We Love No Other

Former Illini head coach Ron Turner joins Robert to discuss the Illinois coaching job and what he learned during his eight years in Champaign. 

Assistant Illini baseball coach Curt Courtwright has had quite the year. From beating cancer to running 100 miles in 24 hours, his 2020 was a lot more eventful than the rest of us stuck at home watching Netflix. Curt discusses everything from attending the 2019 Wisconsin game a day after cancer surgery to what it's like to be electrocuted 30 times. 

Incoherent rambling warning: immediately after the 83-68 win AT Duke, I went out to the sun room (so to not wake up my wife) and recorded 12 minutes of my brain on overdrive. 

Immediate thoughts after the Illini lose 35-21 to Iowa.  And these thoughts have one theme: inevitability. 

Will Leitch joins Robert to talk about what Illini basketball used to be and what it could be again. Probably as soon as this season. 

This one is more "From The Library" because I went into a corner of the media workroom to record it. But here's my thoughts after the 41-23 win over Nebraska. 

Robert Rosenthal and Tyler Cottingham have been writing about Illini basketball games on IlliniBoard for a decade. And they've never had a season with this much anticipation. So they chatted for an hour about the upcoming season, the real-deal Big Ten Title aspirations, and Robert's golf game. 

Robert records some quick thoughts from the club level at SHI Stadium after the Illinois win over Rutgers. 

Robert introduces the hosts of our new IlliniBoard basketball podcast - The Board Room. The origin of this podcast traces back to the Michigan State football game in 2019 when Robert, the four hosts of The Board Room (Josh, Matty, Sam, and Jonny), and two other friends (Carmen and Bricker) all road-tripped to East Lansing for the game.  The first 57 minutes of this episode is simply our trip back...

I went to the same corner of the pressbox to put all of my emotions in recorded audio form. I have to keep my mask on at all times, so the audio is bad, but here's 13 minutes of my shattered psyche. 

Robert and Loren discuss all things Illini from the 1951 Rose Bowl to today. Topics include Loren's journey from roommate of the Big Ten Player of the Year to journalist covering the team, the current football struggles, the best Illini football and basketball players of the last 50 years, and Loren's golf swing. 

Robert's thoughts immediately after the 31-24 Purdue loss. 

Robert interviews @BobZuppke. Not the real Bob Zuppke of course - he passed away in 1957. This is Illini Twitter legend @BobZuppke, whose real name will remain a secret. Which, honestly, is the best way to Internet. 

Robert and Martin discuss the Wisconsin game, what went wrong, what else went wrong, and the other things that went wrong. 

Robert introduces the second (of three!) IlliniBoard podcasts: The Field Pass, to be hosted by Mikey Dudek, Dan Saladino, and John Balas.  

Robert Rosenthal from IlliniBoard.com discusses all of the Covid protocols for Illini student athletes with Randy Ballard, Director of Sports Medicine for the University of Illinois.