TrueHoosier62

I always love your posts. lol

I love your optimism, but simply don't have an imagination that allows me to believe as you do. I'm old and cynical, and in need of a shot of bourbon and quite possibly, a nap. lol

Win or lose tomorrow, it makes very little difference in the bigger picture; and this is the conundrum we face at IU these days.   Here are a few scenarios:   1.) We run the table through the rest of our schedule and head to the Big Ten tournament as a #1 seed. We walk through that tournament, and wait for our seeding to be announced in the big dance. At best, we're a #3 or #4 seed. Now, If every other team ahead of us in the rankings awoke to find they'd contracted terminal dysentery, we might possibly get a #2 seed. Does anyone honestly see us doing this? Me neither.    2.) We somehow achieve that impossible pipe dream, and are awarded a #2 seed, (most likely outside of our region). Does anyone see us then running the table in the NCAA; against far superior talent than what the Big Ten has dished up this year, on a neutral court? Me neither   3.) We lose tomorrow against Iowa, lose again at Michigan State, then probably drop another one along the way. We exit the Big Ten tournament early, (because that's what we do), and end up making the NCAA tournament as a #7 seed. We enjoy one win, then get kicked to the curb by a mid major, (because that's what we do). However, Fred Glass, in a temporary moment of sanity, fires Tom Crean, saying the time had come to face the fact "he's taken us as far as he can", and most of Bloomington goes in to orgasmic elation at the thought of Brad Stevens having an epiphany. Though more likely than scenarios 1 or 2, does anyone see this happening? Me neither. Which leads me to scenario #4   4.) We play just good enough to stay in the upper stratosphere of the Big Ten. One game we're playing like we own the Penthouse, the next; like we should be consigned to the outhouse. We, as fans, vacillate between hope and despair, thinking we're on the right track one moment, then wishing we could tie Tom Crean to the tracks the next. We land the #5 seed in the tournament, and in true Hoosier fashion, blow out the first opponent, and lose to the next one, as Troy Williams loses the ball before he can get his pass to Thomas Bryant for a last second shot from half court. Tom Crean says how proud he is of this team, how they've grown, and made a commitment to defense, and how if only they'd listened to his instruction, they'd still be playing. Fred Glass nods in agreement, and notes that "we've got a lot of really good recruits coming next year". And just like the Purdue faithful have for the past fifty years, we nod in agreement, and look forward to next season. And honestly, isn't this the most likely scenario? Yeah, I thought so too.

Yes, you rang?

I learned many, many years ago to filet the "Y" bones out of pike. Once you have that down pat, they eat and taste just like Walleye. A buddy of mind told me to cube up some of the nicer sized pike, then boil it, ice it, skewer it, and dip it in hot garlic butter. Tastes remarkably like lobster

And since no one mentioned the half time show....   Cold play, wasn't half bad. Not my generation's music, not my taste, but not half bad either. They seem to have decent musicians, good vocals.   Bruno Mars was too "samey" as my wife would say. He and his entourage, or "posse" could have been any number of other R&B or funk groups, many of which I've seen over the last 35 years. He's Michael Jackson, repackaged.   Speaking of Michael Jackson, Beyonce is said to have selected her wardrobe as a tribute to Michael. And from the waste up, I think she did just fine, including the Jacksonesque military style jacket. But watching her lumber across the hash-marks, field general to a platoon of equally brutish and surly looking dancers, I couldn't help but wonder if they might have given Denver a better game than Cam and company?

If you love defense, (and I do), then it was a thing of beauty. Offensively, it was dull as dishwater.

Didn't have a dog in the fight, but like many people here, was happy to see Peyton win another SB. However, nothing made me happier that seeing the self-anointed one being tossed around like a rag doll. Indeed, one of life's simple pleasures is watching the face of an arrogant man, having the ever lovin' arrogance beat of him. 

Denver: proving once again that "DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS".

You lucky bastard. What I wouldn't give for one day of Pike fishing like that. Have still never tried ice fishing though. LOVE to catch pike. What a fight they give!

Mack looks like a poor man's Randy Moss.Not bad.

Are we saying we have Mack sewn up? If so, major addition. Nice looking prospect. 

Their loss, our gain. Screw Purdue.

We actually accepted someone from Lafayette? lol

Relatively good win.    What I really want to know is, who was the old codger sitting next to Beilein on the bench, filling his ear? The man looked to be in his late eighties, and the expression on Beilein's face was priceless; looking straight ahead, and trying his hardest not to acknowledge the old fart's existence. 

I'm old, crotchety, set in my ways and bitter about the current state of affairs, (on lots of subjects). I have a caustic wit, an acerbic tongue, and few filters; but I'm alive, with great grandchildren, and great kids, all of whom were raised to support IU. Things could be worse.

I've got the perfect reply to this, but I've been told to can it, so I won't say it. But I'm thinkin' it. lol

Jesus, I just "liked" something that mdn82 "liked". Damn you, Nat; and it's my birthday today.  :yes: And now the snow storm they predicted has begun. Another perfectly good birthday, shot to hell.  :lol:

Simply the greatest. 

I'd have said something; screw em'.

A win is a win, and we're still in first place.

Great team win today, against an embarrassingly underrated Minnesota squad; feeling really stoked tonight.

Wish he'd have stayed, the defensive line was beginning to come along nicely. Hope we have some underclassmen ready to step up.

Hey Nat, tried to PM you, but it says you can't receive email. What's up?

Of course I was watching, I'm an IU fan, but I wasn't watching them from some sports bar on the sandy beaches of Fantasy Island. I was watching the product on the floor, and it doesn't take Bob Knight to point out how deficient this team is. Now go have a drink and relax.