Debuts
It's funny how Will Riley's game tonight snuck up on everyone. With maybe 12 minutes to go in the game, the story was still "DGL can be instant offense for this team - he has 21 points already." And then maybe 15 minutes later
Robert
Commiserating
This is gonna be one of those "stay with me" articles. So stay with me here. It might not make sense at first, but... stay with me.
There have been six absolutely gorgeous fall Saturdays for our six home games. I can hardly believe our luck. The gales
From The Stands - Minnesota 2024
I realized today that my uploading problems for From The Stands aren't related to the cell phone signal issues in Champaign on gameday. It's that I can't upload from my phone. I did that for the first two games, but this latest iPhone update
SOC - Minnesota 2024
This is one of those SOCs where I still don't know what my prediction will be at the end. I've gone back and forth on this game all week. It's been helpful, I think that I've been working on the basketball preview
Those Were The Days - Minnesota
I didn't forget. You thought I forgot but I didn't forget. I was just wrapped up in the basketball preview (out Monday!) and I didn't get the TWTD published until late afternoon. This week, Detlef is taking us back to the season of Juice
So How Does This Compare To Other Seasons?
When traveling I have a lot of time to think. And in the fall, I'm always thinking about Illini Football. Therefore, while traveling to our latest Big Ten game – a game that took place 2,135 miles from Memorial Stadium – I had a lot of time to think
Yet
We’re not there yet. I think that was abundantly clear midway through the 1st quarter. The place we all want this football program to be? We’re not there yet.
And “yet” is doing a lot of the work there. We’re not there yet. I want to talk