S6 Ep21: Dinner With Coach Bielema
Apr 14, 2023
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Coach Bielema and I went to dinner last night and talked football (and life). This is that conversation.
S6 Ep20: Spring Scrimmage Talk w/ Carmen
Apr 02, 2023
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Carmen and I attended the open practice and then immediately sat down to record our thoughts.
S6 Ep19: Postseason Postmortem w/ Tyler
Mar 24, 2023
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Tyler (Walkon) and I discuss the 2023 Illini season while Tyler watches UCLA-Gonzaga in the background and I pretend like the Tournament ended last Thursday.
S6 Ep18: The Big Ten Stretch Run w/ John Gasaway
Feb 10, 2023
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I chat with ESPN's John Gasaway about the Big Ten race entering the stretch run. And we might talk a little bit about dream scenarios for our Illini.
S6 Ep17: 20 Games In w/ Tyler
Jan 26, 2023
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Illini basketball has reached the 20 game mark at 14-6. So Tyler and I discuss what's happened so far and what's to come.
S6 Ep16: Highway Q&A - January 2023
Jan 10, 2023
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Warning: long pod. I had a 7.5 hour drive from Champaign to Lincoln today, so I took 2.5 of those hours and talked to myself. You sent in questions, I answered them while driving down the highway. Yes, it's seriously 2.5 hours long.
From The Stands - ReliaQuest Bowl
Jan 02, 2023
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I'm always honest in these, right? Well, this is how I felt immediately after this loss.
S6 Ep15: Bob Zuppke
Dec 01, 2022
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@BobZuppke and I discuss the thing we've all been discussing this season. The line between "in no way could I ever be angry about an 8-4 football season" vs. "oh man we were inches from 10-2 or 11-1." And then, an hour in, with a simple question from Bob, we land on a stat that dwarfs everything.
From The Stands - Northwestern 2022
Nov 27, 2022
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My mood is 10 times better than I thought it would be. 8-4 Illini football is the stuff of dreams for me, and I'm so content inside that dream. Here's my thoughts from the field right after the game.
From The Stands - Michigan 2022
Nov 20, 2022
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This one is less than eight minutes long. I finally found a place out of the wind and recorded some thoughts.
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