I’ve been gathering my thoughts a little bit the past few days and I just wanted to throw a few things out there. These statements are more of a what if scenario and I have though about the answers for a while. The most buzz that is happening for me right now is basketball recruiting,…
I knew I was going to post after this rebrand. I know everything leaked yesterday but the real emotions came today when everyone saw them in person. Tomorrow when I’m at NikeTown I’ll post pictures here and on my Twitter. The real point of this rebrand was to give us a look that would last for…
I said pretty much all day we were going to win. I don’t know I just had this feeling like the one I had before the Michigan State game. As usual, my dad disagreed with me. Even when we got down by a few points I still thought we were going to win. I always…
After taking a day to calm my mind after the 84 – 53 rout of our Fighting Illini by Michigan on Tuesday, it is time for reflection. There has been plenty of time to think, because campus has been eerily quiet since Tuesday night. With the Illini entering Tuesday’s game with a three-game winning streak…
I want to post more. I really do. After that Nebraska game a few weeks I was going to write about Shavon Shields having a career night and all that. I have been sandwiched by end of trimester/standardized tests/playoff basketball at school. If you remember from my podcast I predicted that win at Minnesota! Now…
So obviously this is a little late, but I’ve been busy doing a podcast. Here are just going to be my random thoughts from the game and also from some of the football stuff we did today. I might even write a little bit about Nebraska. First, though I want you guys to comment if…
If you guys are over here because of my podcast from last night then welcome. This is my blog, as talked about in the podcast. i just wanted to get a quick post out there. I was trying to figure how to put the podcast into this post, but it said you needed a space…
You know all week I thought we were going to lose to Iowa. They have constant waves of offense and we have really not been playing well lately. Iowa is a very good team and they have proved it multiple times throughout Big Ten play. I kept telling myself I always get too confident and…
I’ve been trying to work this out for a little bit but now we are ready. Orange and Blue Craze is adding another writer! Brandon goes to Illinois and follows our sports. He will be providing posts from the student perspective. WHY IS NORTHWESTERN BETTER THAN US. Sorry they just hit another basket against Minnesota.…
Darn it. We probably had 15 shots that were right there. I don’t know what we are supposed to do. We just need a shooter so bad. For instance if we have Tracy, Joe, and Ray all in the game they are all trying to drive. They have no kick option and then the middle…
Illinois should most always beat Penn State. But we don’t for some reason we can’t beat them the last few years. Today I will look back at this history against Penn State. So we should kill Penn State tomorrow but will we? Our history says otherwise. Penn State 38 #16 Illinois 33 February 18,2009 Penn…
That game showed us a lot about our team. We found out how our team will respond to different variables throughout the game. We found out that maybe we can hang around in a shootout. But I saw a few things from a few players that I wasn’t expecting to see and I was really…
I think we would have been broken if we lost that game. It would have broken our spirit to know that we lost 3 games in non-conference and we still beat Missouri. If there is one takeaway from this team from the non-conference season I think this is one of the most mentally tough groups…
I had my whole plan lined up. I was going to eat my Domino’s Pizza and then afterwards I would post about the game. As I was eating the power went out. Two hours later it came back on. I have been watching some highlights and stuff and now I am posting. So plan ruined…
Dee Brown said something in a video about Missouri. He said “There are a few schools I particularly don’t like, don’t care for and one of those is Missouri”. Mizzou vs Illinois in basketball is great. It’s great because we HATE Mizzou. And they HATE us. And so every year right before Christmas, we go…
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