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  A lot of teams seeded above IU did the same and in some cases worse. Looking at the seeding objectively, it is hard to make the case that the BIG tournament or several other conference tournaments for that matter, really made much difference in overall seeding. Nor, apparently, did actual conference success(or lack thereof especially for the middle of the pack Big 12 and PAC 12 teams) mean much. 

This fan base sure is entertaining. When not busy trying to shove the coach out the door, we delight in making future opponents out to be the 2016 Golden State Warriors and recently defeated opponents into a last place JUCO squad.   Chattanooga turns the ball over at a high rate as well, shoots 3's in the low 30's and hasn't faced an offense or defense like IU's all year. They lack the athletes to both guard Yogi and Troy on the 3 point line and keep them from driving at will. They also lack the size to match up with more than one of TB, Max, OG and Morgan at a time. If IU shows up and is locked in the game is over by half time. The only chance Chattanooga has is if they shoot lights out and IU plays flat on both ends.    As for UK, they play fast, defend sporadically and rebound poorly. They are far from unbeatable. If IU holds the turnovers down and shoots well they should usher UK to an early exit. 

Excellent lion cooking tips, however I'm afraid you have mixed up your lions! The Nittany Lion is actually of the North American mountain variety not the bigger, stronger, and gamier African variety your culinary tips referred to. The proper way to prepare Nittany Lion is to shred it after slow roasting like pulled pork. It can occasionally be tougher than expected so you can't short cut the slow methodical preparation required but when treated with the appropriate caution can be an excellent prelude to some spicy blackened Hawkeye.

I guess for Albers any attention he can get anyway he can get it is a good thing.   As for McIntosh, he should probably be more concerned with how poorly he and his team played than the reactions of opposing fans to him. Besides, I was at the OSU game while the students were gone and we booed Lyle louder and more frequently than anything I heard directed at McIntosh.   I never thought I would ever say this but Doyel makes miss Kravitz.

Would you allow your son to play soccer or your daughter(if you have one) play volleyball? Statistically, high school athletes in those sports are more likely to suffer head trauma than football players.   Now, I don't have kids yet so my opinion may change when I do and I'm sure my wife would disagree with my current opinion but to me the benefit of playing sports, be it football, soccer or an even more dangerous sport, outweighs the chance of injury. Plus, the lifetime cost of encouraged/enforced timidity is just too high.  

I don't want this to sound like I'm bashing him because it is certainly not my intent to make light of anyone who is suffering through what he is suffering through but his comments about never playing football are not grounded in reality. First, he assumes that if he played baseball instead of football he would have A) never been severely injured and B) been just as successful. I don't follow baseball all that closely but it doesn't seem like being drafted in the 14th round constitutes a high certainty of a long successful career in baseball. Instead he likely would have faced significant time in the minors before earning a real shot(and the corresponding big paycheck) if ever. Second, though far less likely than football injuries a baseball to the head, even with a helmet, can potentially do a lot of damage. That is all assuming he actually had a long, successful career in baseball. Had he gone the baseball route and not made it, where would he be now without a degree to fall back on?   Perhaps even more detached from reality, 100's of thousands of police, firemen, soldiers and others put their lives, not just their health, at risk on a daily basis. And do so for far less pay for their entire careers than he made in a year or two. How many more spend 20, 30, 40 years risking their health doing jobs that take a toll on their bodies hour after hour, year after year to support their families?   Randle El is probably correct in his statement that professional football will be done in a couple of decades. But what then? How many people will be denied the opportunity to make the choices he made and earn the success and wealth he earned? How many of those will then have no choice but to seek even more dangerous careers for longer periods of time and much less pay?   

  There is going to be a drop off next year at the point no matter whose hands you put the ball in. There's just no replacing Yogi without a drop off, even with a 5* wunderkind. Better to have an experienced point to help shoulder the load than rely completely on a freshman no matter the talent level of the freshmen.

  If De'ron's thought process for choosing a school is based primarily on a school falling short of expectations he might as well just go ahead and choose UT then because surely watching UA continuously fall on it's face after being hyped as a championship contender every year must also be a turnoff.   I suspect his decision making process is a bit more sophisticated or at least a bit more involved than that. Personally, I like IU's position here and think UT is a bigger threat than UA.

  I can't wait to see the results after Coach Jackson has a chance to work with this kid!