Illinois-Arizone 2005 game gets Honorable Mention from Jay Bilas in his ranking of last decade's "best games"

Check out this link to read Jay Bilas' reminiscence about the past decade's best college basketball games.

2011 Football Schedule looks like a good set-up for the Illini

Check out this article from Adam Rittenberg. It looks ahead to the 2011 football season schedule. Illinois will open with 5 straight home games. Nice-- looks like Guenther and Zook learned some lessons from this past season's abysmal schedule.

Temporary Tattoos have become popular as gameday wear....

As you can see, temporary tattoos have become popular for some fans to add to their gameday costume. (pic courtesy of here)

The Tailgating Scene......

Here is an Illini fan wearing a shirt that has been popular amongst Illinois students in recent years......it seems Michigan still dredges up strong emotions in Illini fans.

Did you like the throwback uniforms from last Saturday's game?

If you liked them, then you can bid on them here. The bidding goes thru September 15th.

Personally, I thought the uniforms were awesome. I'm not a big fan of the modern Illini uniforms....they look like a cross between the Denver Broncos and Old New York Giants. (Bronco uniforms and Giants' helmets that is). And that makes for a big UGGGGG combined with a huge LEEEEEEEEE!!!

I'd be all for keeping the throwback uniforms, to be honest. They were really cool.

Side note: As of the posting of this message, the Juice #7 throwback Jersey was already bid up to $970.00. Wow! The Benn #9 jersey was at $610.00. A comparative steal, I guess.....#9 has much more upside than #7.

ESPN previews saturday's game against the Ragin' Cajuns

ESPN's preview of saturday's game has been posted. Click here to check it out.

The biggest takeaways from the article:

1. Illinois gave up over 200 yards rushing last week against Eastern Illinois

2. Louisiana-Lafayette had the 7th ranked rushing attack in the nation last year, and they have a star running back on the roster (Tyrell Fenroy)

3. The Cajuns play a ball control offense

Overall, this should be a good test for the Illinois defense, which so far has been the big question mark for the Illini in the first two games.

Check out this Illini Football video set to Kidd Russell's 'Rush"

What do you think of it? Cool video.....not sure about the rhymes though.