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Those Were The Days - Wisconsin

Those Were The Days - Wisconsin

I always forget about those helmets. My dad introduced me to Illini football just after those helmets went away. But yeah, we used to have helmets that kinda sorta had ram horns. Maybe we need to wear THOSE throwbacks next year. Anyway, those are just my helmet thoughts for the

How Great Is This?

How Great Is This?

My youngest son was the first one to let me know that "OK" wasn't a proper text response. This was at least 10 years ago. He'd be all "I should be done around 5:45 so you can pick me up at 6:

College Football 201

It's time for a class you'd take your sophomore year. Yes, you had College Football 101 as a freshman in Foellinger and you'd always get a seat in the balcony so you could take a little nap. But now it's time for

Composure

Composure

First, a little housekeeping. I'm not going to publish what I recorded for From The Stands. I didn't really talk much about the game in the recording. I got... distracted by other things and honestly, nobody wants to hear that stuff. I've refused to

SOC - Maryland

SOC - Maryland

This is an IlliniBoard first. I'm writing at one end of the kitchen island and Tyler is writing at the other end of the kitchen island. Our wives are both asleep. We both covered the basketball game tonight and we're both tailgating tomorrow and we'

Those Were The Days - Maryland

Those Were The Days - Maryland

This has to be the most recent Those Were The Days in Those Were The Days history, right? Detlef is taking us allllllll the way back to October 2023 here. It remains the only Illini Football game I haven't attended in person this decade (I had the flu)

How Do We Get The Turnovers To Return?

How Do We Get The Turnovers To Return?

This is probably the best stat so far this season: Against a top-10 schedule (currently #9 in the FPI SOS), the Illini are +1 in turnover margin (10 turnovers gained, 9 turnovers lost). That's good for 59th nationally, so right in the middle of the pack. Tough schedule