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Back to School (Or how I’m becoming a Wildcat…)
14 Nov
Posted by Jake as Sports, Fun with Friends, My Life
How ‘bout the Illini, eh? Taking down then #1 OSU and having an improbable run to possibly 9 wins after back-to-back rebuilding years. I couldn’t be more proud to be an an alum of both the program and the university. The program appears to have turned a corner, and with all the […]
We’ve missed you.
As Nat and I are packing our bags and heading out the door this afternoon for a drive down to St. Louis for the Labor Day weekend, my mind keeps wandering back to a post I wrote almost a year ago. We’re multi-tasking in St. Louis: Nat is going to a wedding and […]
Today is a big day. It’s the first day of the High School football season. It’s huge in places like Texas and Florida, but it’s a pretty big deal in the Chicago suburbs. I live in a community that works up quite the lather during the season. The Lincoln-Way East Griffins […]
My old stomping grounds, Memorial Stadium in Champaign is getting a major facelift. They’re adding new permanent stands to the North Endzone, and updating both the West and East Halls. The addition of a new press box and an assortment of luxury suites will bring the Illini in line with the majority of […]
ESPN made a great decision this week. No…it wasn’t that they’re going to move away from their East Coast bias and stop burying the Big Ten in the middle of SportsCenters. They’ve decided that they’re going to take their wildly popular pre-game show, College Gameday to Blacksburg Virginia, home of the VTech Hokies on […]
Congrats to Coach Bruce Weber and the entire staff. After this very challenging year - with the multiple arrests, injuries, and the Eric Gordon to IU saga - the Illini Nation could use the very good news.
Jeffrey Jordan, the son of basketball legend Michael Jordan, said Friday that he plans to attend the University […]
If for nothing but the press opportunities and having MJ attend some games, I sure hope that Coach Bruce Weber and the Fighting Illini can close the deal to bring Michael Jordan’s boy onto the squad. Of the places he’s looking at, the Illini program is clearly the best.
Wilmette Loyola senior guard […]
I would be very comfortable in making the statement that the Master’s is one of my favorite sporting events to watch on television. Sure, the first four days of March Madness, the World Cup, New Year’s Day Bowl games, and the World Series are wonderful events, but to me the Masters is different. […]
RhodesSchool is a blog written by Jake Parrillo.
Jake is 30 years old, lives in Frankfort, works at Google with Rick, Don, and Steve, used to be a Village Trustee, loves his dog Maisy, is getting his MBA from Kellogg, chronicles all the Friendly Political Wagers he can find, is working on perfecting his pizza recipe and is getting married.
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