Recent content by JKR

Meh. There was all sorts of wild-eyed optimism on the football board in the preseason. It's what we do in preseasons.

We're at the mercy of illiniguy24.

Dropping quickly in the final round.

Chances that Mirkovic plays vs. Cincy?

That picture appears to be Butkus on offense, alongside OL Ed Washington (66) and OL Tom Smith (62). To show how the game has changed over 60 years, Washington was listed at 218 and Smith at 195 pounds. Butkus was 237. https://www.statmuse.com/cfb/team/illinois-fighting-illini-423/roster/1964

Unreal

There's the defense we've come to know.

Brad needs to allocate some of his revenue sharing $ to Green in order to secure a transfer of the Betts girl from UCLA. Love>NBA.

Swept by Wisconsin.

Both teams shot poorly from the FT line and the 3pt line.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=bS8Bcx%2fL&id=895DB3F900C7AAE27C30CD23856BCFAD92A3147E&thid=OIP.bS8Bcx_Lq6Z-eRTIH-69vQHaEK&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.detroitnews.com%2fgcdn%2fauthoring%2fauthoring-images%2f2026%2f03%2f08%2fPDTN%2f89057162007-fears.jpg%3fcrop%3d3397%2c1912%2c...

4/10 per this site: https://fightingillini.com/sports/football/stats/2026

Through 5 games we have intercepted two balls, forced zero fumbles and sacked the qb three times.

63 was a good season with a Rose Bowl win.