Recent content by Bilbo

The only thing I can think of as potential skillset needs would be a guy who keeps the ball on a string to break the press, and a board banging small forward to give Mirk a rest. (By the way, I remember the scouting report on Mirk - that he could go strong inside. I recall thinking no way could...

My teen son with mild to tepid interest in basketball walked by while Mick Cronin was being interviewed and said "bro has no aura".

Where do you think we'll be in the pre-season rankings?

I recall watching Ty play for team USA and looking forward to his arrival in Champaign. The guy has had some adversity thrown his way. Hope he destroys it somewhere else - (hopefully in the Big East or some other non-BIG conference!)

I actually think the B10 is over-rated and we'll see some early losses, similar to how SEC football teams get over rated by playing each other and artificially boosting their resumes. Hopefully not us though.

Did anyone see what Nebby fans were doing? I love a little bit of this, but he's a young guy and could lose his head if he's not careful.

Wow Dan

They’re shocked

Indiana’s meteoric rise has to be close to unprecedented. Love seeing our program rise from the ashes, but Indiana is storybook stuff.

Sign of progress in that SEC fans aren't naming Illinois anymore as cupcake BIG10 programs. Purdue, Rutgers, MD chief targets.

I wondered after our Bowl victory if it was better to end like we did, or like Indiana. We won a game that was played a whole 10 days later. Their playoff loss was on a Friday night, pre-Christmas, one-sided... I guess you always aim for the playoffs, but it seemed like their season ended on a...

If note yet posted, Dan Wetzel article with prominent mention of Illini: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/as-ohio-state-collects-big-tens-second-straight-national-title-the-sec-is-left-wondering-where-its-dominance-went-065524281.html "That’s two in a row for the Big Ten, the second one coming...

Love what the Nebby kid says about Coach B "Then especially against South Carolina when he held up his arms at them, that was really fun. I like that. I like a coach that has some grit to him." Citrus Bowl was a great day for Bert.

So, I watched the highlights and I think I understand what happened between Bret and Beamer. When our player went down (Juice Clark?), I didn't get a clear view but it looks like one of the South Carolina coaches runs in and pats his leg. At first, I thought it was actually good sportsmanship -...

Fun fact, Illinois has never beat an SEC team in football. Let's go Illini!, make it a first.