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October 18, 1924

October 18, 1924

First the Robert story, then the article. I knew I wanted to write about the 1924 game this week. And I knew that there was a photo of the game near the elevators on the 8th floor of the Memorial Stadium tower. So after Bret Bielema's press conference

So Is This The Season Of Luck?

So Is This The Season Of Luck?

First off, a round of applause for Holly for that photo above. And for the photo attached to Nathan's article yesterday. And the photo attached to my article on Saturday night/Sunday morning. She's killing it this year. It's time to NERDstat again. This

Won By One

Won By One

I have no idea what to write. I don't have my bearings right now. There are texts from 44 different people on my phone (not 44 texts – there's hundreds of texts from individuals and group texts – but 44 uncleared blue dots). After the game I found

SOC - Purdue 2024

SOC - Purdue 2024

Those Were The Days - Purdue

Those Were The Days - Purdue

So Did Anything Change While We Were Off?

So Did Anything Change While We Were Off?

This isn't really an official NERDstats post because this was a bye week. The only adjustments to the NERDstats came from other teams around the Big Ten, not from anything Illinois did over the weekend. There are some slight adjustments based on who we played (Nebraska did X

Up To Speed - October 7, 2024

Up To Speed - October 7, 2024

With the bye week, I joined my wife on one of her work trips. Which is basically me sitting in her hotel room while she heads off to work. My biggest decision on these trips is usually where to sit down with my laptop. In the hotel room? Maybe on