Zoom In
Look at that photo. Well, it's a screengrab from a frame from a video I took, so look at that screengrab. It's a beautiful stadium when it's empty, right? So much history there.
Except it's not empty. Zoom in.
Here, I'
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The 90 Illini #36: Torrie Cox Jr.
A quick shoutout to Joel C. for helping me with the 90 Illini list this year. No, he didn't rank the players for me. After I wrote how I wish there were some way to highlight each position on my list so that I could visually see if
The 90 Illini #37: Ashton Hollins
The preview comes out next Monday. And I keep trying to remember to save some things for that preview. Between all of these 90 Illini articles and practice notes on Slack and everything else, I feel like I never remember to save things for the preview.
But I did just
The 90 Illini #38: Jeremiah Warren
I hate that the very first thing I think about when discussing Jeremiah Warren is how he was the offer that went out after Trey Pierce (Brother Rice) picked Michigan.
It was an obvious "if not, then" at the time. Pierce, also a defensive lineman, decommitted from Wisconsin
The 90 Illini #39: Brandon Henderson
One thing about football that I understand but I don't think I really understand: offensive linemen can play every snap no sweat; defensive linemen can't play every snap or they'll be falling over by the end of the game.
When I talk about this
The President
I know I know I know. The football season is two weeks away and you want football content. I get it. But I made this promise years ago to write out my Illini fan experience, not follow "what article would bring me the most subscribers?", and my fan
The 90 Illini #40: Hank Beatty
Now that we're in the top-40, I'll be adding "previous 90 Illini rankings" for each player. We're reaching the spot where it's mostly upperclassmen now, so many of these guys will have been ranked in The 90 Illini 2-3-4 times.