88 Illini

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.

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

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

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

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

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