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The Football at Wrigley Question
Every once in a while, there's a topic that takes the tiny NU blogosphere by storm, and, because I'm primarily interested in boring the doo-doo out of y'all, I always feel compelled to comment on it. ...
Others Receiving Votes
ERRRRRRRRRRRRRR?Look, I know we ain't top 25, and we shouldn't be top 25, and we shouldn't be top 25 even if we go 6-1 or something against the Magnolia Bakery portion of our schedule. I wouldn't say ...
Around the Big XI, plus other stuff
First off, some responses to things you had to say in response to my mascot death-fights:The Thief commented on my original post saying that Buckeyes are poisonous, and therefore, couldn't be eaten by...
The Rivalry Is Watching You: Illinois Linebacker Ian Thomas
Much thanks to Rockwell. This series is pretty simple - I pick an intriguing Big Ten player, DVR his game, and watch him the whole time. Things I want to find out - Is he put in positions to succeed? ...
Last Call Drinks Red Stripe, Talks the Top 5 Out of Conference Matchups of 2009
Okay, so technically I am taking requests. In the fallout from last-week's appetizer feature on the toughest Big Ten schedules, Graham asked me to prepare a main-course breakdown of the Top 5 ou...
The Illinois game (Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals)
Illinois Fighting IlliniOverall record: 23-10Big Ten record: 9-7 (regular season; 1-0 in BTT)RPI: 34Sagarin: 44Series record: IU leads, 81-76Let's get this out of the way: Illinois is in the NCAA Tour...
Illinois 58, Indiana 54 (OT)
The numbers say that IU was the most efficient offense in the Big Ten this year. Unfortunately, that number seems highly reliant on the three point shot. Against Illinois, in all three matchups this s...
Hep's finest moment at IU.
I'm going to try to avoid the flowery prose today. For every writer who does it well, there are 20 who come across as schmaltzy and insincere. I'm no professional. I think the best tribute that I coul...
Hawkeye State Big Ten previews.
The Hawkeye State, a nicely done Iowa blog, asked various Big Ten bloggers to submit previews of the teams they cover. He had hoped to post them alphabetically, but my foot-dragging interfered with th...
The season that was, game 6: Indiana 34, Illinois 32.
Date: 10/7/06Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Ill.Box score/statsAttendance: 43,006I discussed this game in some detail when Hep died, and so I will quote myself:When superficially reviewing IU'...
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