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The 90 Illini #27: Ezekiel Holmes

The 90 Illini #27: Ezekiel Holmes

The preview is about 3-4 hours away. Really happy with it this year. Saying all I've wanted to say, I think. Grange and Seventeen Club subscribers will get it in their email inboxes this afternoon. And then I'm going to try to figure out how to

The 90 Illini #28: Aidan Laughery

The 90 Illini #28: Aidan Laughery

It's so interesting that we have several players from central Illinois (let's just roughly call it south of I-80, north of I-70 for this exercise) but there hasn't been a Big Ten football player from Champaign or Urbana in a long time. Aidan Laughery

The 90 Illini #29: David Olano

The 90 Illini #29: David Olano

The Young Man In Orange

The Young Man In Orange

I'm worried. Do I address him as "Mario?" Perhaps "Rio" is reserved for teammates and coaches and "Mario" is how he wants the media to address him? It's always a tricky thing when the SIDs ask the freshmen and transfers

The 90 Illini #30: Malik Elzy

The 90 Illini #30: Malik Elzy

I feel like some people get lost when delineating between high-end recruits. I was having a conversation with someone last winter, and they just casually mentioned how they thought Elzy, with all of his recruiting hype, was going to have an Arrelious Benn-like freshman year last year. I get it.

The 90 Illini #31: Kenenna Odeluga

The 90 Illini #31: Kenenna Odeluga

I'm not sure if it was the November ankle injury that kept Odeluga out of spring ball or if it was some other offseason surgery, but he missed the spring and is only now back on the field. That's the same for James Kreutz, and I

The 90 Illini #32: Saboor Karriem

The 90 Illini #32: Saboor Karriem