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I have one God, but I will try to not disrespect anyone's God. I have one Country, which I have served, but I will try to not disrespect anyone's country. I have one family, but I will try to not disrespect anyone's family. I've fallen short on all three of these, but we should all try. I'll continue to try.

When Creighton is offering 100K for a recruit, you can say with reasonable certainty cheating is pervasive in college basketball. The NCAA is nothing more than a bad joke. Bill Self and Kansas is the poster child for this with cash, cars, or anything else a recruit needs. They just flat out deny everything and the NCAA does nothing. The moral of this story is cheaters and cheating wins; just what the governing body has drawn up.

What a storyline it would be to unleash the Indiana Mr. Football at QB against Purdue and have him lead us to victory

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/25085072/wiretap-audio-evidence-college-hoops-pay-play-released Holy moly. The phone calls got released. Sent from my Pixel using BtownBanners mobile app

How are there still people out there that we haven't corrected yet??? The Pacers didn't draft and trade Kawhi. We traded the pick for Hill. The Spurs made the pick. We wouldn't have taken him anyways.

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**thedailyhoosier.com Reese Taylor is a Play Away From Coming Full Circle at Quarterback October 23, 2018 Mike Schumann IUFB, IUFB Player Profiles 1 Reese Taylor is redefining what it means to be “Mr. Football.” As a senior in high school, he won that honor as a state championship winning quarterback at Ben Davis in Indianapolis. As a true freshman at Indiana, he hasn’t played a snap at quarterback — but that is just about the only position on the field that has eluded him to this point. And now that too is just one step away from changing. In connection with breaking the news on Monday that quarterback Michael Penix was out for the season with an ACL injury, IU head coach Tom Allen indicated that Taylor would be the new backup to Peyton Ramsey. Just a few months ago, quarterback wasn’t in the cards for Taylor. You know, he was too short, or didn’t have the arm for this level, or whatever they were saying at the time. After he completed 215-of-296 passes (72.6 percent) for 3,150 yards and a program record 40 touchdowns at Ben Davis, it’s fair to say that we should have known better. Matt Begala, IDS Back in the summer, each player on the team chose their “one word” for the season, and Taylor chose “Adapt” to signify his willingness to do whatever it takes to help the team, and do so with the understanding that he probably wouldn’t ever play quarterback in college. No, instead Taylor was learning the ropes at cornerback in the summer and into fall camp, because, well, the conventional wisdom was that playing defensive back was the only way he could see the field. And seeing the field has always been his goal. Taylor said this in an IU video back in June — It didn’t take long for him to catch the eye of the IU coaching staff. More than just learning a new position, you know, because he is Mr. Football and all, Taylor was excelling. Early on at fall camp Allen said “You notice him. He has a different gear than everybody else.” Taylor has more than just a different gear, he’s a quick study too. So much so that despite never working on the corner position in high school, he actually earned some playing time there in week one with IU. The kid can adapt. When the news broke that Brandon Dawkins was leaving the IU program in the week leading up to the first game, Tom Allen announced that Taylor would be moving to the quarterback room and said this about the Indianapolis native — He may have moved to the quarterback room during the week preparing for games, but since then Taylor has appeared everywhere but behind center, including — running back, wide receiver, cornerback and kickoff coverage. I’m sure there’s more that we’ve missed — but that is Mr. Football. He’s been used on reverses, wheel routes, jet sweeps, bubble screens — you get the idea. He even stepped in and held the ball for the kickoffs when the wind was blowing it off the tee on Saturday. It probably wasn’t even his job. You know, the whole adapt thing. Peyton Ramsey said earlier this week that playing all of those positions has helped Taylor, well, adapt, to the quarterback position enough that he is ready to go if duty calls. The news that Taylor would be the new backup likely surprised some, and even spawned a micro”Free Johnny Pabst” movement on Twitter. Pabst was presumed by some to be the third string quarterback before Penix went down. The Illinois native flashed some talent in the spring, but that was before Taylor arrived. What some might be missing about Taylor being named the backup is the statement that Allen is making about his jack-of-all-trades freshman. Many had accused Allen of being too conservative in choosing Ramsey as the starter over the big-armed Penix. Many have said that Penix is the quarterback of the future, so just get on with it, even if he had to learn on the job. Now Allen is effectively saying that a true freshman that didn’t even work with the quarterbacks during fall camp is ready to step in at a moments notice. So has Taylor engendered that much confidence that Allen is still being conservative here, or has the 2nd year head coach decided to roll the dice now? Maybe it’s neither. Maybe Taylor has taught his coach something. A word that should sound familiar to him. As Taylor knows, when you are presented with a new issue or challenge, there is only one thing to do… Adapt.

That's easy to say in hindsight, I guarantee you weren't saying that then. Kawhi was extremely undeveloped coming out, nobody knew he would turn into what he did. And for that matter, there's.a good chance he might not have had he gone elsewhere.

Reese is going to have an awesome career here. I hope we don't need him this year at QB but I think he'll feature in the backfield more in packages next year. Hopefully kind of like PSU uses Stevens with a hair more passing.

I misread it -- thought it said Southern Illinois. However, I'm relatively certain that we are not related.

College: Miami (FL) Minnesota #20 Wisconsin Purdue Virginia #7 Georgia #17 Penn State Maryland Missouri #24 Stanford #16 Texas A&M Syracuse Florida Intl #6 Texas Fresno State NFL: Eagles Bears Bengals Giants Steelers Panthers Colts Rams Vikings Patriots Score: 35-10 Please have your picks in FRIDAY!!! Sent from my Pixel XL using BtownBanners mobile app

If I'm reading Old Fart's message correctly, his picks are... Old Fart's Picks College: Boston College Minnesota #20 Wisconsin Michigan State Virginia #7 Georgia #17 Penn State Maryland #12 Kentucky #14 Washington State #16 Texas A&M #22 NC State Western Kentucky #6 Texas Fresno State NFL: Eagles Bears Bengals Redskins Steelers Panthers Colts Rams Saints Patriots Score: 31-17

College: Miami (FL) Indiana #20 Wisconsin Purdue Virginia #9 Florida #17 Penn State Maryland #12 Kentucky #24 Stanford #16 Texas A&M #22 NC State Western Kentucky #6 Texas Hawai'i NFL: Eagles Bears Buccaneers Redskins Steelers Panthers Colts Rams Saints Patriots Score: 45-10 Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using BtownBanners mobile app

If I'd have seen this last night, I was feeling frisky enough I could have went all in on this bet. However, not feeling nearly as confident in that call today 🤷‍♂️ Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G890A using BtownBanners mobile app

IU 92 USI 39

Kind of BS that De Sousa has to sit out but Bill Self doesn't?!?! So we punish the kid until a review is done, but the multimillion-dollar coach who is on record having known about paying players gets to keep coaching?

Royster Read To Step Up As Veteran Leader For Indiana Women's Basketball BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Kym Royster gets it. It's her team, in a big sense, this Indiana basketball squad that is so rich in potential. Royster is the program's only four-year senior. As such, she faces a major leadership responsibility. Yes, others will share it -- such as fellow returning starters Jaelynn Penn and Bendu Yeaney, plus heralded transfers Ali Patberg and Brenna Wise -- but the 6-foot-2 Royster is the veteran show-the-way director. That's crucial in these no-Tyra-and-Amanda times. This is Royster's fourth year in coach Teri Moren's system. She understands better than anyone what is expected and what needs to be done. Royster seems fully prepared to handle the challenge. She has thrived in big games, providing substance in what can be a stylish game. If she sustains that level, in fact ratchets it up, the Hoosiers could turn last year's WNIT championship, the first in school history, into this season's long NCAA tourney run. "(Leadership) comes natural in that I'm a competitive person," Royster says. "In high school, I was a leader from my sophomore year on." For the last three years Royster saw how Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill handled the role. They became two of the greatest players in program history and led IU to last season's breakthrough title. They were the examples Royster intends to follow. "I take all the leadership qualities that the older group before me taught and instilled in me," she says. "Finally being in their position, I can pass that down to keep it going." Moren wouldn't want it any other way. "Without question Kym's voice is heard every day in practice, especially when the energy is low." Low energy, after all, is no way to win games. "We are constantly on our kids about communicating at a high level. It's something we're trying to hammer home." When you're young, and the Hoosiers are with three freshmen, five sophomores and two transfers on the 12-player roster, a hammer is sometimes necessary "Kym is the veteran leader out there who demands what we're asking them to do," Moren says. "That's good. There's nothing better than peer pressure sometimes. When your teammates are on you and they know you are needed, it goes a long way." Last year Royster rated among the Big Ten's most improved players. She started all 37 games (she'd only started six times in her first two seasons) and increased her season averages from her sophomore to junior season 6.0 points and 3.4 rebounds (10.2 points, 6.0 rebounds) while shooting 56.1 percent from the field. She scored in double figures 21 times with three double-doubles. Along the way Royster had some big-time games, including a 22-point, eight-rebound effort against No. 12 Ohio State. She had 10 points and 10 rebounds in the WNIT victory over TCU. This wasn't a fluke. As a freshman Royster's instant impact included her 10-point, 10-rebound game against powerhouse Notre Dame in the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Royster expects to do even more for her final college season. "I've put in more work in the offseason," she says. "I think my numbers will go up and the extra work will be the reason for it. I've worked to expand my game to the 15-foot area. Being able to get away from the block. My face-up game. Things like that." Moren already sees the payoff. "I don't want to put a number on her, but she could improve her scoring by finding six to eight points just off the free throw line. "A lot of her points come off the low block or put-backs from offensive boards. I told her, you have to manufacture points in other ways. One of those ways is by getting to the free throw line. Another is being super aggressive. She's capable." The challenge is doing that as IU transitions from the two-player scoring dominance with Buss and Cahill to a more diverse attack. "As we move forward," Moren says, "we have to make sure we have better balance. That not all of our scoring comes from the outside. That we realize, with Kym, we have a player who will play with her back to the basket, who has done her work and who is pretty efficient in the low-block area." Efficiency has been a Royster strength for years. In her last two seasons at Newark High School in Ohio, Royster basically averaged a double-double. That included 20-point-plus scoring averages in both seasons. That success was the result of a fiercely competitive nature that has carried over to college, although sometimes too much so. She admits to being "hard on myself" and tries to turn that into a positive when adversity hits. "I try to keep my head up and focus on the next play," she says. "You can't do anything about the past. There's no sense in hanging my head about it. Focus on what I can do positively for the team – offense, defense." After basketball is over (yes, she'd like a shot at the pros), Royster would like to become a child psychologist via her youth development major. "I want to work with kids. I love working with kids. Psychology is also a big interest of mind. Those two go well together." For now, though, there's the optimism for this season. WNIT success could launch years of NCAA tourney victories. "Yes, we can be better (than last year)," Royster says. "We have a lot of young pieces, but we have a lot of talent. We have talent coming back, and from the freshmen joining us. "They will help us. They are willing to learn and pick up the qualities we've instilled in the program. That alone can set us apart." In other words, even with the loss of Buss and Cahill, the best is still ahead. "Overall we're a hard-working team. We're very optimistic. Winning the WNIT gave us the feeling of what it takes to get success. Now it's the next chapter. We want to go beyond the WNIT. We're aiming for the NCAA Tournament. We have high expectations. We're willing to put in the work." She pauses. "We put in the work every day."

Hearing announcement will be made in 2 weeks...good vibes still. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Better coach wouldnt hurt

I have reason to believe that doesn't happen. I think a lot of this UCLA stuff is a baseless reaction/paranoia that he hasn't committed yet. Maybe it's out there, but it hasn't come to my inbox at all.

That's unbelievable, what a moron this guy is. You say that to a 5* recruit. Wow!

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We need to make running the ball our identity with the stable of backs we'll have next year. Scott and Walker Jr as sophomores and this kid... lots of powder in the keg...

Just before October 20th

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