From The Stands - Purdue 2025

Not much you can say. We handed them the game on a silver platter. 

I paced for half of the third quarter and all of the fourth quarter. And, in a game where we were favored by 8.5, we won by 16. This whole "calmly win on the road with big plays" thing will require some adjustments on my part. 

It’s rather chaotic because I nearly passed out after the field goal went through but here’s ten minutes from the stands. 

There are no words. But here are some words about what has to be one of the worst losses by a top-10 team in the history of college football. 

I have no idea why this one is 15 minutes long. I didn't really say much of anything. But here's tonight's From The Stands. 

The shoe feels SO GOOD on this other foot. 

I hope you can hear me. The decision was made to make Club Memorial Stadium even louder this year, so... I hope you can hear me. Sixteen minutes from the stands after the Western Illinois game. 

I had to take my wife to the Indianapolis airport last minute. So with a two-hour solo drive back to Champaign ahead of me, I asked for questions on Twitter and Slack and then answered those questions from I-74. I restricted the questions to four categories: Illini football, Illini basketball, Illini golf, and my high school tennis career. 

Martin & I sat around my kitchen island talking about the 4-month celebration that was the 2024 Illini football season. 

I have no words. I'm still trying to figure out where this one ranks among greatest wins of my lifetime. So here I am wandering around for 24 minutes trying to talk about it.