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Postscript, Washington

Postscript, Washington

Expectations. It’s the thing a lot of us Illinois fans are having to grapple with right now. What do we do with these expectations, and the disappointment that comes from unmet expectations? It was something I was thinking about even before I read the comments of Robert’s piece

Postscript, Ohio State

Postscript, Ohio State

When I was getting married in early 2013, I decided to center my bachelor party around an Illini game. I’m not sure why – I guess I wanted to ensure that I saw a win – but I chose the Charleston Southern game in mid-September of 2012. We did win, my

Postscript, Purdue

Postscript, Purdue

It was in my seventh-grade Spanish class that I first heard the concept of the rope-a-dope. My teacher, Mr. Ramirez, was an eccentric fellow. Anybody who knew him wouldn’t be surprised that he introduced a bunch of 13-year-olds to Muhammad Ali. He made me cry in the first week

Postscript, USC

Postscript, USC

I’ve been playing golf more recently. I don’t want to say I’ve been playing golf a lot recently, because I know people who play golf a lot. What I’m doing isn’t playing a lot of golf. It’s just playing more golf than I usually

Postscript, Indiana

Postscript, Indiana

Postscript, Western Michigan

Postscript, Western Michigan

I left Saturday with more questions than answers. About ghosts, mainly. (Not the galloping kind, either.) As a senior in high school, I, like most teenagers, had acne. In hindsight, it probably didn’t rise to the level of the chronic acne that a lot of teens take medication for,

Postscript, Duke

Postscript, Duke

As fans – hell, as human – we’re conditioned to think of things in terms of comps. (This is the part where Robert would like me to remind you that this isn’t him, it’s Nathan. Hello again everybody.) White slot receiver? That’s Danny Amendola. Relatively unathletic three-point specialist?