Writing the Pine

The Failing Illini

I don’t want to make any more excuses for my Illini.  We stunk it up.  Our “high-octane offense” hasn’t scored a touchdown in two of the three games played so far this season.  Today’s playing conditions were exactly the conditions that we would not be good against.  Despite our past success in running the football [...]

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The Writing Illini Blog: The Loving Illini

I tend to gravitate towards players that have infinite potential that hasn’t been realized yet.  The beauty of watching a prospect blooming into stardom is awesome, but rooting for player through thick and thin and while watching it happen – that’s one of my favorite things in all of sports. That is perhaps why I was [...]

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The Writing Illini Blog: The Illinitroduction

I’ve decided to start my own blog covering mostly Illinois football and basketball, with the occasional shout-outs to Illini graduates Steve Stricker and D.A. Points for their awesomeness in golf. The focus of this blog will be to bring a fan’s view of the team, a perspective that hasn’t been polluted by the opinion of the [...]

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