Monday, April 07, 2008
A Slam Dunk
Congrats to Brian Randle on being selected to compete in the Slam Dunk Championship and All-Star Game surrounding the Final Four weekend. While his slam dunks in the competition weren't as impressive as many he threw down durin the season, I still appreciated seeing Illini orange on the court. Randle made up for that with a great highlight dunk duing the All-Star game.
Also, congrats to Chief and family on the birth of a healthy boy on Friday, April 4. He's a great looking kid, and I can already tell he will look good in orange! Good Hope Orange and family are expecting a new addition soon, as well... I love meeting the next generation of Illini fans...
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Also, congrats to Chief and family on the birth of a healthy boy on Friday, April 4. He's a great looking kid, and I can already tell he will look good in orange! Good Hope Orange and family are expecting a new addition soon, as well... I love meeting the next generation of Illini fans...
Labels: Brian Randle
# posted by Alma Mater : 8:21 PM
Monday, February 12, 2007
Odds and Ends
A few interesting tidbits from today's papers:
--Skip Myslenski of the Tribune has comments from Brian Randle about his transition from role player to being a go-to guy for the Illini. The article also talks about other Big Ten players who are also making that transition.
--Teddy Greenstein, also of the Tribune, reports that Illinois may be lining up a quarterback recruit by the name of Phil Haig to replace Clint Brewster, who decided to sign with Minnesota at the last minute when his dad became their new head coach. In an interesting twist, Haig was originally planning to commit to Minnesota.
--Greenstein also reports on some "trash talking" between the Big Ten Commisioner (open letter) and the SEC Commissioner (response).
--Finally, today's headline of the day is (drumroll please):
Maryland adds to Duke's Misery (Blue Devils suffer fourth straight defeat)
Sadly, this headline was in the print addition of the Daily Herald and not their online edition, which titled it "Unfamliar Territory."
--The quote of the day also comes from this article:
"After the final buzzer, the Maryland fans didn’t rush the court — an indication, perhaps, of Duke’s fall from elite status."
After the game, Coach K had a few things to say, including the following comments on how to right his struggling team:
“I’ll do whatever I can,” he said Sunday, moments after a 72-60 loss to host Maryland. “I’m not going to punt, let’s put it that way. You have to figure it out. The one thing you can’t do is feel sorry for yourself.”
Maybe he could do another American Express commercial about winning to make himself feel better.
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--Skip Myslenski of the Tribune has comments from Brian Randle about his transition from role player to being a go-to guy for the Illini. The article also talks about other Big Ten players who are also making that transition.
--Teddy Greenstein, also of the Tribune, reports that Illinois may be lining up a quarterback recruit by the name of Phil Haig to replace Clint Brewster, who decided to sign with Minnesota at the last minute when his dad became their new head coach. In an interesting twist, Haig was originally planning to commit to Minnesota.
--Greenstein also reports on some "trash talking" between the Big Ten Commisioner (open letter) and the SEC Commissioner (response).
--Finally, today's headline of the day is (drumroll please):
Maryland adds to Duke's Misery (Blue Devils suffer fourth straight defeat)
Sadly, this headline was in the print addition of the Daily Herald and not their online edition, which titled it "Unfamliar Territory."
--The quote of the day also comes from this article:
"After the final buzzer, the Maryland fans didn’t rush the court — an indication, perhaps, of Duke’s fall from elite status."
After the game, Coach K had a few things to say, including the following comments on how to right his struggling team:
“I’ll do whatever I can,” he said Sunday, moments after a 72-60 loss to host Maryland. “I’m not going to punt, let’s put it that way. You have to figure it out. The one thing you can’t do is feel sorry for yourself.”
Maybe he could do another American Express commercial about winning to make himself feel better.
Labels: Big Ten, Brian Randle, Coach K, Duke, Illini football, Quarterback, Recruiting
# posted by Good Hope Orange : 1:10 PM
