So I’m now zero-for-eleven in attending Missouri/Illinois athletic contests in the state of Missouri.  0-11. And I gotta say, one of these things is not like the other. That outlier was today.  We blew a 10 point halftime lead, and I don’t really care.  A few Missouri fans were up to their normal childishness after [...]

I don’t really want to dwell on the final play from Saturday.  I know that most of you had the same reaction I did – what a fitting end – but a few hours after the game, I was sick for the seniors.  I hate that Antonio James had to walk off the field with [...]

I received an e-mail from a friend yesterday.  “Um, Illinois won on Saturday. Why aren’t you writing about it?”  I told him I’d sat at the computer several times since Saturday, but nothing came out.  It doesn’t make any sense to me either. Then my wife asked me last night what I had written about [...]

I let myself think it.  After Hawthorne ran down Roundtree, and they reversed the touchdown to place the ball at the one, I thought through one of those fantasies where we stop them on 4 consecutive downs, pull off a 99 yard drive, and take the lead.  And I could then write a blog post [...]

And be these juggling fiends no more believ’d, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear And break it to our hope. ~William Shakespeare I bought in.  Cordale Scott bought in.  22,000 new season ticket holders bought in.  Graham Pocic bought in and invited friends. Phil [...]