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From The Stands - Washington

From The Stands - Washington

As I said in the liner notes for this episode (can I call it an episode?), this is one of the more random From The Stands that I've recorded. I stayed in the pressbox (since there was no one here and the doors were open allowing all of

SOC - Washington

SOC - Washington

That's a photo I took the last time I was here. The date on the photo (I'm surprised it was still on my phone) is September 12, 2014. The game that year was on September 13, 2014 so that means I watched that sunset with my

Those Were The Days - Washington

Those Were The Days - Washington

I almost forgot again BUT I'm on this flight from Dallas to Seattle and I just watched one of those ads to get myself 20 minutes of free wifi so in those 20 minutes I can quickly scramble and get TWTD posted. The SOC will be very late

Getting It Back

Getting It Back

This is a blog entry. It has very little to do with Illini athletics and everything to do with my personal experience covering these teams. If these are the types of articles that make you say "Robert, why would I care?", take this as a flashing sign at

How Well Do We Havoc?

How Well Do We Havoc?

I really enjoy crazy box scores. I'm not a Los Angeles Rams fan (not only did Stan Kroenke lie and cheat, he lost $790 million to the City of St. Louis in a lawsuit because he lied and cheated), but I was a St. Louis Rams fan. I

Bye Week Tradition: 2026 Three Deep

Bye Week Tradition: 2026 Three Deep

Bye week thought I was pondering this morning: what if we had an afternoon or evening game scheduled yesterday? It basically hasn't rained in Champaign since July. A few spot showers here and there (and by "here and there" I mean "rain a few weeks

Golf Trip

Golf Trip

I took a little bye week vacation on Monday and Tuesday. Instead of poring over NERDstats all day (the next NERDstats post won't go up until next week so that I can add this weekend's data), I went and watched some golf in Ohio. Even though