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The 88 Illini: #36-#33

Holly Birch-Smith - IlliniBoard

Well, the email just came through announcing the first press conference for the fall. Which means that the season is actually here. Time to buckle in and tell my wife "we won't have any open weekends until April - is that OK?" again. And time to... wait, I've just been handed a note:

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I noted this on Twitter just now but I wanted to write something about it as well. We'll get to the next four players on the list here in a moment but first I wanted to write something about the block I logo. If you're not

The 88 Illini: #44-#41

The 88 Illini: #44-#41

Another quick reminder that the latest 88 Illini post won't always be at the top. I published two articles the other day and "Blip" was in front of the latest 88 Illini post. So if you didn't see it (and I know many of

The 88 Illini: #48-#45

The 88 Illini: #48-#45

Just wanted to remind you of the "countdown flexibility" I've given myself here. When I first started writing these countdown posts 15 years ago, I tried to make them daily posts that counted down to the first game of the season. And I rarely ever stayed