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88 Illini: #44-#41

88 Illini: #44-#41

I just went scrolling through the archive looking to see where I was at on my countdown on July 16, 2024. And I paused when I saw the 40-some comments on the "SOC - Eastern Illinois" post last August, not remembering that it was that article where I

PMP25: Citrus Bowl Haiku

PMP25: Citrus Bowl Haiku

This is easily the shortest request in Pick My Post history. I'm glad that all of these PMP articles are free and unlocked because there's no way I could put up the paywall when there's just a three line poem behind the paywall. But

88 Illini: #48-#45

88 Illini: #48-#45

It's incredible how much Powerade Zero I drink. If there were a competition for most Powerade Zero Mixed Berry 28 oz. bottles consumed in 2025, I have to be top-10 nationally. I drink coffee, water, and Powerade Zero Mixed Berry. If I get to the sports drinks aisle

PMP 25: Music & College Sports

PMP 25: Music & College Sports

We continue on with Pick My Post requests from my May fundraiser. And this one is very well aligned with the fundraiser itself. I'm raising funds for the scholarship in my dad's name at my high school, a scholarship which exists to encourage students to pursue

88 Illini: #52-#49

88 Illini: #52-#49

Did anyone play Tecmo Bowl? I'm talking about the Nintendo version. The NES. We're talking early 90's here. I played some. I sucked at it and mostly just mashed buttons, but I played some. The thing that Tecmo Bowl got right (and maybe Madden

97 Minutes: NCAA Tournament Expansion

97 Minutes: NCAA Tournament Expansion

As part of my efforts to retrain my brain to write shorter articles (not EVERYTHING has to be 3,000 words), I've been doing this "97 minutes" thing. Instead of taking all day to write an article, why not set a timer for 97 minutes and

88 Illini: #56-#53

88 Illini: #56-#53

56 days until the season. That's crazy. 56 days until the season with the highest expectations since the fall of 1990 when I was a senior in high school. I've written "the month I got my acceptance letter to Illinois we were #5 in the