Those Were The Days - Duke I almost forgot. But then Jim on Slack reminded me that I hadn't posted the TWTD yet so I didn't forget. It's 2:56 here, which means it's 1:56 back there, and that's enough time for me to be
How Much Did We Learn? I'll begin, as I do every year, explaining why I use the term "NERDstats." It started out as a joke and then it became my identity. It started out with me mocking analytics and then embracing analytics. It started out with me making fun of the
More WIU Stuff This is normally when you'd be reading Postscript, a column that Nathan writes every Monday morning. But Nathan is on a trip this weekend and hasn't even seen the game yet. It's a bit difficult to write a postscript column when you haven'
Incommunicado We're in such a connected world. Is that how it's said? We're all digitally connected. When I was a kid my parents had a big bell in the back yard (a Liberty Bell-lookin' thing) and they'd ring it if they
Stream Of Consciousness - Western Illinois I didn't get cash to pay the portapotty guy. That's the one thing on my mind at 11:43 as I sit down to SOC. I didn't get cash. I think I got everything else done, but I didn't get cash. I&
Those Were The Days - Western Illinois It really feels like game week now, right? I mean, the flow is a bit thrown off here by a Friday game, so everything is arriving a day early, but for me at least (and for many of you long-time subscribers) the flow of Craig having the Scout and
88 Illini: #4-#1 I'm going to start with a tribute. It might seem strange to you that I'm going to write a tribute to a subscriber who recently passed away and then immediately transition to talking about the four most important Illini this year, but I feel like it&