The 88 Illini: #8-#5
Two more of these: one right now, and one on Thursday. I'm gonna save the big reveal of the final four players for the afternoon of the first game. With the game at 8:00 pm, you're going to be "why won't the
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The 88 Illini: #12-#9
Can I write out some of my injury concerns here? I'm going to write out some of my injury concerns here before getting to the next four players on the list. The fact that two of the players who will miss the opener (per Tuesday's press
The 88 Illini: #16-#13
Someone asked on Slack about how many more revisions I'd be making to the 88 Illini list (I change it CONSTANTLY all summer) and I wanted to share my answer here as well as there. This year, once reaching the starters, I've gone to the list
A Quick Thank-You
I think I'm realizing that I wear three Illini hats. I'm going to tell you about those hats in this post. As always, when I'm talking directly to subscribers, I let you know in the intro that there's nothing Illini past this
Let's Peek At SP+
This isn't an official NERDstats post. Those will start up again after the UAB game. This is just gonna be a quick peek at the final preseason SP+ that came out last week. I listened to a podcast with Bill Connelly the other night while mowing the lawn
The 88 Illini: #20-#17
I've gone back and forth over the years regarding the month of August. It was so much simpler when football camp was open and I could just go to practice and then write an article about what I saw at practice. Fall camp was eventually closed off with
The 88 Illini: #24-#21
I started writing the intro for the preview yesterday. And I feel like it's going to be the most uninformed preview of all time. I'll still find stuff to write about – I'll always find stuff to write about – but there's just so