If I were to ever run a marathon (LOLOL), I imagine that the finish line would feel like this. I have nothing left. If there was one more hill ahead, I'd quit. The attached preview contains every single thing I know about the 2018 Illini Football team. I left it all on the field.

I don't even have many words for the intro this year. My wife is a big Jason Mraz fan and there's some song that says "looks like I'm finally out of words" (or something). That's how I feel. So many words came out of these fingers the last two weeks that I'm not sure where I'll find more once the season starts. (Ah, who am I kidding, I'll have thousands more once the season starts.)

Word total this year: 23,882. I think the biggest was around 27k, the smallest around 21k, so this is somewhere right in the middle.

And I'm doing the "tip jar" again this year. As I've said before, I usually take the money from this and take my wife on a trip for her putting up with me the month of August. So call it the Mrs. Robert Vacation Fund or something. No, don't call it that. That's stupid. I need to stop talking.

It's just the same deal as the last few years. If it's worth $5 to you, toss in $5. If you think it's worth $20, thanks so much. If you're a poor college student and don't have a dime to spare, please just click the X to bypass the tip jar and enjoy.

That's all I've got. Here's absolutely everything you need to know about the 2018 Illini football team:

2018 IlliniBoard Football Preview