To borrow from one of my favorite shows: Live from New York, it's Dana Howard.
The former Illini linebacker is taking the Big Apple by storm this week. With a whole bunch of helpers.
The latest Illinois inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame, Howard is in New York for the National Football Foundation awards dinner tonight.
"I'm having a ball," the Illinois career tackle leader said Monday.
Howard enters the Hall of Fame along with Trevor Cobb (Rice), Kerry Collins (Penn State), Dave Dickenson (Montana), Calvin Johnson (Georgia Tech), Paul Palmer (Temple), Ed Reed (Miami), Matt Stinchcomb (Georgia), Aaron Taylor (Nebraska), Charles Woodson (Michigan) and coaches Frank Beamer (Murray State, Virginia Tech), Mack Brown (Appalachian State, Tulane, North Carolina, Texas) and Mel Tjeerdsma (Austin College (Texas), Northwest Missouri State).