Zealot friend Brian DeCaussin from the excellent site Big Ten Hardball takes a turn at reviewing the University of Illinois squad. He does a quite thorough job. His take on the Illini? The good thing for Illinois is that outside of Michigan, the remainder of the conference appears to be…
Roark (right) will be sitting out 2008 Some bad news for the Illini baseball team. Tanner Roark, who led the team in wins last year, won’t be playing this spring because of “academic reasons”. Roark was integral in last year’s season for Illinois. He was a second team All Big…
Rohde rounding the bases in his Illinois days Mike Rohde, former firstbaseman for the University of Illinois, has been traded to Gary SouthShore RailCats. The Railcats were the Northern League Champion in 2007. Rohde was acquired from the Sioux Falls Canaries and was included as the player to be named…
At long last, Illinois Field is beginning to look like a ballpark once again. The last few days, crews have been installing the “Field Turf” at the home of the University of Illinois ballclub, giving the field the bright green look. There was even a photo and writeup in the…
The annual Hot Stove Banquet which benefits the University of Illinois baseball program is less than a month away. On February 9, the event will take place at the Round Barn Banquet Center in Champaign. The keynote speaker is former White Sox slugger Ron Kittle. The 1983 Rookie of the…
Asst. Coach Eric Snider plays an important part in Illinois’ recruiting process It was announced yesterday that four prep stars signed letters of intent to play for the University of Illinois baseball team. No doubt it was a long process and Coach Dan Hartleb and his staff have been working hard to this…
After work today, I thought I’d bop on over to Illinois Field and see how the installation of the Field Turf was going. My place of work is only a couple blocks away so it’s convenient enough. So when work was done, I trekked over the cemetery that separates me from Illinois…
The 2008 schedule for the University of Illinois baseball team has been finalized. As for the non-conference part, some of the usual suspects are on there. The Illini will be playing in the Al Ogletree Classic to begin the season February 22. Some of the new teams on the schedule…
Now with the Orange and Blue series over and done with, construction is underway for installation of Field Turf. The Fighting Illini website has photos.
I don’t want too much time to go by without giving the University of Illinois football team their due. They defeated #5 Wisconsin this past Saturday 31-26. There have been some lean years in Illini football lately though last year, there was no doubt it was an exciting team to…