Writing the Pine

Anderson’s NFL Power 10 Week 5

Anderson’s Week 5 NFL Power Rankings 1) New York Giants (5-0) – The Giants early season schedule seems to be a breeze early on given that they’ve already faced the Bucs, Chiefs, and Raiders. Nevertheless, credit needs to be given to teams that take of business when they’re supposed to. Eli Manning has [...]

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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: Sobering Up from the Orange Kool-Aid

I’ve been waiting for a while to get this blog alive and kickin’ so you’ll have to forgive me for predicting a 12-0 finish for the 2009 Fighting Illini.  Realistically speaking, I think we’ll lead the conference in offense at around 35 to 40 points per game while giving up about 20.  Media pundits, college [...]

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