Recent content by MajorNathanMaxwellJanice

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    Penn State 90, Illinois 89 Postgame

    Not controversial at all! The unforced errors, the boneheaded plays, are maddening. And they just seem to keep happening. it’s not just missed shots or “aggressive mistakes”; it’s goofy, head scratching, repeated “what was he thinking, why did he do that” moments.
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    Pregame: Illinois at Penn State, Wednesday, February 21st, 5:30pm CT, BTN

    Indeed, the scale of their self-own will be immense 😆. In any event, absence of Clary prolly much more of a factor than heckling chuckleheads.
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    Illini Football 2024

    can you think of a broadcast booth “color man”, not a sideline reporter, who was not a player of the sport at, at least, the level of the sport that they are broadcasting 🤔. Right off the top, I can’t. Surprised at the “play” this suggestion received.
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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    #1 should read “Mort Weir made Mackovic AD” (archived articles are out there; with quotes from Mort saying that after a nation search, and preparation of a first list and a second list, he realized that there was a person already on campus with the qualities desired. Mackovic quoted as saying...
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Dude, it has ever been thus. Just have to tune that noise out. Seriously. Going back to the missery dark days before Pinky, anytime they won a couple games in a row, the folks you speak of would immediately start touting tiggers as awesome. Almost all of the post-dispatch sports staff are...
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Mike Thomas scheduled Kansas series in 2014. Josh, himself, set up the Missery home and home series in 2017. So, do you believe there’s any serious possibility that Josh now cancels said series?
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Mort Weir chose poorly
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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    additional factors for consideration: Wednesday 2/7 is national signing day. Also, many schools use February 28 as the end of contract year for their assistant coaches. Each potentially plays in to decision as to when an assistant, for various reasons, leaves current school; or, flip...
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    Coaching Carousel (Football)

    Reading this, can’t help but be reminded of one of my favorite scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail 😁. Always makes me chuckle heartily. Especially if one’s ever worked with or had other firsthand experience with bureaucracy, especially of the local government variety
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Welp, he did ‘like’ Bret’s post about good news this morning. So,
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    Illinois Hoops Recruiting Thread

    “shomer Shabbos!”
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    NFL Draft

    He can return kicks, no?
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    Looking ahead to 2024

    Caleb Griffin was a member of the 2018 Class
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    My 🔶🔷🏈brother, getting warmer, so to speak. Now focus on the state. The answer is much closer than you might think 🤔
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    Illinois Football Recruiting Thread

    Florida kid, you say?