Thanks to a pushed-back project deadline, a couple extra hours of vacation time, and an understanding wife, I drove to Champaign on Friday afternoon to get a head start on the Spring Game. I figured I’d watch practice, catch up on some blogging, and get a good seat for the game. All that, and I [...]
I’ll have much more on Tuesday, chronicling my 24 hours of Illini Spring Football, but for now, here’s the main thought bouncing around in my head: I hate that feeling. That “we weren’t crisp at all, were we” feeling. I told the people I was sitting with that I wanted something to get excited about. [...]
1. To me, this defense has the thinnest of thin margins. Keep everyone healthy and get everyone back from current injuries/suspensions, and this defense will surprise a lot of people. Lose a Brent here and a Hardeman there, and things will go south quickly. If the defense is Pilcher-Brent-Liuget-James, Ellington-M. Wilson-I. Thomas, and T. Wilson-Hicks-Edwards-Hardeman, [...]
1. Mike Schultz preaches balance. Says he never wants to exceed 60/40 in either direction. Which means we’ll never, ever see another second half of the Western Michigan game where we ran the ball 7 times out of 41 plays. We came out after halftime, ran the ball on 3 of 8 plays on a [...]
OK, so it’s time to get this thing cranking for real. I changed the look, fixed the content errors, and I’m ready to roll. Hopefully both of my readers and the 2,661 spammers commenting on the last article will enjoy. On to my Spring Game thoughts: – It was crazy windy. Worst wind I can [...]
