Next to hiking in the mountains with my wife and looking at gif images of a confused Pat Fitzgerald (click on it – no, seriously, click on it), my favorite thing to do in the world is to put together an Illini football depth chart. I love it so much that I go three-deep. Because [...]
Thanksgiving week holds many traditions. Mine: looking ahead to next year’s depth chart because I’m almost totally positively certain that we might possibly be better next year. This year, I’m rushing things a bit and putting together the three-deep a week before the season ends. Because next Monday, when the inevitable happens, I want the [...]
I don’t know why I’m sitting here. I should be in Champaign, standing on the sidelines, trying to decide if Zephaniah Grimes looks nimble enough to find some minutes at Sam Linebacker as a true freshman. Stupid real job. I know one thing – I’m counting the minutes until I get to Rantoul. I’ve decided [...]
Two-deeps are for Northwestern fans. Let’s go three-deep. Starters in bold, incoming freshmen in italics. QB: Nathan Scheelhaase (SO) / Miles Osei (SO) / Reilly O’Toole (FR) RB: Jason Ford (SR) / Troy Pollard (SR) / Bud Golden (SO) FB: Jay Prosch (SO) / Zach Becker (SR) / Chris Willett (JR) TE: Evan Wilson (SO) [...]
Stop, smell the roses, they say. Enjoy the bowl – we can worry about 2011 later, I’m told. Can’t. As I said before the season, I’m a “but in 2011…” guy, and now is the time to start to take a look at the three-deep. That’s right, THREE deep. I don’t spend hours and hours [...]
