MartintheMopMan

Ducks at work in Portland were mixed, mostly low-confidence except the guy who likes talking ****. The uncertainty at RB was really getting to them. The Duck whose season tickets I used to go to the game in October refused to believe I was nervous about the game and thought it was a lock. I don't think any Ducks would be wrong to feel some confidence because it is not going to be as one-sided as the national media keeps saying. If we execute well and don't beat ourselves, like we have the last 14 games, then Ducks will need a brilliant game plan to take us down. If we make mistakes, they could do it with a more average game plan. Stein is capable of coming up with a brilliant game plan but has he been focused enough on the game to do so given his new headcoaching duties? If Whittington were actually unable to play, then I'd feel considerably better about our chances. On top of having almost no one to lean on in their run game, the game plan would have been schemed around Whittington and there'd be no one left who could adequately fill in for him. We would really have to beat ourselves then. I just want it to be game time! I cannot stand waiting.

Good article that fuels my excitement for the future however these games might turn out. When I stop and think about how many more doors will open to CCC and how many more players will answer his calls, I can't help but grin. https://www.theringer.com/2026/01/08/college-football/curt-cignetti-indiana-hoosiers-college-football-playoff-peach-bowl This is also a good article of a different sort; more dedicated to long-suffering fans like everyone here.

Oh yeah, *that* is where that quote comes from. I was telling my wife the various figurative ways the team has described the brutal approach it takes to opponents and could not source this one for the life of me. Now can someone tell me which podcast had the story about the first time Cig went into the locker room and saw LEO stuff everywhere so I don't have to look for it? It's my wife's favorite Cig story and I want her to hear the original.

If we could get as low as a grand, that would be amazing. I can't justify spending $7,500 (with flights etc) to take my daughter out of school to fly to almost the furthest part of the country from us for the championship. And while I could sell myself on spending $4,000 if I really tried, I don't think I can without knowing if anyone else I know will be there. I know it will be an atmosphere of friendship and brotherhood, but I still don't enjoy navigating it alone; shared experiences I can reflect on with others later are the only real experiences. Getting both of us there for $4,000 or less is a no brainer. So, I guess my wife should be rooting for Miami from a financial standpoint.

And didn't even give a reason. Unless we find out Harris decided not to transfer after all or something, that's a pretty big black mark on Lanning for me.

Harris reportedly traveled with the team to Atlanta despite entering the portal, so maybe I'll have to eat my words. If you're going to bend such a significant rule immediately after making it though, you'd think it'd be for Limar. Maybe Harris' late announcement meant he was already in the game plan and Ducks don't have time to reinvent the wheel. Or maybe he won't play, who knows?

An exhibition!? That doesn't count! They don't even give us his stats from the match. Did he get any super raids? Any empty raids? All outs? How was he at avoiding tackles? And how does any of this make him a better punter?

Lanning would never. He's as much of a culture guy as CCC and bending rules when they become inconvenient is cultural poison.

Guess he's proved he's both a Gower and a shower

Kinda insane that we don't have to know what CCC's policy is because we have not had any significant players enter the portal. Stellar player retention (so far).

Just can't get enough IUFB content these days. Was in-office (in Portland) yesterday before the Davison news broke. Ducks were all relatively optimistic but not expecting to win. It's funny because it's an uno reverse of the lead-up in October where I expected us to lose just because we were evenly matched and no one wins in Autzen but Washington and Oregon. Lot of discussion about problems with our silent count and the need for our O-line to have a stellar game if we wanted to win. This time around, they feel like the game is going to come down to their O-line and what they learned from facing Haines once already. They share a belief they can win if Moore has time to throw and they get the run game going to keep us honest. Looking forward to going back in on Thursday to see how things have changed.

Tickets are a little cheaper than they were for the regular season game at Autzen. And Ducks fans are great, so even if you end up by a big group of them it's not like tOSU where they'll be dicks the whole time. Anyone who can go should go.

This Romeo Langford fellow sounds like a real catch.

I can't believe I haven't mentioned it yet! I love Griffen Oakes.

I work with a ton of Oregon State fans. It's nice to always know there's somebody sadder than you.

If only there had been a slap on the wrists...

Wasn't part of the theme of that episode that just because adults don't like it, doesn't mean it isn't music? What top rappers and producers do with mixing tracks and creating beats and lyrically is incredible. Just like all rock music isn't Bon Jovi, all rap isn't Chris Brown. If you get to know the music instead of rejecting it outright, there is plenty to love.

I haven't seen the contract, but that rings true. Very few employment contracts let you participate in a scheme of fraud and malfeasance without consequences. Expert.

People overestimate how much evidence is needed to convince a jury in any given case. It's a tree. The article Stu posted on like page 45 shows how the trunk grew around Blazer and then reached out into these first branches. Now these branches start producing branches of their own so instead of being pruned, they're nurtured. And on and on. There are witnesses in the charged group who will be able to provide evidence on associates who will be able to provide evidence on associates. Two people have every message. A lot can be deleted, but phone records or tower records can't; bank statements correlated with income taxes, etc. White collar crime doesn't pay because it leaves massive trails but hides them under millions of similar trails, but as soon as you know what you're looking for, you see it everywhere. i can't tell you how many times I've gone back over documents that were set aside as not relevant after learning a key fact and suddenly everything had new meaning. And these guys never expected this. They thought they were breaking some NCAA rules and in the worst case face a show-cause for a couple years. They didn't expect to be staring down the barrel at 121 years; they'll do what they have to. The general offer from the FBI was a good one. If you know something, come forward now and cooperate because the more information they have, the less they need yours and it's not the mob, there won't be reprisals for snitches, just shame and relative freedom.

I don't necessarily disagree, but it's a tough line to take while there is still that "if". At least we may know quickly, since Kenny is already involved. I expect everyone to talk, so if they can talk about you, they will.

I reread the affidavits and complaints with looking for liability for players in mind. I revise my answer, the players' families are toast, if desired. Conspiracy to wire fraud, possible wire fraud, conspiracy to launder money, possible laundering, and travel act conspiracy could all be on the table just from the existing affidavit. Most demonstrated clear foreknowledge of the illegality of the transactions, encouraged them, and participated in them. Hold onto your butts, things are going to get bumpy. At least, Crean's recruiting helps us now. No one was paying for Tim Priller

I could see possible coconspirator charges for wire fraud or travel act as well, with the caveat that I do not do federal criminal work. That's wicked fact-dependent. Whether or not they'd stick is a tougher question but ultimately irrelevant. They will not charge the athletes formally, they'll threaten charges to secure cooperation, it's not worth the headache. On the facts, it's all speculation at this point. The complaints did not have enough specific information to judge culpability of additional parties. That will all filter out moving forward. The athletes have some insulation in that they aren't public employees. While there would be other issues, it's arguably legal for private schools to funnel money to students as far as I know, the problems arise because the coaches work for the government and are held to a higher standard. Culpability will rest on what anyone knew, when they knew it, and what they said about the same, as always. Though mostly, I just want reassurance that we aren't going to be pulled into this. Forking Adidas.

Yeah, I made sure to quote the part with the actual accusations rather than leaving it in the middle of the article, because they lend a lot of credibility, in my opinion. The complaints are, unfortunately, a pretty standard result of "old-fashioned" values clashing with the current climate. There was a time when women wouldn't report having their butt grabbed by a public figure at their work, but we're more sensitive to what actually makes people uncomfortable instead of what both genders agree should constitute harassment. It's not a surprise that federal charges weren't pursued, but it's also not a surprise that CBK was accused of this kind of thing. I doubt it's the first time he behaved this way or the last time he will. I posted it mostly because I happened to see it and thought it was another interesting datapoint in CBK's decline. And it adds another wrinkle to my other posts regarding culture in Indiana and at IU. Helluva coach though.

I can't access the off-topic forum on my phone, but this may fit better there? I can't recall where we put weird CBK stories. "On the morning of July 10, 2015, Knight arrived in Washington by train at Union Station. Accompanying him was Richard Cardillo, his old friend from West Point, since retired from the Army as a brigadier general. The two men were picked up by a female NGA employee who said she was assigned to drive them south to the NGA’s main complex in Springfield, Va. Knight and Richard Cardillo climbed in the back seat of the vehicle, the woman recalled in an interview. She spoke on the condition of anonymity because she said she wanted to protect her privacy. Knight made a comment about how “he could tell I was an athlete from my legs. Then he touched my shoulder, which you really don’t do to a female, you know,” she recalled. The woman said the encounter made her uncomfortable, but she chalked up his behavior to age. “I don’t think he did anything malicious at all,” she said. “I wasn’t really offended by him. These were things that if a 30-year-old man did it in the workplace today, he’d get in trouble.” She said she was interviewed by the FBI but did not press a complaint. She and the other three women who accused Knight of touching them are named in documents from the discrimination complaint filed by one of the alleged victims. The Post generally does not identify alleged victims of sexual assault or harassment. The second alleged incident occurred as Knight arrived at NGA headquarters. Inside the main entrance, he greeted another female employee by putting his hands on the sides of her chest and lifting her off the ground, according to an NGA official who said she witnessed the encounter and spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisal. The woman who was allegedly hoisted by the chest declined to comment. Later in the day, NGA officials were preparing to introduce Knight for his speech in the William Allder Auditorium. Knight was waiting backstage with the NGA official who had witnessed the incident at the entrance, documents show. Moments before he walked into the auditorium, Knight suddenly put his arm around her shoulders and groped her on the buttocks, the woman told The Post in an interview. She said she was so startled that she could barely maintain her composure. “You can shake my hand. You can give me a hug. But you don’t get to feel me up on my body,” she said. A male NGA employee, Marc Byers, reported to a supervisor that he witnessed the incident. In a signed statement provided to investigators as part of the discrimination complaint, he said he was standing directly behind the woman when he saw Knight grab her on the buttocks multiple times. As soon as Knight took the stage, Byers said he exclaimed to the woman, “Bobby Knight hit you on your @$$! He is a dirty old man!” or words to that effect, according to his statement. He did not respond to requests for further comment. Knight delivered his speech, which was recorded by the NGA. The agency, however, denied requests to release a copy, saying that the video or audio could expose the identities of intelligence officials present in the audience. Instead, the agency provided a transcript. According to the transcript, Knight lived up to his reputation as an entertaining, if rambling, speaker by sharing old locker-room stories and a few profane outbursts. The audience cheered as Knight recalled how he used to babysit the NGA chief and his brother. “There wasn’t a day that I took care of them,” he said, “that I didn’t at some point say, ‘Goddammit, Robert, sit down and be quiet.’ ” After Knight’s speech, NGA employees lined up to seek autographs. A fourth woman told NGA officials that once she reached the front of the line, the coach greeted her with a smack on the buttocks. In an interview with The Post, the woman was reluctant to discuss the incident. “It happened very quickly,” she said. “It was weird. It was surprising, but it wasn’t surprising,” she added, noting Knight’s age. She likened his behavior to that of “a drunk uncle.” The woman said she was interviewed by the FBI and other investigators but declined to file a formal complaint. “I just let it go,” she said. “Honestly, my job was just more important than what was going on in that situation.”" https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/investigations/fbi-investigated-complaints-that-bobby-knight-groped-women-at-us-spy-agency/2017/07/07/ee1fc318-618f-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47_story.html

It's an established fact that high school-age kids hate jokes when they're too dirty.