Robert

I took a little bye week vacation on Monday and Tuesday. Instead of poring over NERDstats all day (the next NERDstats post won't go up until next week so that I can add this weekend's data), I went and watched some golf in Ohio. Even though

I'm in a weird place, man. I got to my seats to find four Ohio State fans had snatched up the tickets across the aisle. Then I watched my team make mistake after mistake – the complete opposite of footballing – in a 34-16 loss while the Ohio State fans

This was a “not like this” game for me. I spend the last few years explaining to people what I mean by “footballing”… and then we hand over what could have been an even game by doing the exact opposite of footballing. An absolute silver platter game. I always From

I'm gonna do that thing where I start the SOC with something I had been writing this week (but didn't finish) and then end the SOC with the actual SOC. I know I don't need to tell you that each time I do it,

It was a guarantee that Detlef would pick this game. Seems obvious - it's the last time Illinois beat Ohio State in Champaign. I was a freshman at the time, and the good feelings of 1989 and 1990 had not yet left Champaign. We were #20 and they