fair, I should add to my comments about UC’s/CSU’s and UIUC that I do respect both quite a bit, and that nothing negative was intended about either. In fact, UIUC had budget challenges 25 years ago as well. Both systems will do fine. My comment was really more intended to reflect how impressed I am by what I have seen at Iowa - -the campus, the academics, the spirit, and the people. </p>
<p>I do still bleed orange and blue, but I will also be cheering on the Hawkeyes when they are not playing the Fighting Illini!</p>