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Illini Night Contest 2025

Illini Night Contest 2025

Year 11! Well, it would be year 12, but there was no Illini Night in 2020 during the pandemic. But for 11 of the last 12 years, I've partnered with the Cardinals to do a giveaway for their Illini Night at Busch Stadium. I hold a contest and

88 Illini: #80-#77

88 Illini: #80-#77

One Question Mailbag: The House vs. NCAA Settlement

One Question Mailbag: The House vs. NCAA Settlement

A "One Question Mailbag" post is really just "I started to respond to someone on Twitter and then I realized it was way too long for a social media response so I just decided to write an article on the topic." It can even be a

88 Illini: #84-#81

88 Illini: #84-#81

I love informative comments. In the last article, CMI2PHX (can we get that flight added?) pointed out that he had never seen a tilde (the ~ symbol) used between two numbers to mean "through." And he's right. The dash means "84 through 81" but the

PMP25: The T-Bar Thing

PMP25: The T-Bar Thing

I had several "dealer's choice - you choose what article to write for my donation" responses this year. Especially the first few people to donate. So I'm knocking a few of those out and then I'll get to some of the questions

88 Illini: #88~#85

88 Illini: #88~#85

"The 90 Illini returns today rebranded in its original form: 88 Illini!" "This is basically impossible to do with House vs. NCAA still unresolved." Those are two statements I'm making today. It's back... but this list is currently impossible to assemble. It&

The Return Of... The 88 Illini

The Return Of... The 88 Illini

I had a synthesizer (a Yamaha DX-7) and a drum set. The drum set was an "oh please oh please oh please" purchase that my parents caved on. See, I went to drum camp at Eastern Illinois University in June of 1988 and one of the classes at