Illinois football has just suffered its most crushing loss in years: Lovie Smith's beard.
Song of the Day: "One Step Closer" by Linkin Park.
Word of the Day: Envisage.
LAST PANDEMIC. Despite how often you've heard the phrase "unprecedented times" these days (there's a drinking game in there somewhere), this ain't the first time modern(ish) America has dealt with a global pandemic
Jack Long of The Lantern did a fantastic deep-dive through The Lantern archives from the time of the 1918 Spanish flu outbreak to paint an eerily similar picture to the one we're currently facing – even down to the social-distanced football crowd before the 'Shoe was even built.