A few more mailbag questions.  Sorry if I didn’t get to yours.  Readers whose questions were not used will receive a lovely bag of parting gifts including a VHS copy of Jerry Hester’s overtime explosion against Missouri in 1995 and a small chard of glass from the Jack Daniels bottle that the Black Crowes guitarist [...]

5 questions tonight, 5 more tomorrow, then a SOC, then barely sleep, then a win over Indiana to become bowl eligible before Columbus Day. October is the greatest month in the history of ever. With Bad News Brown suspended for the Indiana game (and deservedly so), what can we expect from Houston Bates in his [...]

More mailbag.  And good questions, people.  I think about Illini football all the time, and I always forget to think about some of these things.  Thanks for the reminder to remember to think about these things. In this surprising 5-0 start, what do you think has been the biggest surprise? AJ Jenkins? This one’s easy: [...]

5-0.  5 wins.  Five.  I want to keep saying it over and over.  The only seasons in the last 20 years that exceed our current win total: 2010, 2007, 2001, 1999, 1994, and 1992. Whoa.  I hadn’t thought of it like that.  From September 2003 to December 2006, we won 8 games.  In the last [...]

Looks like this will be the last one for the afternoon.  I have to get ready to head over for the evening practice (now, with pads and hitting!).  But I’ll still try to get to all of the questions in the next couple days.  Thanks again for sending them. What is going on with Brandon [...]