SOC - Maryland
I'm on campus right now (Maryland's campus). I'm in a really nice hotel room for $151 per night (a hotel within walking distance of the stadium). The get-in price for the game tomorrow is $3. I am basically on the Illinois campus in
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Those Were The Days - Maryland
Detlef is taking us back to 1991 today, which was my freshman year. So when you combine this with my La Bamba tweet from yesterday, I'm pretty much 100% back in the early nineties on campus in my mind. Meet you guys at R&R's
Let's Get Ready To Rumble
I don't know about you, but I've watched that "cinematic recap" video about 30 times. My heart wants to relive the entire day over and over. Last year's USC win was great, but honestly, for home games during the Bielema era, I
One Question Mailbag: Ranking Catches
I got a text from my friend Erik (the keeper of The Stats) yesterday asking where the Collin Dixon catch might rank among all great Illini catches. I started to make a list in response to him and then I realized that it just needed to be a 1QM.
First,
Crowd Pop
First off, can we all acknowledge how great this photo is right here? I could stare at it for 10 minutes like I'm at some gallery somewhere. The foot crossing the goal line. The three Ducks chasing Laughery all perfectly aligned. The Illinois fans. The Oregon fans.
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From The Stands - Oregon
It was just so incredibly fun. I missed my game prediction by a country mile, the defense showed up in a big way, the running game dominated OREGON, and in my little corner of the west balcony, we had just about as much fun as human beings can have.
So
SOC - Oregon
Let me just start this one by talking about my wife. Just a quick shoutout and then I'll get to my thoughts on the Oregon game.
I'm typing this in my usual Friday night spot – on the end of the kitchen island – and my wife is