I think I’ll choose questions with short answers for this one.  Then I’ll crank it up in Part V and give you nine paragraphs on the Sports Illustrated “1-7 in the Big Ten” prediction. Any indication of who will be getting most of the work in the return game based on what you’ve seen? If [...]

I am really enjoying your tweets/updates on the Illini and would like to know as much as possible on Jason Ford. How does he look so far, will he get the bulk of the carries? Predictions? Thoughts? Will he get the bulk of the carries? Absolutely.  He knows the offense the best, he has the [...]

Considering our Zook era punt return woes, is there any reason to see improvement this season? I figured I’d look up the statistics first.  Here’s where Illinois has ranked nationally in punt return yardage in Ron Zook’s 6 seasons (national ranking out of 120 teams): 2005: 112th 2006: 111th 2007: 88th 2008: 94th 2009: 114th [...]

*flexes fingers outward like a classical pianist* First off, thanks for all the questions.  Keep ‘em coming – there’s more stuff I can look for at tonight’s practice.  I have 6 hours and 33 minutes before I have to leave for tonight’s practice.  I figure I can answer at least 40 questions by then.  Let’s [...]

Ah, the offseason. A time to recharge the blog batteries. Two months from today, I’ll be knee-deep in trying to figure out if Tavon Wilson is the 8th or 7th most important Illini player for 2011. But for now, I can sit back and enjoy the lazy days of summer.  And see how many days [...]