The 88 Illini: #72-#69
I mean, just look at that picture. It's from the Ohio State game last October. Some may look at it and say "so what? The seats near the 50 are full even when there are only 32,000 fans in the stands." But that's
Robert
The 88 Illini: #76-#73
I can write whatever I want in these intros and I'm choosing to write about Keaton Wagler being drafted 5th overall last night. Yes, this is a football post, and I'll eventually get the next four players on the list. But first, let's talk
Alibi
I've been many people since I saw you last
Every one a little closer to my very best
This post has absolutely nothing to do with Illini anything. It's one of those "I need to get this out so I can clear the cache and
One Question Mailbag: SP+ Predictions
As I said in the last post, I feel like I'm starting to get a better feel for the 2026 football team. I'm not there yet – if I had to write the preview tomorrow it would just be a bunch of guesses – but I'm
The 88 Illini: #80-#77
For whatever reason, I have a very strong "now it begins" feeling this morning. Perhaps it was all of the photos on social media of the first basketball practice yesterday. Perhaps it's the knowledge that the football players (including the summer enrollees) are on campus and
The 88 Illini: #84-#81
I'm just a boy, standing in front of a reader, asking them to understand just how hard it has been to assemble this list in 2026. I could start every one of these posts with some form of "this is impossible" but I still wouldn'
Max-Out
Assembling the 88 Illini list has me thinking one single thought the last 72 hours. I can't get said thought out of my head which means I need to write about it. The thought: I'm not sure everyone understands the current football roster building methodology. So