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16 minutes ago, KDB said:

Out of curiosity: Who would you all rather have? Anderson or Goode? If it's one or the other.

Goode

Physically, they're both the same size.  Anderson's raw numbers are better, but Goode has spent the last 3 years in the B10 and will have a step up in terms of already knowing opponents schemes, nuances, etc. 

2 hours ago, DeadOne said:

Lol....I live in Saskatchewan and some of the hills do have eyes here

 

Whenever the discussion is about cupcakes/scheduling, etc, my mythical example of a directional school is Southwest Saskatchewan A&T.

There really isn't one of those, is there? 🤣

1 hour ago, Dawg Bawls said:

Dont know who the reference is about but ill guess Coverdale...

8 minutes ago, OGIUAndy said:

So now we're nitpicking how the staff gets to visits? 

This is IU basketball.  I'm surprised we're not nitpicking what the coaches are wearing to visits.

12 minutes ago, iuswingman said:

no wonder our recruiting budget dwarfs everyone else's budget.  Can't even drive for in-state visits lol

UI had typically spent more than us in the B10, and under Teflon John, UK's dwarfed everyone in the country. 

Part of it is if you look at the geography of B-town and Champaign, they're really in the middle of nowhere.  The only real recruiting area that's close to B-town is Indy. Louisville is 2 hours, Cincinnati is 2.5 by map time (although you can get to the west side in 2 hrs 10 minutes...don't ask me how I know).  And once you're off the interstates....y'all know as well as I do that all bets are off.  You run the risk of getting stuck behind Farmer Bob or Granny McBluehair for 10-15 minutes until you can get past them. 

If it's a choice of driving 4 hours or flying 90 minutes, it's a question of productivity.  8 hours of driving is a lost day aside from whatever event I'm going to.  3 hours of flight time is 3 hours I could be doing something else on my way to whatever event, in addition to getting 5 hours back. 

9 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Rice is a true point guard

Correct.  Rice is the true point, Carlyle is a combo.  Probably better off the ball, but is capable of both. 

2 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

I used to tell my friends in Georgia ‘the South does not have a monopoly on Rednecks’

Go up to Calgary or Saskatchewan….there is the phenomenon known as the Canadian hillbilly. 

11 minutes ago, IowaHoosierFan said:

Can we take the pieces we have and turn them into something enjoyable to watch and win games.  

Winning is what makes games enjoyable. I heard Purdue’s play last year described as “boring” because all they would do is pound the ball into Edey. Yeah…but they won. I’d rather be boring and victorious than an entertaining loser. 

4 minutes ago, Drroogh said:

Uhmmm you have no idea about the pettiness of the Alabama-Auburn rivalry. Remember the guy poisoning the Toomer’s Corner trees?

Never underestimate the pettiness of an intoxicated redneck with a supposed “cause”. 

Just now, btownqb said:

You're underestimating Purdue's willingness to be petty. 

Even the IU-Purdue animosity can be overcome if it’s…*ahem* what’s best for business. 

10 hours ago, Stlboiler23 said:

Has an IU or Purdue basketball player ever transferred to the other school?  I know it’s happened in football recently. 

Can’t recall one off the top of my head, but we’ve seen Alabama-Auburn and OSU-Michigan transfers this offseason.

4 minutes ago, btownqb said:

I'd prefer a better rim protector than Furst, he does rebound well, though.  Don't see the Purdue to IU thing happening. 

We’ve seen OSU-Michigan and Alabama-Auburn transfers this offseason. 

8 hours ago, Paye32 said:

If Caleb Furst hit the portal would he be someone we look at? There's speculation by some Purdue fans that he might..Both being from Fort Wayne, I'm sure Goode could do a little recruiting assuming he commits...

Furst and Goode were AAU teammates

Just now, bluegrassIU said:

Uwe Blab

Nein

1 hour ago, dgambill said:

The other thing about a 5* is they can have empty stats…or not add winning to a team if they are out there to just get drafted and not about the team. We’ve had a couple at IU…lord knows Ivey was that at Purdue.

Vonleh, Bracey….

42 minutes ago, dgambill said:

Indeed. It’s short sighted money grab. Kids will have no legacy anymore…any connections to an Alma mater etc will be gone because you sold out your schools. Something to be said for staying 4 years and building a lasting legacy and connection to the school that you will carry the rest of your life.

Or, even 2-3 years. Reneau and MM could have easily bolted, but just playing multiple seasons, they’ll be remembered. 

43 minutes ago, dgambill said:

I’d actually say he is worth something which is why he will cash in to go somewhere else. If he was not worth anything than he would just stay where he is. He had options. People may not like him…I get that but he can play a good role…and actually fits better at Duke than he did at Purdue (and he was fine there).

Having watched more Purdue this past season than I ever have in my life, I came to like Gillis as a player. Wouldn’t have complained if he transferred here. 

10 minutes ago, Danomatic said:

The last time that Indiana had a red headed shooter, everything turned out to be pretty Goode. 

Coverdale?

1 hour ago, Indykev said:

i love this little girl!! me when IU fans were rooting for purdue.

Strong no comment from me on this one. 💀

19 minutes ago, Indykev said:

 

Senor Glock needs to take a Photoshop class.  His eyes and expression look like me two days after I ate that entire five pound wheel of swiss cheese.

7 minutes ago, Victobmyboy said:

Word is Goode is committed. Starting to hit twitter 

What's the Goode word, eh?

22 minutes ago, Reacher said:

Really nice read-

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/posts/michael-penix-jr-nfl-draft-ncaa-football-university-of-washington

 

I'll disagree with one thing he said:

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He saw something in me that the rest of the college football world didn’t.

Well, maybe it was just me and DeBoer, but from the 2nd or 3rd game Penix was on the field, I kept saying to myself "This kid isn't just good....this is Heisman good".  Turns out in the end, I wasn't far off. 

Hated to lose him, but I realized it was a Mo Creek type situation.....just so many injuries over time and needed a change of scenery. 

10 minutes ago, Hoosier4Life53 said:

I agree, but many would say we’re no longer a blue blood program, but for those doubters it sure looks like we’re poised to reclaim that status.

The thing is.....it's really, really hard to lose such status completely.  The Vanderbilt family is still the freaking Vanderbilt family even though they may not be as top of mind for most people as they were 100 years ago. 

If someone wanted to say we weren't one of the top programs over the last 20 years....no problem.  That's defendable.  But we've had 5 national championships in 4 different decades.  That's a run of success over time that can't be taken away. 

Compare that with a program like San Francisco, which may have won back to back championships, but haven't done anything in 50 years since. 

14 minutes ago, Hoosier4Life53 said:

I don’t know if you include Kentucky in that group any longer now that Calipari is gone, and with the mass exodus at Duke, we may be ready to fill the void, with the roster upgrades we’ve made this off season.

 

Filthy disgusting inbreds though they may be, UK is a college basketball blue blood regardless of who is coaching. 

To really achieve "blue blood" status means you've achieved a level of success that even being "down" for over a decade doesn't take away the luster or the inherent potential of the program. 

Bama football is the perfect example. They went from 1992 to 2010 without a national championship and won only 5 bowl games in that span.  But, get the right coach in place and you're reestablished. 

To me, there's 7: UCLA, Kentucky, North Carolina, UConn, Duke, Indiana, Kansas.  Villanova is right on the cusp, and Louisville could be depending on how you feel about vacated titles.  The 2nd tier down has Michigan State, Syracuse, Arizona, Michigan, etc etc.  Prominent programs, but haven't quite hit Valhalla just yet. 

And yes....UConn is definitely the "new money" blue blood compared to the "old money" traditional programs.  But when you have more national titles than Kansas, Indiana and Duke.....you're in the club without question.

3 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

Or Eric Gregg...

And if I'm in the HR department of MLB and we're hiring umpires, any resume with the last name "Hernandez" gets relegated to the circular file automatically 

Ugh....Eric Gregg and the Livan Hernandez game.  I'm a Mets fan, and even I will say the Braves got robbed in that one.  His strike zone was so wide that day that he could have fit through it.