NCAA Tournament XI: Even To The Edge Of Doom
Call this another SOC if you want. It's 11:00 am on the day of the game and I can't handle my nerves. The only thing I can do to release this nervous energy is to sit down and write. And so I'll write
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NCAA Tournament X: High Five (+ 5) - Houston
I’m going to guess you didn’t expect to have me starting this Elite installment of High Five with journeyman NFL quarterback Kirk Cousins quoting decade old rap lyrics. Well, regardless…
“Walk into your trap, take over your trap”
- Kirk Cousins, when asked about going to Seattle to
NCAA Tournament IX: The One Who Knocks
I just can't get over that 17-0 run. I know a lot of people are focused on Houston's little push in the final four minutes (they were due to start hitting some threes eventually), but I'm still stuck on the 17-0 run. We did
NCAA Tournament VIII: Nervous Energy
Such a long day. Suuuucchhh a long day. Such a lonnnnnngggg day. As I type these words it's still another 12 HOURS until our game and I already feel like I've been up for four hours. The longest of long days.
In order to pass the
Illini Power Rankings: Now We Find Out, for Forever
I have had the good fortune in my career to have the opportunity to interview political leaders, Hall of Fame athletes and coaches, movie stars, musicians, Pulitzer Prize-winning authors and, most impressively, REO Speedwagon's Kevin Cronin about the REO Speedwagon video game. When you interview that many people,
NCAA Tournament VII: High Five - VCU
Gnashville
Sweet 16? Not this year.
Two tough stretches in the Vanderbilt game (one in the first quarter, one in the third) means that the Commodores are moving on and the good guys are not.
Hey, props to the Vanderbilt athletic department which has turned all their major sports around...but