prodigal hoosier

Pass the mustard please, crow is too dry for me to eat without something to put on it. Before BG got a new head coach I had this gamed penned as a loss. That changed when we fired Mallory, they lost their head guy and especially after their QB went down. Apparently none of those things mattered as much as I thought. I suspect the bye hurt a little as we had two weeks to keep focused which can be hard to do. It really looks like we need to open the wallet and pay for some actual coaches though. $300k for coordinators isnt getting it done in a power 5 conference. This is from last year and it shows we are starting to pay decent but look at the total staff budget column. We can't find another $850k to move us up above the average for the good schools? We probably spend close to that in fireworks for home games. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/salaries/ncaaf/assistant/ This has the feel of another rough season based on yesterday....

I was at the game today and came away with the following impressions:   We ran the ball.  We ran the ball a lot.  A LOT.  69 times vs 18 passing plays according to the box score.  Even stripping out 5 or so rushes for the broken plays where Nate ran or was sacked, we still ran the ball better than 75% of the time today.  I don't know if that was to build confidence in the run game or not give too much away before the next game, but we didn't throw until the 2nd half really.     Coleman looked good, as we know he is, and he absolutely tore up an inferior defense today.   We have some talent at TE supposedly, but I didn't see it utilized today.  The WR's are young and I did not see much that says the corps will be anywhere as good as last year.  Not throwing very much may have prevented the passing game from getting into a rhythm but it seemed like our WR's struggled to get separation.   KR needs work.  The fumble aside, our return man seemed intent on making a fair catch at all costs when he probably should've let a few go over his head.   The defense looks marginally better.  The Dline looks to be better than last year.  The CB's will be an area of concern most likely.  One thing that stood out to me is that our CB's and DB's regularly gave a 10 yd cushion at the line to the WR's they were covering.  One 3rd and 2 for ISU even had our guys playing 10yds off the line.  A strange scheme if you ask me.   There were a few times I and some fans seated near us were scratching our heads over play calling.  At the end of the first half we called time outs to stop the clock presumably but then proceeded to run out the clock and not take shots down field before the half expired.  Seemed odd.   ISU played hard but were largely outmatched.  A good warm up type game I think and now a week off to work on some things.   If anyone wants to make the trip down for a game and has 4 in their party, I highly recommend the family 4 pack ticket deal.  $100 gets you 4 tix, 4 hot dogs and 4 soda's.  A good deal considering the cost of everything.

I think there are some valid concerns here. I'm just speculating but if JBJ is as advertised, he could be a one and done. More improvement from Yogi along with more team oriented success could see him go pro as well. Hartman would be an obvious transfer possibility which sucks because he has been hurt and hasn't gotten a real chance to develop. We have a lot of guards who could potentially play the 1 if need be, but we are still without a true everyday 5 for at least two years unless we get a stud for '15 who can play right away. Of course we have a lot of length and may be getting 8-12pts per game from 6-7 guys this year so no big may be necessary in the immediate future. One thing is for sure though, this team will be a lot of fun to watch as far as shooting goes.

I would love to see the IU/pUKe football rivalry restored! Some heated, hate filled games back in the day that were always fun (It's Randel El bobble head day - they had a Jared Lorenzen one scheduled but it was too fat to fit in the box!). On a serious note, I doubt we ever see the bourbon barrel itself again. It was discontinued after some Kentucky football players were killed in a tragic drunk driving accident. Last I knew one of the IU coaches had it in their garage. Well, prob an ex IU coach by now. Still would love to see the rivalry restored!

Some more info from an Indystar interview. I don't like the answer to the last question. Also don't like how he named Mich and Mich St right off the bat. Just reading between the lines for myself, but I'm not getting my hopes up. http://www.indystar.com/story/recruiting-central/2014/05/08/west-virginia-transfer-eron-harris-highly-sought/8854487/

IU swimming legend Chet Jastremski passed away today. A sad day for both the medical community and IU athletics.

Is this the same as in football where a guy is promised a scholly down the road as a preferred walk on or does the term "preferred" mean nothing substantial in bball?

what percentage of points on this team comes from players not named ferrell or vonleh?  is it greater than 10%?  asking a serious question here.  if i am defending this team in a game, i don't bother with anyone on the perimeter and double vonleh when he gets a touch, and double yogi on a drive to try to force him outside the lane into one of those jump passes.  i like crean but am removing him from this discussion entirely - who else scores reliably outside of those two?    nobody seems to want to shoot from the perimeter.   all that said, the optimist in me feels that this group could be scary good in another 2-3 years sans vonleh.  the pessimist in me wonders why we can't seal the deal at home and don't show up on road games.  common sense says coaching but I'm not going to fire that shot at the moment.  the pessimist in me says we could also go 1-5 in the near future…..   one thing we can all agree on though - more booze please!  unless you're under age, then it's more library please!   edit: spelling - because I'm a dumbass sometimes

i think the nit is dollar driven so we will prob get at least one home game