King Of The Mountain I don't know why, but back in Highland, we called it King Of The Mountain, not King of The Hill. We'd go up to the Super Value parking lot, we'd climb on the big mound of snow from when they cleared off the parking
From The Field - Northwestern That photo there is the thing I reference a few minutes into this From the Stands (from the field). This wasn’t just a “snow game” - it was an “icy patches on the field in the second half after the icy mist started to fall” game as well. It
SOC - Northwestern Everything feels wrong today. Don't get me wrong – I'm still very much looking forward to a snow game tomorrow – but it doesn't feel like a Friday before a football game right now. Not at all. Not in any way. First off, there's
Those Were The Days - Northwestern If your question was "will Robert forget to post the Northwestern Those Were The Days for the third time in the last six years?", the answer is NO. I have not forgotten. I am posting it now. It is me, Robert, remembering to post the Northwestern TWTD. Here&
How To Talk To Your Kids About 7-4 Illini Football I've been splitting the NERDstat posts into two this year. Last year I was writing "the thing I want to say and the stats I want to evaluate" into one big, long post (sometimes 5,000 words). This year I've done a lot of
Ideal Opponent First off, let me get this out of the way. Yes, there's a blue checkmark next to my name on Twitter now. I paid to upgrade to Premium today. I did this because I wanted to tweet the entire video of my question and Bret Bielema's
The Road No, I'm not gonna get all Cormac McCarthy on you. I planned out this article when I decided to try to watch both the basketball game in Champaign and the football game in Madison today. After this game tonight, I no longer want to write it, but this