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Immediately after the final buzzer sounded tonight, I was so bummed. I mean, I’m always distraught after any Illinois basketball loss, but I realllly wanted this one. After watching the Illini players run on to the floor for the final time before tip-off and seeing the reception from the

I go to many Illini sporting events each year, but only one makes me worry for my (aural) health: the annual Tuesday morning women's basketball game with approximately 50,000 screaming children. I legitimately have to give myself a pep talk in the parking lot before I head

It's time for a class you'd take your sophomore year. Yes, you had College Football 101 as a freshman in Foellinger and you'd always get a seat in the balcony so you could take a little nap. But now it's time for

First, a little housekeeping. I'm not going to publish what I recorded for From The Stands. I didn't really talk much about the game in the recording. I got... distracted by other things and honestly, nobody wants to hear that stuff. I've refused to

This is an IlliniBoard first. I'm writing at one end of the kitchen island and Tyler is writing at the other end of the kitchen island. Our wives are both asleep. We both covered the basketball game tonight and we're both tailgating tomorrow and we'

It’s 12:19 AM on a FOOTBALL SATURDAY. That means it’s SOC Time here at IlliniBoard. As it is, I’m literally sitting in Robert’s kitchen eating his pimento cheese dip with him 10 feet away from me as he writes his SOC for the Maryland game