S4 Ep15: Martin O'Donnell - Jan 2021
Jan 22, 2021
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Martin joins Robert to discuss the new coaching staff, how this roster might fit with what they're trying to do, and his QB skills throwing to six year-olds in flag football.
S4 Ep14: Coach Bielema
Jan 15, 2021
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Was fortunate to have Coach Bielema on the podcast today. We discussed his first 27 days as the Illini head coach, his phone calls reaching out to former players, his perfect day, and his high school revenge on a rival tuba player. The first 12 minutes of the pod are my thoughts on this first month after attending the assistant coach Zoom pressers (including audio clips of defensive backs coach Aaron Henry). The Bielema interview begins at 11:52.
S4 Ep13: John Gasaway
Jan 08, 2021
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A conversation with ESPN's John Gasaway. Robert and John discuss John's time on campus at Illinois, his "Big Ten Wonk" days, starting Basketball Prospectus with KenPom, and finally, this 2021 Illini team and their potential. John has a book coming out in March - Miracles On The Hardwood - covering the history of Catholic college basketball. Pre-order links available here.
S4 Ep12: Year In Review w/ Tyler & Craig
Dec 30, 2020
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Robert sits down with the two IlliniBoard senior writers - Tyler & Craig - to discuss 2020 in Illini football and basketball from start to finish.
Bret Bielema At The Penn State Game
Dec 20, 2020
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Had the chance to interview new Illini coach Bret Bielema at the Penn State game.
S4 Ep11: Bret Bielema Hire - Instant Reaction
Dec 19, 2020
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This is just raw audio from the highway, so I’ll warn you, it’s rough. There’s no intro and it cuts off at the end about 2 minutes before we finish. But Illinois has a new football coach, so I called my friends Brian and Carmen from the highway to talk about it.
S4 Ep10: Ron Turner
Dec 15, 2020
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Former Illini head coach Ron Turner joins Robert to discuss the Illinois coaching job and what he learned during his eight years in Champaign.
S4 Ep9: Curt Courtwright
Dec 10, 2020
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Assistant Illini baseball coach Curt Courtwright has had quite the year. From beating cancer to running 100 miles in 24 hours, his 2020 was a lot more eventful than the rest of us stuck at home watching Netflix. Curt discusses everything from attending the 2019 Wisconsin game a day after cancer surgery to what it's like to be electrocuted 30 times.
From The Sun Room - Illini 83, Duke 68
Dec 09, 2020
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Incoherent rambling warning: immediately after the 83-68 win AT Duke, I went out to the sun room (so to not wake up my wife) and recorded 12 minutes of my brain on overdrive.
From The Stands - Iowa 2020
Dec 06, 2020
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Immediate thoughts after the Illini lose 35-21 to Iowa. And these thoughts have one theme: inevitability.
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