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The 2025 Football Preview

The 2025 Football Preview

36,901 words. I know everyone always cares about the word count so the 2025 preview is 36,901 words. 91 pages, single-spaced. It's a two hour read unless you're some kind of speed reader. Then it's around an hour and 45 minutes.

Offensive Chats

Offensive Chats

Remember – we just went over this – these are chats with offensive players, not offensive chats. There's nothing offensive about any of these chats. I mean, when you listen to the Josh Gesky interview and I reference how I heard that former Illini offensive lineman Tony Pashos was kind

Defensive Chats

Defensive Chats

I'm still cranking on the preview. Pretty sure I'm gonna get it done tomorrow so I'll have it up first thing Monday morning. Yes, it will be the longest one I've ever written. I still have more audio interviews stored on my

88 Illini: #8-#5

88 Illini: #8-#5

I believe that I'm going to write more than 10,000 words today. It was a rough day yesterday connecting my brain to my fingers, but today I've been in a good groove with the preview. It comes out on Monday, and after yesterday I was

My 2025 Three-Deep

My 2025 Three-Deep

I initially had this one titled "mid-camp three-deep." Same as the article I put out last year at this time. But then I remembered that last year, my mid-camp three deep was really an end-of-camp three deep. Which meant that it was my

88 Illini: #12-#9

88 Illini: #12-#9

It was one of those nights tonight. I don't even know if I get this article finished this evening so you might be reading the "one of those nights tonight" part in the morning. But I know I have to at least get this part written

Chats With Former Walkons

Chats With Former Walkons

I'm gonna put three interviews inside this post. I mean, I guess it's just two interviews, but one of the interviews was with two players that I interviewed at the same time. Therefore, using math, one plus one is two, meaning that interview #2 is really