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State Of The Union 2025

State Of The Union 2025

I view this as the start of the offseason. Yes, there's still Illini sports to cover. The NCAA Golf regional is in Champaign (actually Urbana) this year. I want to get to a few baseball and softball games. But for the "I travel to every game, home

Reseating

Reseating

I've been working on an Illini State of the Union address today but I've spent 75% of my time researching (and tweeting about) the reseating process that's going on right now. I finally just gave up on the State of the Union (I'

Boston And Orlando

Boston And Orlando

My mind is still right there. I'm in Boston looking up at a scoreboard that says "Sweet Sixteen" and I'm in Orlando looking at the "I". You don't have to worry - this won't be a football post.

It Was Always Kentucky

It Was Always Kentucky

I will now tell you the Illini NCAA history that you don't know. You know Austin Peay in 1987 and you know Loyola in 2021 and you know Arizona in 2005 and you know Syracuse in 1989. You might even know Kentucky in 1984 because it was the

Found It

Found It

The best part of being a Nervous Game Watcher is that when the victory is secured, there's an emotional rush like you wouldn't believe. The "I no longer need to be nervous and I can just let it all out" moment is so, so

Searching For It

Searching For It

I'm sitting in the hotel lobby. This is maybe my fifth location in the last 15 hours where I've sat attempting to write about the game tomorrow (well, now it's today). It's 7:00 am and I did have the lobby to

All Five

All Five

When the Game Notes email arrives (it's sent to the media the day before every game), I always pull up the PDF to look over at least the front page. There's additional information on the other pages but the front page hits all of the highlights.