Recent content by Mabels

1980s me would never, ever comprehend “It’s the final week, and we’ve lost three in a row but we can still win the Big Ten Championship!”

If so, he very likely will become the Barry Alvarez of Illinois, resurrecting a moribund program and radically altering its trajectory for the long term. In other words: Exactly what we needed.

This… is remarkable. Thanks for compiling and noting this. Of all the damning stats we’ve seen about Illinois football over the years, this is the most jarring to me.

How could the B1G (or any other collegiate entity) contemplate straight-up paying players? Title IX would still be a thing, I presume. Genuinely curious how that could possibly work. Wouldn’t they have to pay a women’s team diver the same amount as a 5-star QB? Honest question.

Maybe a dumb question, but is it possible the California regents wind up trying to force the B1G to take Berkeley or the UCLA move is blocked?