A streak of fire, a breath of flame Eluding all who reach and clutch; A gray ghost thrown into the game That rival hands may never touch; A rubber bounding, blasting soul Whose destination is the goal — Red Grange of Illinois! Grantland Rice Permit me to go a little…
A little non-baseball yet Illini-related material stuff in honor of tomorrow’s football game versus Illinois State. For me, I can tell that it’s fall by the sound of a marching band. You see, I have the privilege of hearing (and sometimes watching) the University of Illinois Marching Band practice right…
Boy, I didn’t see that coming. Illinois were defeated (dominated, more like it) by our neighbor to the south, Eastern Illinois University by the score of 13-3. EIU scored 4 in the first inning and never looked back. After their six run inning in the 3rd inning, it seemed it…
I don’t want too much time to go by without giving the University of Illinois football team their due. They defeated #5 Wisconsin this past Saturday 31-26. There have been some lean years in Illini football lately though last year, there was no doubt it was an exciting team to…