SOC - USC
This is the first time I've homecoming'd at Illinois. I've been to probably 30 homecoming games, but 2025 is the first time I've participated in a lot of the events that surround homecoming. Just tonight I drove the fire engine in the
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Those Were The Days - USC
I was kind of hoping that Detlef would choose this game. I mean, what other USC game would he pick? I watched this one in the basement with my dad and I can remember our celebration. I would have been 16 at the time, and dead set on going to
97 Minute Mailbag
I made an impulse purchase from an Instagram ad last month. This is no different from me making impulse purchases from late night infomercials back in the early 90's. When I was a senior in high school – a senior in high school who would often wax his 1984
How Bad Was It?
I pitched a perfect game with parking passes last week. I am telling you, I was dialed in. Connected with the universe in some way.
We have five, sometimes six passes for our tailgate. Five passes + sometimes I buy Craig's pass if he's not gonna be
Gravity Always Wins
I take a lot of pride in putting up Illini tents in a sea of red. It's the sign for one candidate when every other yard on the block has a sign for the other candidate. Tailgate tents are a great "I'm proud to say
From The Stands - Indiana 2025
My goodness.
I don't really remember what I said here and I just recorded it five minutes ago. There's an Illinois reporter at this very moment watching Mizzou highlights in front of me (I don't think he knows the volume is up?) and I&
SOC - Indiana 2025
With games like these, sometimes I wish I didn't have to watch. I never feel like this for home games, but for road games, I honestly sometimes go to sleep on Friday night daydreaming about just checking the score a half hour after the game is finished. I