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Giving Thanks

Giving Thanks

I have two friends from Arkansas (Hot Springs, not Little Rock) who say the word Thanksgiving wrong. They say THANKSgiving, not thanksGIVing. I never let it slide and always correct them. "Where are you going for THANKSgiving this year?" "I don't know about THANKSgiving, but

Church

Church

The play is called "Church." The entire point behind the play call: catch the ball behind the sticks, take a knee, the clock stops with the first down, and then spike the ball as soon as it's set. It's the play they have in

From The Stands - Rutgers 2024

From The Stands - Rutgers 2024

What are the words I'm supposed to type? We lost that game eleven times and STILL refused to lose it. Penalties the last three games: 7. Penalties today: 11, including backbreaker after backbreaker, and despite all of that we WON. The last 90 minutes since I recorded this

SOC - Rutgers 2024

SOC - Rutgers 2024

Those Were The Days - Rutgers

Those Were The Days - Rutgers

Seems crazy that we haven't played Rutgers since 2021. If you don't remember, when the Big Ten did a six-year schedule rotation from 2016 to 2021, there was one protected crossover game from the Big Ten East. For Illinois, in that rotation, our crossover was Rutgers.

Weird Night

Weird Night

This was, hands-down, the most bizarre night I've had covering a sporting event. One of those "is someone filming my reactions for a reality show?" nights. The game, the arena... I knew I'd feel like a fish out of water coming down to SEC

So Much To Talk About

So Much To Talk About

7-3. Winning season locked up before the end of the season for only the fifth time in the last 30 years. Playing for a better bowl game instead of playing for a bowl game. 22-point November victory over Michigan State. All with the third-youngest team in the P4. There is