hail to the orange, hail to the blue...

hail alma mater
ever so true (so true)
we love no other so let our motto be
"victory... illinois... varsity!"

big, big, big, big early season game tonight, folks. my beloved illini take on the number one team in the nation - wake forest. illinois is no slouch either, being ranked fourth themselves.

i've tried to keep my fanaticism for illinois hoops out of this blog, but i can no longer hold back. this is such a big time game! if illinois were to win, they could possibly be ranked #1 in the nation for the first time since our beloved flying illini of 1989. that's 15 years folks! and in order to win, i believe our frontcourt is going to have to step it up big time and match the consistently brilliant play of our backcourt. speaking of our backcourt - it's the best in the whole friggin' nation! the smartest (williams), fastest (brown), and most athletic (head) three guys to play together in illinois history. i am so pumped.

okay, make sure you tune into espn at 7 eastern, 6 central, and 5 mountain to watch this contest. screw the whole acc/big ten challenge thing - this is the only game that matters anyway.

i will end this post with some of the eloquent poetry currently residing on the toilet stall walls in the bathroom outside of our library (it really adds to your enjoyment of these pieces if you can read them out loud in a faux british accent):

"i was here but now i'm not
i went somewhere to smoke some pot
but i left this here to make a point
that life's a bitch without a joint"

&

"at the table enjoying my food
when a twitch in my ass spoiled the mood
up like a cheetah i bolted and ran
but i still shit myself before i got to the can"