Monthly Archives: September 2013

Saturday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) It’s Week 2 of the college football season. And it’s weak, too. On Thursday, Mike Hlas of the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette wrote, “Only three games nationally qualify as marquee status: Notre Dame-Michigan, South Carolina-Georgia and Florida-Miami. After that? Ick. The fourth-best game of the day might be […]

Thursday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) They say where there’s smoke, there’s fire. If that’s true, then right now John Groce is the Human Torch. This past weekend, Leron Black, a 6-foot-7 Top 50 forward out of Memphis, pledged his allegiance to Groce’s Illini program during an official visit in Champaign, canceling trips to […]

Tuesday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Thank goodness for that Labor Day holiday. After all, it’s hard work watching the Illinois football team. On Saturday under a sweltering sun in Champaign, Tim Beckman’s Fighting Illini managed to snap a nine-game losing streak. But they hardly shined while doing it against FCS foe Southern Illinois, […]

This weekend’s Wisch List newspaper column from The Daily Journal (Kankakee, Ill.) and The Times (Ottawa, Ill.) … The WISCH LIST By Dave Wischnowsky Hot enough for ya? Throughout the summer, I’ve been writing each month in this column about how the warm weather had to arrive in the Land of Lincoln at some point. […]

Friday’s column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) Eleven months ago, I put the heat on Tim Beckman. And, in turn, I drew some considerable fire. On Sept. 25, 2012, three days after Illinois was humiliated 52-24 by Louisiana Tech at Memorial Stadium to fall to 2-2 on the young season, I published a column entitled […]

My Thursday, Aug. 29, column from CBS Chicago … (CBS) The Illinois football season begins in just two days, but right now I have Illini basketball on my mind. (That probably tells you everything you need to know about my excitement level for Tim Beckman’s latest pigskin product). On Wednesday, Illinois officially released its basketball […]