When Illinois won the Maui Invitational, I kindly requested that no one wake me up. After such a disastrous football season, Illinois basketball had delivered to me the kind of sports bliss I assumed could[...]
Well, it’s the Christmas season, which, for most of us, means taking time to stop and reflect on what went wrong with our fantasy football teams (for me, it was my unwavering faith in Michael[...]
I’m not going to tell you anything you don’t already know. Illinois had a bad season. Really bad. Like, 2-10 bad. Worst team in the Big Ten bad. Losing to Indiana at home bad. Multiple[...]
This Saturday, Memorial Stadium will host the University of Illinois’ 102nd Homecoming football game. Those in attendance will witness the battle of the bottom-dwellers, as Illinois (2-5, 0-3) will take on Indiana (2-5, 0-3) to[...]
Before the season started, I predicted the Illini would go 7-5. Given the amount of talent returning from a bowl-winning team, I thought it was a modest prediction, I really did. The offense would struggle[...]
Behind a strong performance by the defense and one big play from the offense, the Tim Beckman Era commenced with a 24-7 victory over Western Michigan last Saturday in Champaign. On Illinois’ fourth play from[...]
The late-season emergence of Freshman QB Nathan Scheelhaase and a victory over RGIII’s Baylor Bears in the Texas Bowl gave Illini fans reason for optimism heading into the 2011 campaign. Add to that a schedule[...]
I know of no truer and more effective antidote to Illini fever than losing winnable games. Sitting at 6-0 heading into a home matchup against unranked Ohio State, Illinois gave up one pass completion…and lost.[...]
By now, you know what happened – Illinois erased an 18-point third quarter deficit against in-state rival Northwestern courtesy of career days from Nathan Scheelhaase and A.J. Jenkins, and provided Memorial Stadium with a thrilling[...]
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