2021, by every measure, was wildly successful. Using Bill Connelly's SP+ ratings, the final rating for 2021 Illini football: 4.3. That's the highest rating since 2011. So yes, even the NERDstats say that 2021 was our best season in 10 years. I feel
I'm going to write a short article this time. No, really, I'm going to do it. The NCAA officially removed the 25-per-class scholarship limit, and I keep seeing tweets like "imagine what Nick Saban can do with unlimited scholarships!", and I've started
I've always said it -- "if you commit to Texas, you move up in the rankings; if you commit to Illinois, you move down" \-- but I've never shown you. And because I've never shown you, you just think it's one of those Things Fans Say. "Bitter that your
This one will be completely different. I'm not going to go through my typical LLUOI process because, well, because I watched Isaiah Adams in practice this spring and in the spring game. So why go through juco film (or even high school film) when I've