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Where Do We Stand? March 5th

Where Do We Stand? March 5th

My very first thought this week: when is the last time that the only two ranked Big Ten teams met during the final week of the season? Now that I type that out, I'm realizing that it's probably been a very long time since the Big

2017 Coaching Hires

2017 Coaching Hires

This is one of those "one question mailbag" posts. It wasn't submitted as a mailbag question – it was a text on Saturday evening from a former Illini football player asking about Underwood compared to other coaching hires – but the more I dug into the numbers, the

Don’t Disturb This Groove

Don’t Disturb This Groove

There has been a lot of talk about the Illinois offense over the past few weeks. So here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to talk a lot about the Illinois offense.

The BoardRoom 4.16 - Winning Against Wisco With Marcus

While waiting for Tyler's writeup from Madison (I'm pretty sure he drove back home first and is now writing it back in the western burbs), here's The BoardRoom episode after today's game. As they said in the episode notes, State Farm Center

Up To Speed - March 1, 2024

Up To Speed - March 1, 2024

I'm visiting my son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter right now. Booked this trip the day after the Penn State loss. Tyler could cover the Wisconsin game, my wife had to be in Idaho for work, so all of the stars aligned. Being around Penn State fans celebrating their greatest

Seven Seconds

Seven Seconds

Think back to when Brad Underwood was hired. Josh Whitman fired John Groce and held the "if we're not careful..." press conference, we were still playing in the NIT with Jamal Walker as the head coach, and Whitman snuck down to Oklahoma and stole Brad Underwood

The BoardRoom 4.15 - Ball Went In Hoop

Sam, Matty, and Josh react to the ball going into hoop many of times. Luckily more times for the Illini than Minnesota. You can listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts here, you can listen to this episode on Spotify here, or, if you click the "SUBSCRIBE" button