Recent content by ChiefIlliniwek

I recall hearing bad things about Butkus too... Seems he thought everyone owed him everything just because of his last name. My roommate my freshman year was a walk on for the football team. I think he played a few snaps in the Northwestern game that year, but he had shoulder issues that kept...

Word on the street here in Omaha is that Nebraska is trying to get out of playing Oklahoma in September and instead trying to find a different opponent to play in Lincoln that day.

Had a class for a few days with Corey Bradford (he eventually dropped it). It was a SPCOM/THEAT class. One of the first days we did some sort of team building exercise where you had to get the entire class across the room with all our ankles tied to the people next to us (or something along...

Weird that people wouldn't pay attention to Illinois and actual stats, but the graphic says all losses were by 14 or more points... Illinois lost by less than 2 touchdowns to LSU in the Sugar Bowl. EDIT: I now see they were highlighting that all of Notre Dame's losses were by at least 14...

All that was fine, but his repeatedly calling Indiana the "Harvard of the Midwest" got old before he finished mentioning it the first time. I did get a chuckle out of him thinking West Virginia was in the SEC though.

We shouldn't RUSH to judgement based on any flights from there. Certainly many different Subdivisions in this coaching search... illinois alum? Retread? Up and comer? Or someone completely different. A big name doesn't mean its great... Tom Sawyer is a household name but wouldn't be a good...

Its a bummer uno football is no more, but whatever makes tom Osbourne happy i guess. I beat marlin Briscoe heads up at the final table of a charity poker tourney about 10 years ago. Thats about as close to uno football as I got. Haha I'm grateful for the national recognition lovie was able to...

Yeah once tillmon fouled out I was hoping they would feed Kofi more

When your big man gets in foul trouble early in the first half... and then your backup to the big man gets in foul trouble early in the second half... it won't be easy. Also, they completely shut down ayo. Thats not lack of effort on ayo thats just strong defense. Baylor is a great team. Well...

That was my sophomore year and I was one of those 73k or so in the stands. If I recall correctly, had Michigan not lost the week before to UCLA, ESPN College Gameday would have been in Champaign. That was the loudest I had heard that stadium get (though from stories I have heard, the OSU game...

BTN keeps showing the date of the game was March 26th 2006... You would hope BTN would at least have the right year!

I remember watching that 2015 White Sox game against the Orioles where no fans were allowed in. THAT was weird... but as a White Sox Fan, I'm used to watching my team play in front of very few fans. Watching a basketball game with no fans allowed in is going to be a LOT stranger than that.

Article yesterday in the Lincoln newspaper about the game. Not shocking but Nebraska outpacing Illinois in sales I guess: I found this part pretty interesting too: Here is the whole article

I didn't actually get to watch the game (but had it on at a charity chili cook off that I was participating in, so I was keeping an eye on it), but yes... I like this team's chances too. Even though the Illini LOST the turnover battle in this game... Iowa found the end zone only ONCE this game...

Wow. Just wow. My first born child is arriving in about a month. Wife and I were in all day birthing and baby class thing all day today. Periodically glanced at the score and thought, "Well, I figured it might be ugly." Made it home in time to watch the 4th quarter. Unreal comeback. So...