I’m so incredibly depressed.  And we don’t even know who the new Illini basketball head coach will be.  I’m not depressed because the hire is underwhelming – we haven’t hired anyone yet.  I’m depressed because of who the hire won’t be. “I am very grateful for the support and belief in the coaching staff and [...]

I’m the worst blogger in the world.  Seriously – the worst.  Here I am, with no editor, no credential that could be pulled, the freedom to say whatever I want to whoever I want with zero consequence anywhere – the very focus of all the internet hate towards websites that don’t have to care about [...]

After 48 hours of mourning, I’m ready to think about all of this again.  Yesterday, when a friend sent me a “I still say John Groce” text, I shooed him away with my depression.  It’s over, I said.  With one announcement, Shaka Smart dropped us from “somewhere around the 12th to 15th best job” to [...]

I lost a little bit of weight in January.  No big deal, just one of those January I-want-to-meet-my-great-grandkids deals.  Kept it going pretty well through February, too.  But I’ve eaten like Jack Cornell on Beards Eat Free Night the last few weeks, and I haven’t worked out once.  I’m frightened to look in the mirror. [...]

I considered seven different things to write about in the last two hours.  I considered writing a summary of today’s events, but that’s been done.  I considered a “here’s why we’ll get Shaka/here’s why we won’t” list.  I was even standing in line at the grocery store tonight, staring at the magazines, thinking about how [...]