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88 Illini: #36-#33

88 Illini: #36-#33

These are the first weather days since we moved here where the weather absolutely feels like St. Louis. The thing about the mid-Mississippi valley (where St. Louis is located) is that the dampness just settles. There's not much wind. You can even see it on a topographic map.

88 Illini: #40-#37

88 Illini: #40-#37

My wife goes to bed last night, I clean the kitchen and start the dishwasher, and then I sit down at the end of the kitchen island to start the next 88 Illini post. I notice that the TV is still on in the other room (I can see that

88 Illini: #44-#41

88 Illini: #44-#41

I just went scrolling through the archive looking to see where I was at on my countdown on July 16, 2024. And I paused when I saw the 40-some comments on the "SOC - Eastern Illinois" post last August, not remembering that it was that article where I

88 Illini: #48-#45

88 Illini: #48-#45

It's incredible how much Powerade Zero I drink. If there were a competition for most Powerade Zero Mixed Berry 28 oz. bottles consumed in 2025, I have to be top-10 nationally. I drink coffee, water, and Powerade Zero Mixed Berry. If I get to the sports drinks aisle

88 Illini: #52-#49

88 Illini: #52-#49

Did anyone play Tecmo Bowl? I'm talking about the Nintendo version. The NES. We're talking early 90's here. I played some. I sucked at it and mostly just mashed buttons, but I played some. The thing that Tecmo Bowl got right (and maybe Madden

88 Illini: #56-#53

88 Illini: #56-#53

56 days until the season. That's crazy. 56 days until the season with the highest expectations since the fall of 1990 when I was a senior in high school. I've written "the month I got my acceptance letter to Illinois we were #5 in the

88 Illini: #60-#57

88 Illini: #60-#57

I get on an elevator this morning. Actually, I didn't get on the elevator at first. There were six people getting on the elevator in front of my wife and I, and they were spread out pretty good, and I gave them the "we'll just