Nunzio42 said

players are back and eating it up….they were all shocked at the welcome home celebration……great to see everyone happy!

what was the welcome home celebration like? lots of people?

what did the players say?

Just got back from Campus was there with Nunzio 42. About 100 or so people gathered outside the Oxley center. Not sure where all the students were. I know it's a last minute thing but they made plenty of announcements during the BBall game about the team coming back.

Anyway both buses arrived shortly after midnight via police escort. We had Christmas lights and posters and I think there was even champagne waiting for them. They got a warm reception coming off the bus.

Rusty is just a real nice down to earth guy, he walked through the line of people and made sure he shook everyone's hands. He's just a real nice guy and this kind of success couldn't happen to a nicer kid. Howard followed Rusty's lead and went through the crowd and shook everyones hands.

Some players came off the bus with camcorders in hand, all smiles and I'm sure they were all drained and just wanted to go party and celebrate.

They played a hell of a game and as they said on SportsCenter "The boys from Boca are going bowling"

Hellllllllllll YYyyyyyyyyyyyyeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh  Gooooooooooo ooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwlsssssss.

Thats right this is only the begining!

Baller07 said

Lm77 said

illinoisowl said

Is anyone on campus right now? What is the reaction? Is there any celebrating going on over there?

There are riots in the Breezeway!

Is that photoshopped?

WOW.

This is amazing publicity for our OWLS, plus we have now beat USF to be the fastest team to qualify for a bowl!!