So on Friday, a little birdie told me that the Zooker quoted this A Lion Eye post at the Big Ten Media Days.  Ok, maybe “quoted” is a little much – I was informed that Ron Zook pulled out a piece of paper at the press conference and read some statistics.  Some very specific statistics [...]

6,782 days.  Six thousand, seven hundred eighty two days.  Care to guess what happened 6,782 days ago? Illinois appeared in its second consecutive bowl game.  Fifth consecutive, actually.  But the last time Illinois went bowling the season following a year where Illinois went bowling was 6,782 days ago.  Bush was president (the other one), Cheers [...]

I’m in mourning this evening.  What I thought was a giant opportunity back in May was nothing but a blip on the radar.  If you haven’t heard, Ohio State is more than likely getting off without so much as a single lost scholarship.  Jim Tressel acted alone – a rouge coach avoiding the compliance department [...]

One by one, I’m slowing deleting each 2010 Illini Football win from the DVR.  The losses were purged long ago – the wins have been savored over the last 7 months.  I’m watching each game one more time before the big delete (I have to make room for the games this fall).  Last night, it [...]

One quick thought before getting to the next set of rankings.  Just how many wide receivers do we need?  Specifically, how many walkon/grayshirt receivers can you take before every player only gets one rep in practice? We have AJ Jenkins and Fred Sykes, both seniors.  And we added a one year transfer, Brandon Clear.  Other [...]