BGleas

Yes!!!!!!!!!! Still need to execute though!

I usually hate taking a knee, but it was the right call there. A pick in that situation and all MSU has to do is kick a gimme field goal for the win. The payoff of running a play there with 11 seconds is low.

Just costs us seconds on the clock.

You almost they call this a touchdown. Another play at the 1-inch line just costs us seconds.

Great throw, looked like a clean hit though.

Great drive. Good mix of run, pass, play action.

Love that it worked, but that was stupid.

A shame we weren't smarter. We should have kicked the field goal last time we were down here.

Frustrating. This should not be a 14-0 game.

This is where they methodically march down the field.

I'll be shocked if MSU doesn't methodically March down the field here for a score.

That was one of the dumbest things I've seen in a football game.

This is stupid, take the points.

Lagow seems to have zero feel for the downfield deep throw.

I live out of state and have kids that usually have activities most Saturdays, so this is my first real extended look at IU this season. While MSU certainly isn't as good as expected, it's refreshing to see an IU defense look competitive. They look to have the speed and size, are gang tackling and finally have some athletes. It's good to see. The he offense has had it's chances, but Lagow seems wildly inconsistent on the deep balls. The defender made a great play on that INT in the end zone but that was also a horrible throw.

I don't have an issue with recruiting 1 and dones either, but have sort of come to a revelation over the last couple years. I think if you're going the 1 and done route, you really need to commit to that as a strategy and be able to execute on it. Duke and UK certainly have, as well as Kansas, and maybe Arizona to a lesser extent. But otherwise, I'd prefer IU operate in that borderline 5*/4* space. Where you're still getting McDonald's AA's, but you're getting the lower end ones that typically stay 2-4 years. I think Crean can build a much more consistent winner with guys like Zeller, Yogi, Bryant, and JBJ types, as opposed to Noah Vonleh types. The issue is we need more than one of those guys per class, so that they're 2-4 years on campus overlap for longer. When you just dip your toe in the one and done pond (getting 1 every few years), IMO it usually backfires. You get one inconsistent year, and then the guy leaves a huge gap the following year. We saw it with Vonleh, Maryland is probably going to go through it a bit with Stone, and it's happened other places. Without those next one and done's coming every year, it's tough to maintain that strategy.

It's weird how Izzo had a little recruiting dip for about 2 years where he missed on a bunch of top targets, and now all of the sudden he's back with a vengeance in the '16 & '17 classes.

Agree. Coaches in the NBA typically have a great knack for waiting for media timeouts instead of using their own. In college it seems the coaches don't do that at all. They'll call a timeout literally seconds before a scheduled media timeout.

I'm good with not being UK, Duke, Arizona. While it's exciting, I don't love playing a lot in that top 10 space. I think you can build a sustainable, consistent winner with consistently recruiting well in the top 20-70 space. Those guys ranked 20-40 are often just a shade less talented than the top 10 guys, or just ranked a shade lower because of a size issue or something, but they usually stay 2-4 years. My issue with Crean is his classes are usually just one "headliner" in that 20-30 range. I'd love to see like every other year where we have two guys in that borderline 5/4 star range. Not asking for multiple top 10 guys a year, but some years where you land a Bryant and Yogi in the same class.

Agree, and I think with Martin we're seeing the difference between an AAU guy (Kenny Johnson), and an experienced coach that has been in big situations, has head coaching experience and has some NBA experience (Martin).

Yeah, I remember people on the old scout board saying our 2nd five would finish 2nd in the Big Ten. We ended up being a 6-man team with almost no bench. You never know how it will play out.

Assuming OG has even remotely the leap we all think/hope, and JBJ can play any semblance of defense (which he should be helped playing alongside 3 plus defenders and an above average one in Bryant) that is a really, really strong lineup right there.

It's still partially guaranteed. This deal essentially guarantees him an invite to training camp and gives his NBADL rights to Brooklyn. I would say he's still a long shot to make their NBA roster. Rooting for him though! Would love to see him wow them in camp.

Yeah, after pick 40 or so, the upside of going undrafted is that while he's playing for Brooklyn in summer league, he's really auditioning for every team. Even while on Brooklyn's SL team, he's still a free agent.

But yes, LeBron definitely has the size compared to Jordan to better switch onto 4's. No debate there. Just saying switching to a 4 in 2016 is not nearly the same thing as switching to a 4 or 5 in 1992. It was a completely different game, much more predicated on inside play. LeBron would not effectively be able to guard true big men in Jordan's day.