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So Did We Learn Anything?

So Did We Learn Anything?

It feels good to have my feet back underneath me. I just sat here pouring over some NERDstats and it feels so good. I can't really explain how it normalizes the world for me, but it does. August feels like a freefall and September feels like a foothold.

By Any Other Name

By Any Other Name

I'm in a mood tonight. I just went outside and took that photo right there. That's a wildfire in the mountains above where my son lives. My wife and I are here visiting our new grandson, and something about the eeriness of that photo has me

I Can See Clearly Now

I Can See Clearly Now

I can't really help it. I'm sitting there watching this why-is-kickoff-at-8:16-pm-on-a-Thursday-night game and I immediately get this feeling of "THIS is why I want to watch at least one scrimmage each August." It's the same feeling as August of 2010 when

From The Stands - EIU

From The Stands - EIU

It's 2:19 am and I'm just now starting this post. My flight leaves from Midway bound for Idaho and the new grandchild at 9:50 am. Need to leave here at 6:15, want to get at least three hours sleep, still have to pack.

Stream Of Consciousness - EIU

Stream Of Consciousness - EIU

How is the season starting tomorrow? I know that a Thursday start is only two days earlier than a Saturday start, but it feels like two weeks. I am, in no way, prepared for the season to start. Here's hoping no one on the team feels the same.

The 90 Illini #27: Ezekiel Holmes

The 90 Illini #27: Ezekiel Holmes

The preview is about 3-4 hours away. Really happy with it this year. Saying all I've wanted to say, I think. Grange and Seventeen Club subscribers will get it in their email inboxes this afternoon. And then I'm going to try to figure out how to

The 90 Illini #28: Aidan Laughery

The 90 Illini #28: Aidan Laughery

It's so interesting that we have several players from central Illinois (let's just roughly call it south of I-80, north of I-70 for this exercise) but there hasn't been a Big Ten football player from Champaign or Urbana in a long time. Aidan Laughery