All I can think about is 9:30 pm in the desert. As in, I typically spend all of my time on Fridays wondering if our defensive ends can hold the edge against a running team or if our tight ends are good enough blockers to boost the run game. Today, all I thought about were [...]

Ed Note: Every Friday night, between 8:00 and 2:30, I sit down to write a Stream Of Consciousness post. I do not edit these posts. I do not re-read these posts. I write out everything I’m thinking about the game and then make a prediction. The last time I SOC’d, I predicted Illinois 20, UCLA [...]

I’m not ready to stop.  I don’t typically extend SOC posts into basketball season, mostly because it’s a Friday night thing and basketball games are all over the calendar.  But there’s a basketball game tomorrow, and there’s a coaching search going on, and there’s a bowl game selection on Sunday, and I still possess the [...]

See, I DID find time.  And wifi.  And I have probably 45 minutes on the laptop battery.  My string of SOC posts shan’t be broken. I went back and read my preseason prediction today.  On October 1st, I felt really dumb about projecting 6-6.  On November 1st, I still felt like I undershot.  Now, I’m [...]

We’re going to get drilled. Wisconsin 41, Illinois 10