It bugged me at Camp Rantoul, but I shrugged it off because, well, I was focused on dominating Missouri. But watching our season, and then thinking back on camp, and thinking about the season again, and then getting angry, and then pulling out my Rose Bowl tickets to calm myself down, I came to one [...]
If I’m not mistaken, those are called “interceptions”. And from what I hear, when you catch them out of the air, your team gets to keep the ball. Right there. On the spot. Projecting that forward, say our team were to do that in our opponent’s territory. The opposing QB tosses the ball in the [...]
This really should be Point # 19. Because it’s probably the most important. It is also my deathbed wish. You know that scene in Rudy (I know, I feel dirty even making the reference) where his dad is all “this is the most beautiful sight these eyes have ever seen”? That’s me viewing Illinois Football [...]
For both of the new readers in the past month: If you are unfamiliar, we are currently going through a 19 point plan to revitalize Illini football. First 8 points are available here. Days and days of depression after the end of the season led me to one conclusion: I can fix this. So for [...]
On this little piece of paper right here, this point was originally titled “Buy out of the Fresno State game”. But then, somewhere around Point #5, rumors surfaced that we were buying out of the Fresno State game and scheduling 0-12 Eastern Michigan. The SID office quickly came out and squashed the rumors, which was [...]
