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Those Were The Days - Rutgers

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.

Craig Has The Scout - Rutgers 2024

Craig Has The Scout - Rutgers 2024

Weird Night

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

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

Postscript, Michigan State

Postscript, Michigan State

Unbothered. That was how I entered Memorial Stadium on Saturday. (And cold. It’s been a while since I’ve been in Champaign in November, and I misjudged the weather.) A few months ago, my wife noticed that podcaster and comedian Theo Von was going to be at the State

Workmanlike

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

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.