So the last 72 hours were basically Sportswriter Fantasy Camp for me.  Walking around Rantoul with a notepad (er, iPhone notepad), furiously trying to type out the depth chart during stretches and writing things like “Evan solid backup Tez mike” to be deciphered later at the hotel.

(Note to all legitimate Illini sportswriters: When the team lines up for stretching, they line up by depth chart. So when Nate Palmer is standing behind Evan Frierson, who is standing behind Martez Wilson, you have your current, up-to-the-minute depth at MIKE linebacker.  So please start reporting on depth chart changes like every other Big Ten beat writer. KTHNX.)

Anyway, since I’m still floating on my accessless-yet-accurate sportswriting buzz, I decided this morning to ask for mailbag questions.  Pretentious, I know, but I still have thousands of Illini football thoughts bouncing around in my head from the weekend (“Buchanan looks Billy-Cole-skinny, but seemed to hold his own. Yank the redshirt?”).  So I’ve decided that I’ll finally put my 7-7/8 hat size head and corresponding memory to good use: ask me anything about Camp Rantoul or the scrimmage or the depth chart or the freshmen, and I’ll answer it tonight after my wife falls asleep on the couch.  Just e-mail me at criticalmass@alioneye.com

And don’t worry, I won’t include your real name, ye who hideth behind internet anonymity.  Just put “question from Sully in Galena” and I’ll include the question with your identity successfully camouflaged.

What if nobody asks a question, you say?  Easy. “Kevin” “from Kankakee” will be asking some very pointed questions of which I happen to know specific answers.

Go.