cthomas
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I actually enjoy watching a Purdue guy and an Illinois fan go back and forth on an IU board. Incredible! But, I guess after the season we are having I guess it's better than nothing.
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I just re-read "Black Noon" by Art Garner about the 1964 race. I cannot recommend it highly enough, especially for anyone who remembers racing from the 50's and 60' s. The background material about drivers and owners alone is worth the read. "Al Unser Jr: A Checkered Past" is also excellent. The behind the scenes stuff makes these bigger than life drivers more human. For hard-core fans, Track Forum is a great sort of information. One poster, NIF I think is his username, provides great insight into the technical side of things from a crew members perspective. It's not a place for the faint of heart. Those guys can get a little rough.
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49 minutes ago, Cbp4IU said:
With all these buzzer beating 3s down the stretch CJ Gunn is primed to hit a game winner next year at IUPUI
IUPUI is no more. Just IU Indianapolis now.
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Purdue has enough talent to win it all with the right match ups. They can also be an early exit with the wrong ones. All depends on the draw.
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10 minutes ago, IUCrazy2 said:
Our luck, the only thing on the other side of that hump is another deep valley.
I fear it is humps all the way down.
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I just want the top teams to quit looking at IU as a week off.
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15 minutes ago, DWB said:
I’ve always been partial to middle of turn 4. You can see them coming into 3, in the short chute, thru 4, down the home straight and into 1.
IMO
One of my favorite places in the world is at the top of the grandstand in turn four. Great view of the entire speedway and the skyline of downtown Indy. Nothing much better than a beautiful spring day at IMS (and a few cold ones).
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1 hour ago, btownqb said:
We can live with Hamilton Co, Hendricks Co, the MIC, and Center Grove filling "much" of our roster. We have to identify the correct ones from those schools, though.
Sterling Weatherford-- 6'4 225lbs safety/LBer combo-- went to Hamilton Heights, not recruited by IU... starred at Miami of OH and plays for the Bears now. Just simple example of that. I understand we'll never get them all in any sport, but we HAVE to start identifying ones in HS better, especially the ones in state.
I probably should have included all of the greater Indy area as fertile ground for recruits. Give the proximity to IU, I would think CCC will be a frequent visitor to the area.
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40 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:
Have watched him grow and develop and is only getting better. Never a bad thing to have Carmel's program as a quick ally. They have some others in the pipeline as well.
Having lived in the community for over 40 years, I completely agree. For those who don't know, Carmel has the biggest high school in the state and their athletic program is second to none across the board. Their football team is always in the conversation for the state big school championship. Not relevant here, but Camel's girls swim team has the longest consecutive state championships string in the nation. I wouldn't scoff at anyone coming out of Carmel.
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1 hour ago, IUFLA said:
Rick Mount
Now there's a name I haven't heard mentioned in a long time. I went to school with him one year in junior high school. He's definitely on the list of the five best shooters I've ever seen.
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14 hours ago, 5fouls said:
Between now and May? I guess my list would be:
1) Total Solar Eclipse
2) The Detroit Lions win the Super Bowl
3) A winning Powerball ticket
4) The new Naughty Nurses at Night movie
5) Prince William and Prince Harry kiss and make up
I'd move the winning Powerball ticket to no.1.
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I have grandkids who are constantly underdressed for the conditions. They have never experienced what it is like to be caught outside by some kind of problem unprepared. They don't understand layers or wearing gloves. It has to be a generational thing but ,growing up on a farm, it drives me crazy.
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The narrative is definitely different with CCC. He seems to understand the psychology of the game as well as the mechanics. To me, there is nothing about him that is similar to our previous coach.
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54 minutes ago, tdhoosier said:
"We will miss JHS."
Understatement of the year.
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27 minutes ago, btownqb said:
Ehh.. man. Idk.
When was the last time someone NOT OSU/UM beat OSU/UM? I mean, basically, Penn State can hardly compete with them, which is scary.
I checked-- UM, in the last three seasons, has 3 losses-- Mich St 2 years ago when MSU was Top 10, UGA 2 years ago (one of the best college teams ever assembled), and TCU last year in the Semis.
OSU- since 2012- has 17 total losses lol--- Top 10 Missouri, Top 10 Oregon, Michigan x3, UGA (CFP), Bama (CFP), @Purdue lol, Top 5 Oklahoma, @Top 10 Iowa, @ Penn State, Clemson (CFP)x2, Top 10 MSUx2, Virginia Tech, Top 10 Clemson (not CFP)
Maybe we can be Purdue from 2016 or whatever it was and pull a once-a-decade upset? Those two programs are just-- the elite of the elite though.
All true. They are among a handful of programs who are the gold standard of college football. But beating them starts with believing you can. I wouldn't want to coach a team that went into any game thinking it had already lost.
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We significantly upgraded our non-conference schedule and a consequence of that is you can get your a$$ beat on any given night. Most of these games were closer than we would have liked but they made the team work for the win. I believe has made the team better. I'll withhold judgement on what we can or can't do until I see a few games with us at full strength.
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1 hour ago, IUFLA said:
Link to Illinois Loyalty Forum discussion on TSJ...
Details are slowly emerging...Interesting reading (23 pages)...
After reading the last few pages, I have concluded that young men should be very cautious with girls they don't know who they just met in a bar. Consent is a very tricky deal these days. Human nature being what it is, young men and young women make bad decisions, especially when alcohol is involved. In this case, something traumatic took place or maybe it didn't. I don't know what to think.
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24 minutes ago, Reacher said:
but will they be leaving behind girlfriends?
Football players can usually find new girlfriends, if you know what I mean.
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5 minutes ago, 5fouls said:
We did not shoot 100%.
I always took the opposite approach and said I didn't want the other team to score, at all.
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1 minute ago, Euroclydon said:
Relying heavily on two freshmen and two sophomores is creating problems for IU. The lack of maturity and composure stands out. They have to play through it and learn how to be ready for every game.
The reality is the game is much more difficult when you can only hit a few three pointers per game and back that up by missing 12 free throws.
If this game was on the road they lose by double digits.
What frustrates me is they ended up so thin at guard one injury has put the season in jeopardy. Playing your starters 30+ minutes and then asking them to do it again two days later is probably not going to turn out well long term.
Agree with all of this. But, I think the freshmen are growing into their roles. MM is much better than he was a and I thinks Cupps is getting better as well. It's a lot to ask this early in the season. They've taken quite a bit of criticism but I'm proud of them.
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4 minutes ago, Artesian_86 said:
For what it’s worth, this time last year, we were also 8-3 on December 19th and went 9-3 by beating Elon on December 20th, 2022.
Ground hog day?
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The wrong team lost and I'm glad they did. We didn't earn it and we didn't deserve it. Happy we got it.
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Being as unbiased as possible for a 65+ years IU guy, Purdue has a really good team, maybe championship good team. I also really like Painter because he knows who he is and builds good teams without chasing 5 star, one and done guys. I love that. Obviously I don't know him, but he has always seemed like a class act.
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I graduated from Westfield in 1966 in a class of 66 students. Lived in or around the area all my life. I don't recognize anything anymore.