FamILLy Ties It has taken me 48 hours to form this article in my head. It's one of those posts that has a maybe 25% chance of coming out like I'm hoping it will. I'll have to walk the thin line between observer and fanboy and
Mid-Spring Three-Deep Time to update the ol' three-deep. I've been to three open sessions at practice (stretching and special teams work, mostly) plus the full open practice last Friday night so I think I'm ready to do some depth chart guessing. And I have to say... this
Walking In Memphis I got off the train and put my bag on a bench. Grabbed my phone from my pocket to hail the Uber. This trip is a train to Memphis, then an Uber to the rental car place, then a rental car to the golf course, and then repeat the process
97 Minutes: Spring Football I've said for nearly a year now that I need to write more short articles. Lately, when I flip on the writing switch, it takes me at least four hours to write something. Some of those NERDstat articles for football were pushing 15-18 hours last fall with one
State Of The Union 2025 I view this as the start of the offseason. Yes, there's still Illini sports to cover. The NCAA Golf regional is in Champaign (actually Urbana) this year. I want to get to a few baseball and softball games. But for the "I travel to every game, home
Reseating I've been working on an Illini State of the Union address today but I've spent 75% of my time researching (and tweeting about) the reseating process that's going on right now. I finally just gave up on the State of the Union (I'
Boston And Orlando My mind is still right there. I'm in Boston looking up at a scoreboard that says "Sweet Sixteen" and I'm in Orlando looking at the "I". You don't have to worry - this won't be a football post.