October 31, 2009 – 7:27 pm
Revised 11/01 8:20 a.m.
One last Halloween metaphor, before we start talking turkey.
There were more tricks than treats for the locals on October’s last football Saturday. Now pass me that last Snickers.
If ever there was a close (or pretty close) but no cigar team, it’s the Indiana Hoosiers.
They were up 21-7, then 24-14. Iowa’s QB Ricky [...]
August 20, 2009 – 11:37 am
Alrighty then. The spotlight which has been aimed at U of L hoops for weeks because of the Pitino/ Sypher situation is now pointed down the road.
Is this today’s episode of “As The World Turns?”
If the early reports are correct, Memphis State is going to have to forfeit all of its wins from the ‘07-’08 [...]
The Indy guard will just be a junior this season, meaning he won’t be able to suit up for the college of his choice until autumn of 2011. Yet, fans of several schools are anxiously awaiting his decision.
As if it would make any difference NOW.
Much of the anticipation is due to a statement last winter [...]
Some Big Blue fans are already ordering their national championship t-shirts. They want to be the first one in their new finery down at the General Store.
Frankly, who can blame them? Nothing like a regime change, a #1 recruiting haul and one maybe two returning superstars to instigate visions of pre-ordination.
Many U of L fans [...]
January 23, 2009 – 9:45 pm
Today’s question, sports fans, is what can we learn, if anything, from stat sheets?
Take Utah State for instance. At 18-1, the Aggies have as good a record as any school in the land, but thus far have received no love from the pundits. Digger Phelps included, but, hey, that’s probably a good thing.
They’re undefeated in [...]
January 18, 2009 – 4:06 pm
Is there any way, or any reason, to assess this year’s Indiana University baskeball team?
Not really.
This is truly a throw away season. It is a difficult team to watch, so devoid is it of legit, competitive talent. I, frankly, haven’t been able to do it.
As hard as it is to say, you gotta feel sorry [...]
December 18, 2008 – 4:53 pm
The AP keeps an all time tab on which colleges have appeared the most times since 1949 in the Top Ten, Top 25, etc. Kentucky with an average rand of 6.63 is second on the list to Carolina.
Louisville ranks 7th (Average RK 11.58) behind UCLA, Duke, Kansas and IU. Syracuse, Arizona and Illinois round out [...]
December 4, 2008 – 9:30 am
Bring that dynamite and a crane/ Blow it up/ Start all over again/ Only you know/ How I loathe/ This place called Tobacco Road
Oh where are the Nashville Teens when we really need them?
There’s always been this not so friendly rivalry in college hoops between Kentuckiana and Tobacco Road. We say the Cats, Card, [...]
December 3, 2008 – 3:52 pm
As December dawns, I thought I’d rank the big schools around here in our favorite sport. Which, bowl eligibility notwithstanding, is college hoops.
#1.Notre Dame. The Irish look feisty. They can shoot, which covers up a lot of flaws, not many of which they have anyway.
#2. Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers have beaten Southern Illinois, U of [...]
October 28, 2008 – 11:54 am
The rumors are rampant that an Indy lawyer named Fred Glass is going to be IU’s next AD, replacing Rick Greenspan, the guy who inexplicably hired that Sampson fella to coach the Hurryin’ Hoosiers.
Don’t know much about the guy, but I do find it fascinating that this school beleagured with NCAA problems would tap somebody [...]
