Have you ever been to a wedding, and it’s best man/maid of honor toast time, and one of them starts with “when I thought about what I was going to say today…”, and you roll your eyes and mumble “then just say it”? Just me? Well, this is a confession of sorts. I’ve realized that [...]

Took me a bit to get around to this, what with all the football schedule announcements and the decision by the Big Ten to feed the nobodies to the somebodies. Hey, that reminds me… Basketball Schedule So we don’t know the dates, but we know our Big Ten opponents for next year. They announced our [...]

I think this was the first time since 2002 (trip to Germany) that I went a full week with zero Illini news. Back then it was because I didn’t have any data access on my phone, and the place we were staying didn’t have wi-fi (and I didn’t own a laptop). Hmmm… I probably need [...]

Don’t you just hate having a job? All of the working and the projects and the “you need to be here all day” and everything? Do you ever find yourself daydreaming about all the Illini things you could be writing about but you can’t because some stupid project that helps you earn some stupid paycheck [...]

So about that inexperience thing… A few weeks ago, I wrote about what each Big Ten team had returning. And I compared that to us. Iowa gets 12 of their 13 guys back. Michigan State returns nearly everyone. The majority of teams in college basketball return at least 10 guys from one year to the [...]