AKHoosier

I've heard some weird things about Nate Oats' personal life recently that you won't read about in the papers anytime soon. None of it is verified but if true, he probably won't be getting a top job anytime soon.

Honestly I wouldn't want Purdue to be part of this. We'll never root for them, and they'll never root for us. It would also benefit their recruiting to be part of an event like this which I don't like. Swap Purdue for Michigan maybe and I'd be cool with it.

Could be another Thon Maker on our hands. Boy was that quite the episode.

Exactly. Unfortunately there really isn't much in it for the fans. Oh, we get to see the games on Amazon? How innovative! Freakin yawn.

When you remove the bots and spam accounts that total probably comes closer to 4.5 million, which is still pretty impressive. I've never heard of the guy, but if it helps us get top recruits to HH then I'm all for it.

The portal is just false hope as far as I'm concerned. Teams rarely get who they need, and this isn't limited to IU. Too often we expect to go to the transfer portal to fill in the gaps and expect a Max Bielfeldt level of production, but that is the rare exception. We've struck out far more often than hit home runs.

Well if he doesn't go to IU, I hope he doesn't go to USC because I don't want to have him in the conference. That just doesn't seem real.

Brett McMurphy reporting Oregon in preliminary talks with the B1G this week. No surprise. https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/report-another-pac-12-school-eyeing-move-to-big-ten/ar-AA113NZ3

A guy named Travis Graf reported we reached out. https://twitter.com/TravisGrafHoops/status/1554912468475969539?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1554918276756545542|twgr^|twcon^s3_&ref_url=

It's on the Indiana Rivals site so I can't link. I can try to find a Tweet though.

Apparently we've already reached out. I wonder if this will go anywhere.

Reviews of his play this past weekend make him sound really good. He seems like the type of big the staff covets. Might be an early 2024 favorite of mine.

I honestly hadn't even realized desalination was a proven technology and realistic option until recently. Israel appears to set a great standard for implementing it to an arid region. How California can waste billions and bungle an attempt to build a high-speed rail between LA and SF but not consider desalination blows my mind.

When we were there I told my wife if we could both double our salary I'd live in San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara in a heartbeat. I did like Fresno too, not to mention Yosemite and the other national parks in the area.

True. I was in Santa Barbara for a trip this year and that is one of the most beautiful areas I've ever been. You just couldn't ever get me to the Bay area again.

No mention of homeless camps, needles and poop on sidewalks, criminals operating without any fear of being prosecuted, and an insanely high cost of living?

Why Stanford? I keep seeing them get tossed around as possible additions, but I don't much value at all.

Notre Dame and Colorado would be my preference. Adding them as opposed to some others would keep some semblance of the B1G Midwestern identity I don't want to lose amidst all this expansion. Colorado would bridge the gigantic geographical gap between the LA schools and the rest of the B1G, while also adding a large media market. Plus, lots of CU grads live in California so the B1G would get extra exposure there. I've always wanted ND for basketball in the B1G. Selfishly because I live in the South Bend area so I'd be able to go to a lot of conference games here, but also because I want ND to finally accept they're a Midwestern school. They wish so bad they were on the East Coast with all the other stuffy elitists.

Imo the most sense would be Colorado and Notre Dame if we're trying to get to 18.

That means nothing.

Thanks, I'm not doubting he was pulled in at some point. Obviously that would have to happen. The part I quoted is more what I'm referring to, similar to how the SEC added OU and UT. If 2 schools of that magnitude approach you about joining, all you have to do is say yes and convince the rest of the conference to do the same. Easier sell than if Washington State and Oregon State approached.

Highly doubt it. Silicon Valley doesn't care about Stanford athletics all that much. They don't have a huge national following either. Stanford doesn't add much outside of academics.

I could very well be wrong, as I'm sure not enough information is out yet and I'd have to dig to find the tweet I saw yesterday. But yes, USC and UCLA were collaborating with one another and approached the B1G about joining. Obviously at some point Warren and the chancellors decided they couldn't say no to that, and I don't blame them. It just wasn't some masterful job on Warren's part to bring the 2 schools to the table.

Pretty sure I read that Kevin Warren was completely blindsided by this, as were the B1G chancellors. That numbskull just fell @$$-backwards into 2 of the most prestigious college athletics programs in the country.

I'd bet lots of money the B1G makes a play for 2 more to get to 18 now, and they come from Washington, Colorado, or Oregon. I find it hard to believe USC/UCLA make this move knowing their closest road game would be 1500 miles away in Lincoln, NE. They likely already had reason to believe other Pac 12 schools would get an invite too.