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Whittingham's Utes were excellent last year. Two years ago they were 5-7. He's also 66 years old - while guys like Cig and Pitino show that is a non-factor for some, it is also true that some coaches start to lose the energy to run a program as effectively at that age.

@gwizzy12 is Old Fart. Mystery solved.

I think it's a great move by Bailey. A player that seems to be a good kid, has ability, but is kinda soft? If Pitino wants him, Bailey needed to be self-aware enough to see the upside and play for a coach that will stare/glare down his weaknesses.

I think it's safe to say that Josh Hoover also did not shop the market for his highest bidder, and took a reasonable IU offer as soon as it hit the table.

It reminds me of the ‘85 Bears, which had Mike Richardson and Leslie Frazier as their starting cornerbacks. The front seven was so dominant that it really didn’t matter much who played cornerback. That’s not a knock on Jamari, Gandy, and AJ Harris, but it’s real.

Of note… the only member without a physical beard had a beard-name.

There's going to be some very highly sought after big that wants to play with Chase Branham. Point guards and bigs tend to like to see the potential of that pairing. Also this:

NOW we’re a truly unstoppable team. Hahahahaha

Holy sh!t— just found/watching the one hour, thirty minute full show NyC concert from the tour on YouTube. What an f-ing guitar rock god. 65 years old and absolutely shredding and crushing. Wow:

No; I am not sure.

Yes - under that scenario Ohio State would get in even with those four losses.

Disagree. If he becomes a very successful coach at a program that he builds, like Cig he likely will not want to move on. And if he doesn't greatly succeed somewhere else, the shine of his potential is greatly diminished.

Great video on Instagram showing Mack’s dedication of her custom charity shoes to Coach Wierzba and his fight against brain cancer. Highly recommended for searching out y’all.

FWIW, if you’re okay with Mellencamp now singing like a Midwest version of Tom Waits (I 100% am), then his 2024 album Orpheus Descending is a rare and wonderful piece. For me? It is the single best album of his career. It’s too musically catchy to be morose, the lyrics are too nasty and cutting to be pop music, he’s back to his Big Daddy era Appalachia-meets-Indiana arrangements, and the whole thing just works.

*for IU Total National Championships with Sam? 1

I saw J. Mascis/Dinosaur Jr. last year; I think he’s in his early 60’s. I’d put him in the same category as Bob Mould—his voice blends into the hyper-decibel guitar fuzz. The show was spot on great and the guitar sounds from that one man were as much of a sonic explosion as ever.

The appeal is one extra game where starters won’t get injured, and depth can get game snaps. We’re still going to play five or six ranked teams every year without it.

1) They have an incrediweak schedule. 2) They really don’t have much flexibility because from weeks 4-13 no P4 team of consequence can fit them in.

Football is different than basketball. The cupcake games allow us to play the starters four or five quarters less, thereby reducing injury risk by about ten percent. And the cupcakes allow us to give substantial playing time to the second and third string, building depth and putting untested players in game situations.

Saw Springsteen 30 years ago: incredible. Saw him on Broadway five years ago. Meh. Saw a very old Dylan ten years ago…absolutely brilliant. I guess it helps that he never could sing in the first place.

To be the best, join a conference.

Along those lines— I just stumbled across a live Maria McKee performance from this year on YouTube. Completely cringe-worthy. Sadly, one of the great Americana singers ever was Turrible Turrible. Still had some power behind her voice but off pitch and no emotional phrasing; just kinda screaming, even in ballads. sadness Mould is awesome and someday will expire still awesome— I guess Mould is like old blues men; great guitarists can last forever, but singers almost always use their instrument. And Sugar and Husker Du basically always used his lead vocals as a background instrument.

Kellen Wyatt, Chidi Obiazor, Joe Hjelle, Daniel Ndukwe. Those four would project to be a top 25 starting defensive line in the nation. Those are our first four backup defensive linemen. Josh Burnham has 15 career starts for Notre Dame. He’s healthy and he’s likely a third string defensive lineman. It’s no hyperbole to project our front seven to be the college equivalent of the ‘85 Bears, especially since Bryant Haines is an easy comp as the college equivalent of Buddy Ryan for that Bears team.

Since safeties Shawn Asbury, Lou Moore, and Devan Boykin were able to dramatically elevate their game, I’m finding it hard to believe that Preston Zachman won’t also dramatically elevate his game.