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Media days final wrap part 3 (really?) The Zookening
To close this too long drawn out series, I will cover coach Ron Zook, who enters his fifth season as the Illini head coach with alot of expectations. If there is one thing that I can take away from seeing Zook work the media it is that he is most in his element dealing with people one on one,...
Big Ten Media days Final Wrap Part 2
Next we come to the interview with Rejus Benn, by far the most highly touted NFL prospect on the team One of the more squawked about items that came from Benn's one on one sessions was his apparent hatred for Iowa. Unlike perhaps what certain Iowa City papers may portray it, he seemed very...
Big Ten Media Days final wrap (what the hell took so long? edition) pt 1
Yeah I know Big Ten Media days got over Tuesday, and its already the weekend. I am just going to chalk this one up to extreme laziness, my bad. Anyway, on to the goods. In case for some reason you had no idea, Ron Zook brought Juice, Benn and Doug Pilcher along with him for the media days, I...
Please don't ever retire, Joe Paterno
I will get to all of the important Illini stuff up later, but there is an anecdote I want to share with you that will easily be the one lasting memory of today's Big Ten Media Day. I couldn't get anywhere near Tressel, where there was easily the thickest crowd of journalists hanging on his every...
Big Ten Media Day 1 wrap up: in which our hero reflects on his experiences.
So that was definitely an experience to remember. If I haven't driven this point home for you people enough, I do this whole blog thing for fun, without any real talent for sports journalism or anything of the like. Don't ask me then, how I ended up at a media convention with all of these media...
Big Ten Media day continued coverage, long awaited Dantonio coverage!
Here is is the thing about Mark Dantonio, he is boring, much like his mentor Jim Tressel he can put me to sleep better than Ambien. So slipping in and out of consciousness during his time on the dais is i believe forgivable. He mentions that "all going in the same direction" is key to the success...
Big Ten Media days rocks so hard. With Joe Paterno.
Exactly how many coaches in America can you ask "coach tell me about your new hip..." Just one, its Joe Paterno, the only reason this media press conference/propaganda festival exists. He has already said that he has players that will more than likely have players start that he has never seen...
Lunch is over! Big Ten media days storms on!
Jim Tressel is on the dias right now, and the entire room is being lulled to sleep by his hypnotic monotone voice. He claims to be "a little bit of a traditionalist" which is among the greatest understatements of the day. You have to feel for new Purdue coach Danny Hope, who took the stage exactly...
Zook Smash! the press conference!
Well there is a lot to talk about here.... Zook was asked about Terl getting the pick for preseason POY over JuiceZook: dont talk to me about voting now, you guys did it. At least two bars in Champaign are off limits to the football team this year. Which bars could that be? I wonder...... Donsay...
HTTO @ BTMD
Getting ready to start the press and radio interview portions of the day. Zook is up first in about 15 minutes, small statement and general questions. Free swag and food for me. Getting to meet people who frankly I read daily, updates coming soon from Zook's presser. PRESEASON TOP 3 TEAMS- Ohio...
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