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Coming Up Who: Maryland Terrapins When: 2:30 pm – November 15th, 2025 Where: Home Sweet Home How: FS1 Opponent Primer: Head Coach: Mike Locksley Mike Locksley, a name that harkens back to the good old days for the Illini. Locksley is a coach who’s absolutely elite at half the

I'm having some feelings this evening. Some "I spent the early part of this evening arguing that my football team should have been in the CFP Top-25 tonight (because they should have) and then I spent the later part of the evening watching my basketball team

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

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