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The Boulder Is Shattered

The Boulder Is Shattered

I get the same advice all the time: "Be careful, Robert. You don't want to come off as a true homer." People see me waving the flag (sometimes literally) and want me to be aware that it can damage my credibility as someone publishing Illini words.

The Autumn Of George

The Autumn Of George

Kansas Game John (not to be confused with Grog's John) came up with a great concept last year: 2024 would be our luck year. All of our bad luck the previous five seasons would be repaid with good luck in 2024. And it was kinda true! This summer,

From The Stands - Duke

From The Stands - Duke

That's the visitor's locker room over there. You're looking at Illinois returning to the field from halftime. I reference it in this From The Stands so... that's what I'm talking about. The visiting team has to walk one and a

SOC - Duke

SOC - Duke

That was close. I just unplugged the 'I' at 11:56 pm. It can only be illuminated on gameday if we win, and it's gameday in four minutes. It looks pretty good on the bar there in my hotel room, right? I did some repairs on

Those Were The Days - Duke

Those Were The Days - Duke

I almost forgot. But then Jim on Slack reminded me that I hadn't posted the TWTD yet so I didn't forget. It's 2:56 here, which means it's 1:56 back there, and that's enough time for me to be

How Much Did We Learn?

How Much Did We Learn?

I'll begin, as I do every year, explaining why I use the term "NERDstats." It started out as a joke and then it became my identity. It started out with me mocking analytics and then embracing analytics. It started out with me making fun of the

More WIU Stuff

More WIU Stuff

This is normally when you'd be reading Postscript, a column that Nathan writes every Monday morning. But Nathan is on a trip this weekend and hasn't even seen the game yet. It's a bit difficult to write a postscript column when you haven'