• Happy 21st Birthday to Illinois Football sophoomore running back Jordan Anderson. @Jda_anderson21 has appeared in both Illinois victories this season, carrying the ball three times. Joliet Catholic Academy Joliet Catholic Academy Athletics JCA Football

• We greatly appreciate your support of our efforts to digitally preserve Illini history. tinyurl.com/3x68j7p8

• These are the 1997-98 Skybox cards of Derek Harper and Kendall Gill. tinyurl.com/4cknj4wb

• Today is the birthday of former Illinois Women's Golf star Tristyn Nowlin Stasi . She has been a member of lady's golf's Epson Tour since 2023. Madison Central HS

• Today's ILLINI LEGENDS, LISTS & LORE reviews the career of Illinois Football legend Jim Grabowski. tinyurl.com/4zc9w74z

• The 1983 Illini football team was SO good it had TWO different pre-season posters. tinyurl.com/4vpax9xh tinyurl.com/yyhdb53x

• Happy 30th Birthday to Illinois Track & Field and Cross Country alum and 2020 Olympian David Kendziera, OLY . Most recently, he's been a realtor at Nest Realty of the Triangle in Triangle, N.C. Prospect High School Prospect Athletics Prospect Men’s Cross Country and Track and Field

• Turning 93 today is former Illinois Football star and longtime coach Bill Tate. A 1996 inductee into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame, he was Wake Forest's head football coach from 1964-68. He now resides in Omaha, Neb. MattoonGreenwave Coles County Sports

• Drink your morning coffee with the Illini. tinyurl.com/yb2j2m6a

• Played 46 years ago today, in one of the most "forgettable" Illinois Football games of the 1970s, Illinois and Northwestern played to a 0-0 tie. The temperature of Zuppke Field's turf was recorded at 116 degrees.

• A century ago, the University of Illinois' Rock Garden was a favorite spot of students.

• Hall of Famer and today's birthday boy Jim Grabowski was highlighted on Illinois football's 1965 pre-season poster. tinyurl.com/29ecbde4

• Happy 71st Birthday on Tuesday to former Illinois Football star Revie Sorey. The victim of a stroke in 2013 and the former Educational Services Director of Chicago's @adasmckinleyServices, he began the Trunk Scholarship for college-bound students. Boys High Football Brooklyn Schools

• Two years ago this week - Sept. 10, 2022 - Illinois Football's defense held visiting Virginia to 1-of-16 inefficiency on 3rd-down tries & collected five QB sacks in a 24-3 romp past the Cavaliers. Chase Brown had 146 yds rushing & Tommy DeVito passes for 196 more. Bret Bielema

• Red Grange significantly raised the profile of the University of Illinois during his sensational Illini career a hundred years ago. tinyurl.com/yb2j2m6a

• Happy 93rd Birthday on Tuesday to Champaign-Urbana resident & Illinois Track & Field and Cross Country grad Joe Corley. He became a real estate broker, manager and appraiser until his retirement in 2014. He immersed himself in a number of volunteer roles post retirement.

• Celebrating a "milestone" birthday on Tuesday is former Illinois Volleyball star Denise Fracaro Juriga. She's been married for 35 years to former Illinois Football star Jim Juriga. Luke Juriga

• The autograph of former Fighting Illini quarterback Jack Trudeau on this REPRINTED 1983 "Illini Spirit" football poster was secured a year ago when the team met for a 40-year reunion. tinyurl.com/bdz5ae9e

• Happy 26th Birthday to Michigan State Football alum Dominique Long. The four-year letter winner graduated with a 3.61 grade-point average as a mechanical engineering major. Dominique Long is now a Project Engineer at Gilbane Building Company in metro Detroit. WSHS Football

• On this date in 1969, Michigan State Men's Basketball head coach John Benington died at the age of 47 from a heart attack.