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Craig Has The Scout - Indiana 2025

Coming Up Who: Indiana Hoosiers When: 6:30 pm – Saturday, September 20, 2025 Where: A Different Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN How: NBC Opponent Primer: Head Coach: Curt Cignetti Curt Cignetti is in his second year at Indiana, you can either Google it or talk to any Indiana fan who suddenly

How Much Do Blowouts Matter?

When discussing Scoring Margin in NERDstat Land, the first thing almost everyone thinks about are KenPom's articles on basketball scoring margin. He led the charge of "guys, it really does matter if you beat Maryland-Eastern Shore by 33 instead of 19" when it comes to college

Postscript, Western Michigan

I left Saturday with more questions than answers. About ghosts, mainly. (Not the galloping kind, either.) As a senior in high school, I, like most teenagers, had acne. In hindsight, it probably didn’t rise to the level of the chronic acne that a lot of teens take medication for,

Actual WMU Football Thoughts

I lied. I said I wasn't going to do anything on Sunday besides relax and watch football. And here I am, digging through the box score and writing about it. I felt like I shortchanged my subscribers yesterday but spending my entire day (including my postgame article) on

The Friends You Make Along The Way

I left the house at 6:33 am. Just pulled in the driveway at 12:09 am. I can't remember the last time I drank this much liquid in one day. I'm guessing I sweat out at least 10 lbs. today, and I poured in at

SOC - Western Michigan

It's wild that I'm sitting here writing the SOC. Current time: 11:21 pm. I woke up this morning at 4:58 and have not paused one single second since. My whole week has been like that and I'm going to start this SOC

Those Were The Days - Western Michigan

I was worried about this one. When I go to search for the article Detlef sent me for this game, I was so concerned it was going to be about the 2008 game at Ford Field and would include some, uh, colorful thoughts. But Detlef went with a different game:

How Does One "Football"?

Got a post suggestion from a friend and I love the idea. He noted that with many new subscribers on the site, perhaps I should circle back on "Footballing." I use the term all the time, and I've written about the concept for years, but not

The Boulder Is Shattered

I get the same advice all the time: "Be careful, Robert. You don't want to come off as a true homer." People see me waving the flag (sometimes literally) and want me to be aware that it can damage my credibility as someone publishing Illini words.

Craig Has The Scout - Western Michigan 2025

Coming Up Who: Western Michigan Broncos When: 7:00 pm – September 13th, 2025 Where: Home Sweet Home How: FS1 Opponent Primer: Head Coach: Lance Taylor. Lance Taylor is in his third season as the head coach of the Broncos. Taylor came to Western Michigan after being the offensive coordinator and

Postscript, Duke

As fans – hell, as human – we’re conditioned to think of things in terms of comps. (This is the part where Robert would like me to remind you that this isn’t him, it’s Nathan. Hello again everybody.) White slot receiver? That’s Danny Amendola. Relatively unathletic three-point specialist?

The Autumn Of George

Kansas Game John (not to be confused with Grog's John) came up with a great concept last year: 2024 would be our luck year. All of our bad luck the previous five seasons would be repaid with good luck in 2024. And it was kinda true! This summer,

From The Stands - Duke

That's the visitor's locker room over there. You're looking at Illinois returning to the field from halftime. I reference it in this From The Stands so... that's what I'm talking about. The visiting team has to walk one and a

SOC - Duke

That was close. I just unplugged the 'I' at 11:56 pm. It can only be illuminated on gameday if we win, and it's gameday in four minutes. It looks pretty good on the bar there in my hotel room, right? I did some repairs on