I’ve decided to be positive today. Maybe even to the point of make-believe. I’m excited about this football game. Maybe even a little sad. I love Saturday football games on campus, and this is the last one until September. I’ll miss the Saturday morning positivity, wherein I convince myself we can win that day. I’ll [...]
Somewhere, in a dark little corner of his cave, Taylor Bell was compiling this story. In his 86 years as a sportswriter, Bell has never been more excited to type out some breaking news. Illinois fans – the fans he truly, truly hates from the innermost chamber of his Grinch-like heart – will have to [...]
(Ed. Note: I already hate that I call these things “Stream of Consciousness”. Partly because my spellchecker doesn’t work on the subject line, and I never think I spelled “consciousness” correctly. Plus, it sounds lame. But the intention was good, so I feel compelled to remind anyone reading this why these game previews are called [...]
I see two paths. Hawthorne Trail is beautiful. Along that path, the entire season turns around on one play. You know, like last year. After a crazy game where we’re putting up the yards but Minnesota is putting up the points, Juice hits AJ Jenkins for a 54 yard touchdown (yeah, I know – we [...]
The day I found out that the 2009 Michigan game was on Halloween was very close to the day I found out that Lloyd Carr was out and RichRod was in. At least that’s the way I remember it. And I began to dream of today. Juice a senior. Benn a junior. Michigan still learning [...]
