Zuckerkorn

Relegated to listening to Don & Ted and experiencing the "theater of the mind".  Sounded like about as close to a complete game as we've had in some time.

Perhaps it's stuck with my repressed memories of the CAM tenure, but when is the last time we beat a D1 team by 30+ points?  Seems we had margins of victory (when we had them) that were barely comfortable.

3 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Come on...Trayce, easily...

I would have said that, but his FT shooting.  Oof!

15 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said:

Free throws and dismal outside shooting.  Could have rebounded better.  

We have got to get Kopp some more shots.  He can hit them. 

We must develop an effective threat from 3-pt range.  It's very possible it will have to be from Kopp, Stewart, Bates, Leal, Geronimo, or Lander.  I don't believe it's going to magically come from any of the other returning players.  XJ's shot looks hideous and I'm unsure if it can ever be consistent.

I do think we are better defensively and will get even better.  However, it's a little concerning that we didn't have any answer for their one-man offense in the second half.

Well, unless an explanation is made public I'd think this would limit Kopp's future NIL opportunities from the private sector.

Can't gripe about that assessment.  Not where we want to be but I sense a renewed optimism - very different than the last two coaching changes.

Kind of funny story I have about AH:  Sometime in the late 80's I had an appointment with my doctor.  He was an older guy who graduated from IU med.  I mentioned that I was going to Bloomington for the game that night after the appointment.  He said "I haven't been to the new fieldhouse yet" lol.

I figured he didn't have much interest in the basketball program.  Then he says he could get tickets if he wanted from a close friend he and his wife frequently went to dinner with.  Turned out the family friend was Hilda Van Arsdale (Knight would have given her prime seats anytime she wanted them).

12 hours ago, Bowhunter said:

So we aren’t getting him now?

Not being a wise guy, but wth is going on inthat gif avatar of yours? 

I'm pretty numb to situations like this - they are what they are. Still interesting to see indications of who we are focusing on and which ones appear to be giving us serious consideration.

The one thing that puzzles me is how "insiders" and their sources can be so confident on their proclamations.  They surely know and have witnessed this all dozens of times before.  Now if some sources are players/teammates it would make sense as these things are kinda new to them.  IDK

Good Lord!  

Program has the momentum of a feather in the wind (Zep reference).

19 minutes ago, Indykev said:

Whats the score? BTN out on Hulu.

I just noticed that (signed up for hulu this week ).  I'm using roku and the game is on the fox sports app on btn)

14 hours ago, IU Scott said:

I have always believed that athletes today trains way to much.  Your body needs time to rest and I don't believe the athletes today do that.  I think you would see injuries go down if the athletes would just test properly and take a couple of months off after the season.

Many years ago I heard Pete Rose talking about this.  He felt players needed a "little fat" to cushion their muscles and bones.  He pointed to two things: todays finely tuned players could never play the way he did without getting injured (head first flying slides & collisions) and cited how guys like Eric Davis at the time had no body fat and were amazing athletes but got injured often.

I also think sometimes players just aren't as tough at playing through aches and pains like they used to be - particularly at the professional level (I have no proof of that).

As always with a coaching change, my definition of "great" will be different for this season than what it would be traditionally.

Truthfully I don't know what to expect and I'm going to be much less focused on wins than how we are coached and play.  I want to to see energy and effort along with evidence of significant individual and team improvement - from last season AND as the upcoming season progresses.

As long as we're a difficult team for opponents to beat and the games are fun to watch it'll be a success in my book.  Moving forward, in the future, we need to be in the running for B10 championships, winning the conference tournament and advancing to at least the S16 on a yearly basis.

16 hours ago, btownqb said:

What 2nd rate bowl did we play in that we got embarrassed in? 

We (apparently, as I recall) were upset about the game we ended up in - most on here seemed to feel we got shafted by the bowl committee (otherwise if the outback bowl is a first-rate bowl why all the bitching?).

We looked outmatched down by 2 touchdowns.  Remember the game thread for that game?  Desperate comeback aside who was satified with that game.

Too many jumped on a mirage wagon last season, IMO.  

Let's face it, last season was a fluke and we still got embarrassed in a second-rate bowl game.

That said, no reason to make changes at the top - we'll just get another coordinator/assistant coach level replacement.

"Illegal touching"

That's a PSU tradition!

23 hours ago, Goose said:

A former pastor of mine had the name Richard Dick. He was a great guy but it really felt weird at first calling him Pastor Dick. After a couple of weeks never thought about it anymore. Calling him Pastor Dick squared would be even worse.

You could call him "Pastor Antelope" and be close.....(dikdik)

Wasn't there a mayor of Muncie named Harry Balz?  If I recall correctly, they had a contest a few years ago to name some new building and he was the hands-down winning name, but ignored the voting and went with another name.

Regarding the Lipps name, I worked a guy at Carrier named Pherman Lipps - he was a big UK fan and we never saw eye-to-eye on anything.

EDIT: It was in Fort Wayne and the man's name was Baals

2 hours ago, Billingsley99 said:

OMG that made me LOL. I had several Eders in class and that never crossed my mind

Had a girl in my graduating class with that last name.  Ironically she got pregnant when we were seniors..😵

55 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said:

The most creative made up name I ever heard was Adolph Oliver Nipple

 

lol. I just heard that one on Bob & Tom this morning...

I heard of a kid who had the unfortunate name Peter Eder...

13 hours ago, Muddy River said:

Nope....See Baylor....

Dang!  I thought they DID get it for that.  Just looked up the list of official instances it was given - 5 times total (2 basketball, 1 football).

16 hours ago, slojoe said:

So I ask again why is UL allowed to still be playing basketball?

Because apparently with the NCAA the death penalty is reserved for violations that include actual death?

Robin was good friends with Joe Brunk (Joey's dad), before he died.

He had great stories about travelling with the Pacers as a young pup, to things George McGinnis did as a HS football player, to all his connections in open wheel racing.  There haven't been many like him!

1 hour ago, TheWatShot said:

Ohio State fans can tell you how many days it's been since Michigan beat them in any sport and go out of their way to omit the letter M from any conversation, but yeah, this is pretty bad. I think a lot of Purdue fans are insecure and need the schadenfreude of clowning on IU to rally around. 

You do know the purdue free board has a thread they constantly update about the number of days it's been since we beat them - then they accuse any IU fan who posts of being "obsessed".  Lol

2 hours ago, cybergates said:

 

Breaking news: Mike Hunt wrote the letter after his dixie wrecked. 

I have personally known two guys named Mike Hunt, and have heard of a third that played HS ball in Southern Indiana (New Albany?)

One of the two I knew would have to be paged over the PA system in the factory where we worked.  When one of the ladies in the office were doing the paging, they enunciated it a Michael Hunt, very carefully.  The maintenance supervisor would page him by alternate name: "Your P*ssy" 

On a more serious note, I like that Woodson discussed how much the offense needed to improve from where it was when he was hired.  I noted that our returning sophomores weren't really putting it in the hole (likely because of last year's coaching).