Recent content by Illinirog70

Worried about Wil Riley. Cast aside by the Wizards? He was pretty promising at the end of last year. Should the Bulls trade Pat Williams for him? Or Buddy Hield?

love your sweatshirt....

The announcers said that the 'huskers had FOUR drives eleven plays or longer in which they scored ZERO points! Two missed field goals and two "ran out of downs." Now that's playing "bend but don't break" to the nth degree. Over 400 yards on offence and only two touchdowns, one where our...

What more could we have done? We played everyone including the janitor! Starters played slightly more than a half, and the needed to be rewarded too. If we had tightened up the defense at the end, this could have been a 90+ point difference. And the young horses wanted to run, too. We would have...

Is that Ming the Mirkless?? We need him back SOON!!

he was brought in as a hs classmate of Nick Anderson and was not expected to play much. Yet he became an integral part of the Flyin' Illini with his tough D, rebounding and often scoring 10+ points.... Not a star but a great pick and shovel guy. Their second unit could have beaten a lot of...

I wish our defense could tackle better (except for Bailey!) I think its because we're so small and unathletic so we end up grabbing for guys and they inevitably slip away. Not sure what the solution is, except get bigger and better players. Worst tackling Illini team in my 70 years of...

He's on a rough team. But all these "analysts" than ask the question "Is Wagler a bust?" are totally off-base. It's five games into his first year and he more than held his own. Just because he doesn't dunk has them down-grading him. Jalen Brunsen isn't an imposing figure, but he led his team...

Is he 6'2"? I thought he was 6'4"....?

Back when I was at Ill, that would have been worth $125! That was tuition in the late '60s. Probably worth a little more now.... They might get three students to take them up on it.

How many years have they held him back in 6th grade?

Um, no. We are totally into speculation. Why confuse us with the facts?? We love to state unbased opinions and argue with other's unbased opinions, then say "I told you so" when one of our polar-opposite statements turns out to be slightly true. We just went from number one to the worst...

Our tackling still needs work! How many times did they have a chunk play after initial contact? Defense looked very vulnerable whenever we lined up. We were saved by last gasp tackles. Worst defense by far under Bielema... We won because of three big plays on offense. With a freshman QB! And...

He's fast, a good fielder, has had only 566 ab as a major leaguer, Hit over .300 in the minors in 750 abs, (.230s in the majors,) can play all over. He's cheap. What's not to like? Just don't plan to build your team around him. And KEEP Ramirez too!

Not surprising. Always a good recruiter, but a so-so coach. Surprised he lasted this long. Reached his Peter principle when he was offensive coordinator for us. But he'll land somewhere....