Whole Today started off in grand fashion for me. As I exited off of I-57 on my way into Champaign I ran over some form of sharp metal object and punctured a tire. It was 11:27 AM - just 33 minutes until the start of Illinois vs Ohio State when
Escaped The Trap The Big Ten basketball schedule comes at you pretty fast. With apologies to Ferris Bueller, in no way should you stop and look around once in a while. The better advice - especially in January - is to keep looking forward. You lay a historic beat down on #9 Oregon
Momentum This one…was never in doubt. Chicago State is quite simply one of the worst teams in college basketball. This is evident by record - they are one of only three winless teams in D-1 college hoops (Jackson State, Canisius, and Alcorn State are the others), and this is evident
House of Horrors Not gonna lie - my immediate post game mood was pretty dark. Three consecutive losses here at Welsh-Ryan Arena - including the last two in overtime - will get you there pretty quick. I was ready to attack my keyboard with all manner of rage and fury as I contemplated
Ham For Thanksgiving Alabama. Arkansas. Tennessee. Missouri. Duke. Five top-50 (ish) non conference opponents. I wrote in the schedule post section of our pre-season preview that I thought these five games represented the toughest group of power conference opponents we’ve seen on the schedule in Brad Underwood’s eight year tenure at
Got Better Today was truly one for the 17. It was a day in which the biggest cheer at an Illini basketball team - was for the Illini football team. Pat Bryant’s game winning touchdown catch and run against Rutgers was played on the SFC jumbotron at the under 16 media