Class of '66 Old Fart

Love the subtle humor in that one!

Oh, we had a nickname for Jeremy Hollowell but not one that can be posted to a family blog site.

I hate it too, but let's be realistic.  Why would a football stud want to come to Bloomington after what we're witnessing this year not to mention what we've witnessed for what seems to be the last hundred years.  You don't think Tevin Coleman isn't wishing he were playing somewhere else?

Lots of weaknesses still to overcome, but a much better product than last year especially knowing that 3 players who played significant minutes last year couldn't play in this game plus a newcomer expected to provide some relief on the inside.   Lot of mistakes by the freshmen who just have to learn that D-1 basketball is a whole lot different than when most of the time they were the only really good player on the court in their high school careers.  Obviously a far better shooting team and I think our bench players will be superior to last years bench players.   Interior defense will likely make or break us in crucial games.

And how can you truly blame him.  If you're a stud QB, would you want to play for IU after all the years of sub-mediocrity teams we've fielded?  Look at Tevin Coleman.  A fantastic running back who's not going to get the collegiate recognition he deserves because of the team he's on. 

I only got to watch a portion of the first half on the Saturday tape delay but from what I saw it still looked like Yogi did too much dribbling early in the possessions.  That was while we were struggling at the start of the game and hopefully that didn't continue throughout the entire game. 

2 years at most.  If turmoil on the team continues throughout the season then I think he goes after 1 year if he gets any kind of positive vibes from the "experts" about his draft status.   If there's no more personnel issues and the season finishes on an upbeat note then I think he stays.  He's from a good solid family and I don't see his family pushing him to turn pro if they don't think he's truly ready for that grind.

SOS!  MAYDAY!  CODE BLUE!  Oh what the heck, it's just another typical IU football season.

IMO the fact Yogi was not the high scorer was a real positive plus 4 players in double figures.  Nothing against Yogi but if he's not the high scorer then it means we're moving the ball and keeping defenses off-balance.

I think it's a blessing in disguise that the "experts" have predicted us to finish so low in the Big 10.  Takes a lot of pressure off the team in the early part of the conference schedule and IMHO we're gonna kick some ass this year and surprise a lot of 'experts'.

Never seen the kid play so all I know is what I've read about him over the past 2 years.  There seems to be substance to the fact that last year's team had chemistry problems and personality clashes and this year's team seems to get along well and they like each other.  Could Lyle be a disruptive problem child in that regard?

Roy Williams' denial of knowledge reminds me of the scene in Independence Day when the President wants to know why he didn't know about the captured alien and the response was "plausible deniability".  If he didn't know it's because he didn't want to know.  The head coach and AD are paid to supervise the programs and the buck stops with them.  All of the top administrators who are still on the UNC payroll who were there while this was going on should be terminated and the university trustees shouldn't lose a minute of sleep over that decision.  As for the NCAA, if it doesn't bring down the Hammer of Thor on UNC then it's as impotent as we already believe it is.  It's hard to imagine a scenario more deserving of the infamous 'death penalty' than what's gone on for nearly 2 decades at UNC.

Recorded a lot of varsity minutes at Logansport (IN) - North Central Conference - as a freshman both as a starter and primary reserve.  Very quick; great vertical leap.  Needs to work on his jump shot as he was basically a 'dunker' against junior high teams because of his height.  Got suspended for several games at the end of his freshman season reportedly because of an inappropriate selfie that was circulated.  Played summer ball in the Indy area but don't know on which team.

And if football season would only just quickly and mercifully end.

Calbert is untouchable as the best scorer and most will say Alford the best pure shooter.  But, on the same team with Alford was Jeff Oliphant from tiny L & M High School.  Oliphant suffered a serious knee injury and rarely saw action but I recall reading articles that he could routinely beat Alford in games of 'horse' when regular practice sessions ended.

Did he shoot it after he hit it?

I for one really don't care anymore.  I think the current university staff has gone out of its way to make amends and he's rebuffed every approach and hasn't yielded so much as an inch.  IMHO he's become a sorry old man and if he wants to take his bitterness towards IU to his grave so be it.  It was only a handful of people that were responsible for what happened and there have been a thousandfold people who have tried to make it right and he's thumbed his nose at all of them.  As far as I'm concerned he's just a footnote in IU basketball history.

Is Jeremiah going to be Jurkin 2.0?

Wish him the best and hope he's able to work his way into meaningful minutes.  Brad Stevens and Danny Ainge aren't stupid so there's something they saw in his year overseas and his summer league play.  Seems like it's been forever that we've had this many IU players on NBA rosters all at the same time.

I guess we should be flattered that every kid we make an offer to seems to be followed by an offer from Tom Izzo and MSU.

Yogi FerRELL and 'opened his account' - love the announcers and they don't come across as 'homers'. 

Is there more to this story that isn't being revealed?  My god, it's only Canada not some third world country.