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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
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
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
Workmanlike
What if I did the whole "Websters defines..." thing here? Can you make something so ironic that it's no longer ironic? I feel like I really wanna Websters here. I'm gonna do it.
Websters defines workmanlike as "showing efficient competence." And I
SOC - Michigan State 2024
This is a rare feeling when writing an SOC. My main emotion all day:
I should bite my tongue.
And that's a legitimate "bite my tongue", not some setup for a big "OK fine I'll say it blah blah blah" later on.
Those Were The Days - Michigan State
When searching old Illini photos, Jeff George is the hardest player to find photos of. Why? Because his son played here for a few years, and any search is going to land on photos of Jeff George Jr, not Jeff George Sr.
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