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We're having a moment right now. An offensive moment. Like no moment I can recall since maybe the late 1980's. On both sides of Kirby, we have a really good offense. Perhaps even a ridiculously good offense. Both teams. Let's talk about it. Let&

It’s a well worn coach-ism common to all sports at all levels:  “Next Man Up”.   Coaches are generally loath to use injury as an excuse (well, at least until AFTER a loss), so they trot out the “Next Man Up” mantra and school their players to fall back on

It's apparently Gift Week here at IlliniBoard. Yesterday I wrote about Unwrapping Presents. And today I received a little gift in the form of 30 minutes of open practice. I'd normally put my practice notes on Slack (the reason I always give is that I never

It's been a while since I just sat down and wrote out what's on my mind. The basketball preview is published, and this is a football bye week, so I think I'm in the frame of mind to frame my mind. And the number

Editor's note: New author alert! Everyone welcome Heath to IlliniBoard. I mean, Heath has been around IlliniBoard for 10+ years. But everyone welcome him as a new writer. Heath approached me about writing some WBB content six months ago. I told him I had some other people interested

It's amazing how cold it got so quickly. At the Ohio State football game, I was very warm. I just walked out of the State Farm Center and it was cold cold. It's going to be 35 tonight and I have no idea how we got

This tweet has been bouncing around in my head since I saw it Saturday. I don’t think people truly realize how much they’re going to miss Luke Altmyer and Barry Lunney when they’re gone — Trevor Vallese (@TVallese) November 1, 2025 My first instinct was to scoff at