This week’s Illini punching bag comes from Romeoville. Lewis University fields… well, courts… a pretty good basketball team, by Division II standards. Led by Harvey-Thornton graduate Brandon Dagans, the Flyers notched 20 wins in 2007–08. …
Posts by Rob McColley:
There Will Be Civil War
John McCain’s biggest problem might be honesty. If he were dishonest, the companies that fix elections might ensure his victory tonight. Unfortunately for McCain, he truly has spent his career fighting pork and the special …
Illini Basketball Season Begins: Illinois Tops Florida Southern 82–61
It’s just an exhibition game, but Ed Hightower’s presence in the stripey shirt meant this game was not mere pretend. Florida Southern wing-forward Preston Fredrick probably doesn’t know who Ed Hightower is. But he was …
Wednesday Nov. 5 — A National Holiday
Let’s everybody take off school, and work, on Wednesday. Chancellor Herman, school superintendents, bosses: Let’s have a day off to commemorate an epochal moment. This moment marks the dawn of a new era. In honor …
Illini Basketball Update: Wednesday Practice
Footwork and floor-position are the big priorities right now. It’s not nearly so exciting as the John Calipari free-for-all shooting and dunking cavalcade. But both are vital for running an effective motion offense, as well …
No Go-To Guy is Good for the Illini
Before they told you “Nick Smith is the tallest player in Illini history,” the nabobs who read the media guide directly into the microphone would tell you that the Illini would try to establish Brian …
Orange and Blue Scrimmage on Sunday at Assembly Hall
The season doesn’t really start for a few weeks. But it sort of started two weeks ago, on a football field, after a football game. It kind of starts Sunday, when our basketball team will …
My Favorite Conservative Lesbian Feminists
Last time I saw my old friend Justin, he was training to be a union plumber. You see, in order to be a plumber, you have to have specific training. It’s not good enough just …
They Can Drive: 55 = Number of Points Scored on Lowly Indiana
Those daring young men and their flying machines, and pigskins. Saturday’s episode of The Juice Williams Show featured an aeronautical display rivaling The Silver Wings — The U.S. Army Command Exhibition Parachute Team which dramatically …
Poetry Without Verbs: A Look at Illini Basketball’s Future
The World’s Outdoorest Basketball Practice featured two interpretive dance artists dressed in zebra stripes. I found it fascinating, because although they dressed as referees, their only job was to run up and down a rubber …