5 wins, 7 losses. If you’d told the Orange & Blue faithful back in August we’d be looking at a 5-7 season, most would scoff or malign you as a negativo. We were all thinking 7-5, 8-4, even 9-3… 5-7? Surely not! The Zooker surely has the beginnings of a bald spot from the continuous head-scratching he’s subjected himself to this year. Like most of us, he was left wondering why the 2008 Illini Football team just wasn’t good enough.
On the heels of a great year in 2007, a Rose Bowl year, the disappointment seems even more bitter. The team was painful to watch at times; not because they were bad, but because you saw the potential. So now the Beemsville Pentagram brings you five points to ponder at the close of the season… Read more »


