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2011 Season Re-cap

Well. 
I got busy and simply didn't post last season. 

I set this blog up for the sole purpose of sharing pictures of the bus project.  I can't believe that was four years ago.  That was interesting.  My thoughts on Illini football are not.  If you want to read about the Illini, go here:  www.alioneye.com.  That's really all ya need.  Atta boy Bobby!

But, Illini FB tailgating is my most favoritist hobby and I think I may feel bad if my stupid little blog ended with a silly picture of Zook.  Although that post was pretty prophetic, huh?    I just need to make sure the bar is set sufficiently low that I don't feel bad if it's 6 posts full of pictures of kids with grown men drinking in the background.  I guess it got me this far.

So let's re-cap last year with the help of the stat book:

• Arkansas State:  Had bus trouble all summer, but got it fixed up for the opener.  Our offense looked good - we have good receivers.  We might not suck.
• South Dakota State:  My son thought it was funny that we played the Jackrabbits.  We looked really good.  We don't suck.
• Arizona State - Top tailgate of the season - huge turnout.  Stuck around and pretended it was 1993 that night.  We didn't have Blue Guys in 1993.  I still have a headache. We won a game we normally lose.  We might be ok.
• Western Michigan - too close for comfort- a harbinger of things to come.
• Northwestern - this game was fun.  I share Robert's distaste for all thing's Fitzgerald and I enjoyed this.  Holy crap - we may be good.
• Ohio State - What's that noise?  Oh, I think a wheel fell off.
• Michigan - There went another.
• Wisconsin - Season in full free-fall, we had a very nice tailgate with some new friends from Madison.  In full disclosure, I also matriculated (they teach those words there) at UW, so I donned the red and white for this one, in protest.  2nd best tailgate of the season.  The UW shortbus parked next to us.  They outdrank us - to be sure.  But nobody from my tailgate passed out in his own vomit.  I'm not sure any of them didn't.

If I took any pictures, they aren't good enough to warrant me trying to find them and/or they could be used in a custody hearing, so this little recap will have to do.  I closed the book on the 2011 season a long time ago - we'll not dwell on it here.

For this season.  Hmmm.  Again, if you're looking for real analysis, go see Bobby's blog.  My gut says we go 6-6 and we have some great tailgates this year.  Please join us.