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January
3
2008

Blood and Roses

Category: College Football, Illini Football, Big Ten, bowl season, Rose Bowl | No Comments »

by Josh Birnbaum
3:38 am — 

Game photos! Enjoy. It was hard to watch. Also some parade photos from earlier in the morning. It was a long day.

Losers
Kevin Mitchell reacts after the game as teammate Justin Harrison tries to comfort him.
The Zooker
Zook watches his team.
Crushed
Hershel scores a TD for USC.
Rashard
At least someone on Illinois had a good game.
Chiefs
Some people dressed up for the occasion.
Rose Parade Clown
I don’t know why she was smiling so early in the morning.
Parade Protest
These guys aren’t very fond of American government.

See more photos: Aaron Facemire + Josh Birnbaum + Roxy Ryan + Brad Vest

December
31
2007

Media Madness

Category: College Football, Illini Football, Big Ten, bowl season, Rose Bowl | No Comments »

by Josh Birnbaum
3:46 pm — 

I’ve been lazy about posting, so here’s an overview of our Rose Bowl trip thus far.

Juicy Swagger

Juice walks into Media Day

Beef Bowl

Illinois’ Mike Ware jokes with reporters at Lawry’s Beef Bowl

Hard Rock Fan

A fan poses for a friends

USC players

Watching practice at USC

Jokin’ around

Antonio Steele and players interview each other with water bottles as microphones

See more photos: Aaron Facemire + Josh Birnbaum + Roxy Ryan + Brad Vest