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I remember Malik Mack at Harvard. He was a little shit but he carved IU up. Wondered then how long he'd stay at Harvard unless he really was all about academics.

Absolutely could be misdirection like Ballo announcing ten minutes after it was reported he was visiting Arkansas. Or it could be true. I'll react after it's announced. RTZ gets a lot more street cred if he's in the minority and right, though.

I know little to nothing about any of Duke's portal players, but it does my heart good to see the fair haired golden child program show a few cracks.

That's probably the right level. Was thinking maybe ISU but apparently he didn't like the idea of a total rebuild.

I don't know if it reached a vote of no confidence, but I recall the Purdue faculty, or the least a pretty substantial minority being unhappy with Mitch Daniels. I didn't pay enough attention to observe how that played out and I don't know if there were any other parallels to the IU dissension. Sounds like the majority of the IU faculty didn't even participate in the vote so this may be a case of a vocal minority trying to rule.

I have a hard time believing he'll do two years in a row.

Oumar Ballo reading this thread...

On the surface, this goes to my past posts about institutional rot and the damage it's doing to IU. It appears that the president is attempting to pull IU back from the abyss. What I've read thus far, I don't think the president is any more the problem at IU than Woody is. It's a much bigger issue as evidenced by the vote of no confidence. For now, I'll resist the urge to say more.

Maybe. It's a good argument. That being said, I've always preferred amateur sports to professional sports and I suspect I always will. What's the main difference between amateur and professional sports...?

I hear what you're saying but I still don't like how out of hand things have gotten. I'm good with the leveling of the playing field but I don't ever recall feeling this way about the 3-point line.

🤣🤣🤣 That's not even remotely market-based. Ever heard of the term irrational exuberance? Exactly.

I know. It just feels like it's out of control and needs a major correction. Paying a kid $1.2 million to play ball while he gets his degree just seems plain crazy/irrational. I'll never love it, but I'll accept a rational system

I see Matt Cross is back in the transfer portal. Ages ago, he was actually an IU target.

Dirty, but I like it. I hope the NIL system crashes and burns.

Would love to have him as well. Will he view it as too crowded?

Ever consider a career in journalism?

McNeeley got recruited over.

Now I know how it feels to be taken out of context...😅

Setting up for a Woody, show us what you got year. Big pickup.

Friend just told me Archie Miller had nine players in the portal.

It's money-makin' time...ain't nobody got time to be cleaning windshields!

Gee...you think a Turdue fan made that list...?🤔

Former Linton player Joey Hart is likely leaving UK. If he does, might be a good fit at ISU. Coach is literally from the same county.

Sounds unlikely based on all the other targets.

I'm sure you're right, but that sounds so much like a Purdue fan.