When we last looked at the Illini Football Anxiety Meter, I was feeling Nervous, With Cautious Optimism. Since that time, training camp has come and gone, Marquez Beason has suffered a season-ending injury, a truly dominant performance against Akron nudged the meter dangerously to the left, and then in week two, a “market correction” type of win pulled it back to where it’s now reading...

Stiff Upper Lip Concealing High Hopes!

That’s right, after the dominant performance in the trenches in Week 1, I was ready to declare this a bowl team.