As you all know, I like to incorporate pop culture into these blogs.  And I had been saving this Austin Powers clip for the right time, but no games gave me a good reason to use it.  But since this is the last blog of the season…

Illini and Hawkeyes, that one was…

The way you break down this game probably depends on whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist.  A glass half empty guy would point out the porous Illini defense which led to monster games from Talley and Gallegos…and would say that this should have been a game that th

With apologies to Charles Dickens…

In my best Jerry Seinfeld voice…what’s the deal with Illinois-Penn State games being played like they’re in another dimension?

Everybody relax…it turns out it’s our state, our team after all.

As I was talking to folks and carousing the web during the game last night, there was one common word that kept coming up.

Tyler Griffey:  not a one hit wonder…

Just like Taylor Swift remembers when we broke up the first time…just like Skid Row will remember you…just like Michael Jackson remembers the time…I vividly remember the events of December 1st, 2004.  Like every other day, I woke up at

Is it too early to say the Illini’s NCAA Tournament hopes are on life support?