Sep 17, 2026 · 1 hr · 12 segments
Bird Fans 4 Ever Episode 92 spotlights Todd Kagel, a former Illinois State men’s basketball standout whose career from 1988–1993 left a lasting mark on Redbird hoops. Known for his deadly three‑point…
Todd CagleGuest
John PembertonHost
Dick LutkeHost
And I think I mentioned to you guys earlier, I almost didn't end up, on that team my freshman year when i had kind of said hey i'm you know gonna not go to all you know whatever those four other schools were that i just mentioned i'm not going there i'm coming to isu i'm ready to go get a call from the uh the compliance department from illinois state that said hey your transcripts are not going to pass ncaa like eligibility requirements for a
I needed one more science class to be able to be eligible my freshman year and just to be able to redshirt at Illinois State.
So we find that out like on April, let's call it April 15, and I'm not gonna graduate with enough hours.
So I had to take a weather class in that three week interim like session, you know, that ISU has.
mean like May, 3rd and say, you know, June 3rd before I graduated to get an extra credit from ISU that would count on my normal community transcripts.
Two teachers let me go leave class early from normal in 2nd hour and arrive back late in 3rd hour and take a weather class where I would walk from normal community down to Schrader Hall.
I would then leave Schrader Hall to get back to normal in time to catch some a third hour.
But my dad would walk into the classroom as I was walking out of the classroom to take notes for the second hour of that class, that weather class at ISU.
And I'm sure they're like, what in the world is going on? But I passed that weather class being in there halftime with my dad taking notes halftime.
And I think I mentioned to you guys earlier, I almost didn't end up, on that team my freshman year when i had kind of said hey i'm you know gonna not go to all you know whatever those four other schools were that i just mentioned i'm not going there i'm coming to isu i'm ready to go get a call from the uh the compliance department from illinois state that said hey your transcripts are not going to pass ncaa like eligibility requirements for a
I needed one more science class to be able to be eligible my freshman year and just to be able to redshirt at Illinois State.
So we find that out like on April, let's call it April 15, and I'm not gonna graduate with enough hours.
So I had to take a weather class in that three week interim like session, you know, that ISU has.
mean like May, 3rd and say, you know, June 3rd before I graduated to get an extra credit from ISU that would count on my normal community transcripts.
Two teachers let me go leave class early from normal in 2nd hour and arrive back late in 3rd hour and take a weather class where I would walk from normal community down to Schrader Hall.
I would then leave Schrader Hall to get back to normal in time to catch some a third hour.
But my dad would walk into the classroom as I was walking out of the classroom to take notes for the second hour of that class, that weather class at ISU.
And I'm sure they're like, what in the world is going on? But I passed that weather class being in there halftime with my dad taking notes halftime.
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