The 200 Level with Mike Carpenter: A Fighting Illini Fan Podcast

A month after an episode titled "Everything is Awesome" . . . we have a total dud of a weekend.  Mike Carpenter, Trevor Vallese and Harry Black recap one of the cruddiest 48-hour stretches in recent Illini sports memory, with a blowout football loss to Northwestern and the basketball comeback that wasn't against Miami.

It was a disappointing (yet not disheartening) loss for the Illini in Iowa City.  Mike Carpenter, Trevor Vallese and Harry Black talk about the 19-10 loss to the Hawkeyes, Senior Day against Northwestern, and compare Illinois football seasons to Star Wars movies.

With no new Illini football or basketball games to talk about, Mike Carpenter and Trevor Vallese open things up to listener questions, while looking forward to a big matchup against the Hawkeyes.  Carp is also joined by film critic Chuck Koplinski for a wide-ranging conversation about movies.

Mike Carpenter, Harry Black and Trevor Vallese revel in the aftermath of the greatest comeback in Illini football history.  They take a detailed look at the insane 4th quarter in East Lansing, an outside chance of winning the Big Ten West, and happily eat crow.

Mike Carpenter and Harry Black are basking in the glow of three straight Big Ten wins for Lovie Smith and Illinois football.  Meanwhile, Brad Underwood's Illini basketball program begins their season with three big games in 7 days, just after the commitment of 2020 PG Andre Curbelo.  On this day, truly, everything is awesome.