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It’s all the non-scoring things she’s doing that impresses me- moving, passing, directing. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Jorie is solid. Really engaged, skilled. Can’t tell too much, as Columbus East is just awful so BNL isn’t putting the hammer down like they could Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Crimson Quarry article from 12/5. Not saying I'm for or against, just adding info Matt Canada’s out of a job. Time for Indiana football to try something a little nuts. Indiana’s paying below-market rate to Tom Allen as rivals turn on the money spigot. The offensive scheme needs an overhaul. An alum, native son, and former coach needs a landing spot. Hmm. Time for an outside-the-box idea. By Kyle Robbins@kylerrobbins Dec 5, 2018, 7:25am EST SHARE I’m sorry for what I said when I was, uh, [squints] was living in a 10-year period between 2007-2017. Time for a quick mea culpa. A long-held position of this blog is that Matt Canada was and is not a good offensive coordinator because we were situationally enraged by certain playcalls in 2008. Perhaps this was or was not reasonable. Perhaps it is a disgracefully bad take. Perhaps it was just an extreme commitment to doing a bit, representative of the disengaged blend of sardonicism and kayfabe in which this blog will reside until the sun swallows the earth whole. This is 2018 now though, up is down, down is up, and former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a MGoBlog forum poster. What if, instead, this blog is full of smooth-brained idiots, and former Indiana student assistant, offensive coordinator, New Pal native, and Eagle Pointe resident Matt Canada is, instead of bad, actually very ******* good? That may be true, it may be hyperbolic, whatever. After a circuitous route over the past few seasons from firing at NC State to success at Pitt to a, uh, short high-paid stint at LSU, Matt Canada’s been one of the hotter names in college football again during the early part of the offseason for the non-bowling set. He was involved in the head coaching searches at Louisville and Maryland, and seemed primed to land some sort of a head job for 2019 after his admirable job keeping things on the rails after Jordan McNair’s death and DJ Durkin’s departure at Maryland. But with Maryland’s hiring of Mike Locksley earlier today, that puts Canada officially out of a job. Most considered him the front-runner to drop the interim title and keep the job permanently, but he’ll now be looking elsewhere for employment next season. His first call tomorrow should be from Tom Allen, Fred Glass, and Indiana. Here’s why it would make sense for Indiana — and how Indiana might be able to make it make sense for the former IU quarterback and offensive coordinator. Indiana’s offense will be young and uber-talented next season. But Mike DeBord’s scheme and philosophy don’t fit at Indiana — and his time should probably be up. By all accounts, Mike DeBord is a good and decent man whose presence is at least in part responsible for the Indiana’s glut of very young offensive talent. (Thanks, Mike Hart!) Stevie Scottjust ran for 1,000+ yards as a freshman. Mike Penix will be Indiana’s three-to-four year future at quarterback once he’s healthy. Reese Taylor, Ronnie Walker, Whop Philyor, so on, so forth. Indiana has far too much offensive talent to not improve next season — and be set up well for the future. But all too often in 2018, Indiana’s offense was plodding. DeBord’s quick throw, short-of-the-sticks passing schemes did little to take the top off defenses and open up running lanes — especially in comparison to the Kevin Wilson-architected aerial attacks of the previous era in Bloomington. Mike DeBord will be 63 next season, and it’ll be year three of the Tom Allen era. With the competitive landscape only improving after Jeff Brohm’s re-upping at Purdue, it’s time to make a change from DeBord. Indiana isn’t going to let Tom Allen go to make room for Canada to run the program — and they shouldn’t. Just let them run the place together, pretty much. Indiana’s last two 5-7 seasons have ended as disappointments, but it’s still far too early to pull the plug on the Tom Allen era at Indiana. He’s recruiting to Bloomington better than any coach ever before, Kevin Wilson left obvious holes in the roster that left Allen thin in critical spots the last two seasons, and it’s not like Indiana has backslid wildly. Despite an arguably less-talented roster, the difference between Wilson’s bowl bids in his final two seasons and Allen’s 5-win seasons is Jeff Brohm’s residency in West Lafayette. Still, Tom Allen isn’t an offensive savant. He’s a career defensive position coach and coordinator Want to stick to Allen, shore up the program around him, and bring back one of IU’s most successful alums in the coaching ranks? Enter Matt Canada as offensive coordinator and some sort of super-associate head coach. THE ORIGINAL MIKE DAVIS AND JOHN TRELOAR IDEA, BUT FOR FOOTBALL, IN 2019. And how can you bait a guy who had some looks at power-five head coaching jobs but might have missed out for this cycle? Glad you asked! Pay Matt Canada head coach money to come run Indiana’s offense and take on associate head coaching duties. Here’s where we get a little nuts, but also where Indiana can demonstrate a major commitment to an investment in football. After Jeff Brohm’s choice to stay at Purdue, Tom Allen’s now making somewhere between 2.5 to 3 times less than what the other state program is paying their football coach. For further context, Allen’s the only coach in the Big Ten that makes less than $2 million annually. Only one other current coach makes less than $3 million — and that’s Chris Ash at Rutgers with his 3-24 career Big Ten record. Let me repeat: Indiana’s football coach makes less than the football coach at Rutgers. And now $1 million less than the head coach at Kansas. That’s Very Bad and, you know, not Good. Tom Allen’s earned more time, but he’s also not exactly earned a massive raise. Bringing him up at least to the $2 million range would be fair in line with the market. But it still should leave Indiana with plenty of cash to spare compared to the reportedly up to $5 to $6 million per year Purdue will pay Jeff Brohm — if they want to demonstrate a commitment to football. Canada would be the perfect fit alongside Allen. He’s a Hoosier through and through with deep, deep ties to the state and Bloomington that are still current today. Just consider: He’s from New Palestine and his entire family still lives there. His closest friends still live right in Bloomington. He’s coached at Indiana for four different head coaches: Mallory, DiNardo, Hoeppner, and Lynch. He’s actually already worked for this athletic administration! Also fired by them too, so, uh, yeah! If Canada doesn’t land a head job, the pull of home and some extra cash might be enough for a short, one-year stay as a mercenary to clean up the offense at his alma mater before picking up his own head job at worst. So, open up the checkbooks and pay Matt Canada top dollar as an assistant to come home. Indiana isn’t the traditional type of program to pay a coordinator a million bucks or so, but when you aren’t paying your head coach market rate for a Power 5 job — you should be free to do so. Is the idea crazy? Yes. Would Canada ever entertain to a cheap program where it’s hard to win in 2018 when he might be a candidate at, like, Alabama? Perhaps not. But it’s worth a phone call.

Not reading a whole lot into this, but Mike Miller and Hoosier Huddle just followed Matt Canada

Suh-weeeet!

So proud of our ladies today!!!!

46-45 IU

6380 is the announced attendance- 9th largest crowd in IU WBB history!

Very excited to get to watch Jorie on Tuesday vs Columbus East. I'm a loyal Olympian, but really hope Jorie has a ferocious game against us!

First lead of the day!

Starting to click, down 1. Berger w/ 6 so far

Pretty sloppy/rough start, but hanging in vs. MSU. MSU is more experienced than we are, and it's showing. 17-14 MSU early in 2nd q

I’m surprised Tate didn’t dedicate at least 3 paragraphs to IU’s cheatin’ ways lol. Guy has had it in for us since 70s! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Ok, we're back to where we were last week (2 dominating drives to start the game). Now, let's not let them back in it this week!

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Women's Basketball will square off against its first ranked opponent of the season when No. 15/17 Michigan State comes to Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall on Sunday. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. ET. It will be the annual Head To The Hall game as tickets for all fans will be $1. RV/RV INDIANA (13-1, 2-0 B1G) VS. NO. 15/17 MICHIGAN STATE (11-2, 1-1 B1G) Sunday, January 6, 2019 • 2 p.m. ET Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall • Bloomington, Ind. Broadcast: BTN Plus (Josh Eastern, Dan Black, Molly Levine) Radio: WHCC 105.1 FM (Greg Murray) Live Stats: HoosierStats.com Social Media: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Tickets: http://bit.ly/2wpEcVD Promotion: HEAD TO THE HALL: All tickets are $1 (students, faculty and staff still free with IU ID) | First 500 fans get an IU Women's Basketball ¾ sleeve t-shirt | Knothole Kids Club Day ABOUT THE COACHES Indiana Michigan State Teri Moren Suzy Merchant Career Record: 294-184 (16th Season) Career Record: 456-244 (24th Season) Indiana Record: 95-54 (5th Season) Michigan State Record: 255-124 (12th Season) ABOUT THE SPARTANS After opening up Big Ten play by beating No. 16 Iowa at home, Michigan State is coming off an 70-62 loss at Northwestern on Thursday night. They are led in scoring and rebounding by senior center and Big Ten Player of the Week Jenna Allen (15.9 ppg., 8.3 rpg.). Redshirt junior Shay Colley (14.9 ppg.) and B1G Freshman of the Week Nia Clouden (12.5 ppg., 4.6 apg) adding double digits for the Spartans. They average 83.7 points per game while shooting 48 percent from the floor. SERIES HISTORY Michigan State leads 48-26 LAST MEETING 3/1/18 – W, 111-109 (4OT) (Big Ten Tournament) NOTES Indiana improved to 2-0 in the Big Ten for the first time since 2010-11 in ab 83-75 win over Penn State. The Hoosiers were led by redshirt junior guard Ali Patberg's 26 points, eight rebounds and four assists. Patberg leads the way for IU in scoring, averaging 18.4 points per game to go along with a team-high 4.9 assist per game and 6.6 rebounds per outing. Three other Hoosiers are averaging double figures with redshirt junior forward Brenna Wise (14.1 ppg.) and sophomore guards Jaelynn Penn (11.6 ppg.) and Bendu Yeaney (10.7 ppg.). At the free throw line, Indiana is shooting 75.5 percent behind three players who shoot 82 percent or better. Their clip is second in the Big Ten and 33rd overall in the country. Wise leads the way at the charity stripe with a 91.4 percent clip. For the fifth-straight week, Indiana is receiving votes in both major polls, A season-high crowd of 4,481 fans saw the Hoosiers play the Lady Lions on New Year's Eve as Indiana is 29th in the country in overall attendance. The Hoosiers hold the fifth-longest active home win streak in the country at 18 consecutive home wins. UP NEXT The Hoosiers hit the road for the next two games first at Ohio State on Thursday, January 10 at 6 p.m. ET. The game will be televised live on Big Ten Network.

Records Fall as Indiana Sweeps the Volunteers BLOOMINGTON, Ind.— Indiana Track & Field hosted Tennessee in their first meet back from winter break. The Hoosiers swept the Volunteers as the women won 67-55 and the men won 72-50. It was a personal record setting day for Indiana as they saw three Hoosiers set new PR's throughout the day. Kelsey Harris was the first to set a record as she crossed first in the mile with a time of 4:48.99. On the men's side of the mile, Cooper Williams time of 4:04.55 not only set a personal record but it is also the best time in the NCAA so far this season. In field events, Princess Brinkley notched a new personal record in the weight throw with a distance of 19.69m (64'07.25"). The redshirt sophomore placed second overall in the event. It was a record setting for Anna Watson in the pole vault, as she broke both a meet and personal record. The sophomore saw a height of 4:08m (13'4.5"). Khayla Dawson broke a 24-year-old meet record en route to taking first in the shot put with a throw of 16.53m (54'2.75"). On the men's side, Triple jumper Eric Bethea defended his NCAA-best mark as he took first with a distance of 15.86m (52'.5"). The junior still holds the NCAA best in the event so far this season. Megan Grabowski was the first Hoosier to cross the finish line in the 200m as she ran a time of 25.47. Natalie Price had a strong showing in the 400m, marking the second fastest time in the NCAA (54.69). Grace Walther ran her first 3000m of the indoor season as she crossed the finish first in a time of 9:43.98. Rikkoi Brathwaite picked up right where he left off as he led the field in the 60m dash in a time 6.77. Zubin Muncherji saw a first-place finish in the 400m with a time of 48.72. The 4x400 meter relay squad consisting of Derek Grimmer, Cooper Williams, Adam Wallace, and Zubin Muncherji concluded the meet on a high note as they took gold in a time of 3:13.53. In field events on the men's side, Adam Coulon had a season best in the pole vault as he notched a height of 5.30m (17'4.5"). In high jump, Jyles Etienne had a strong showing as he jumped to a height of 2.19m (7'1") Next up, the Hoosiers will hit the road for the Kentucky Invitational on Jan. 11.

Thanks! Terrible with being able to tell fakes (or, to be honest, use/read/follow Twitter well)

https://mobile.twitter.com/JeremyWerner247/status/1081017355243790337?s=19 Jeremy Werner @JeremyWerner247 BREAKING: #Illini AD Josh Whitman has relieved Brad Underwood of his duties. IlliniInquirer - Illinois Fighting Illini Football, Basketball, & Recruiting The Illinois Fighting Illini latest football and basketball news, stats, schedules, football and basketball recruiting. 247sports.com 9:39 PM · Jan 3, 2019 · Twitter for iPhone is this legit?

IU 78 Michigan 70

Looks like Gulbe wearing a brace on her ankle too Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Really glad for her- fantastic facilitator and leader!