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Thank god

Went to a multi-day meeting in Phoenix. Took the opportunity to get a round of golf in. 105* out. Thank god it’s a “dry” heat. every square inch of my clothing was trying to humidify AZ. I’d never make it there myself, but a really cool area if you’re good with the temps.

If Shelbyville were just a bit closer we could have gotten them to the horse track. We’re screwed

Nice to hear about Ft Wayne. Through there a lot 25 or so years back and it certainly was not what you’re stating now. Nice that it has rebounded.

Mt Airy is a cool little town. Been there MANY times. Pork chop sandwich at Snappy Lunch is the way to go if you’re passing through for the Mayberry theme. if you are BBQ fan you’ve probably heard of Lexington style barbecue. A town of only 20k, but when we moved here there were 26 mom and pop barbecue joints. Changing times though. Maybe a dozen now. Still good stuff if your a pig shoulder fan.

Lexington, NC. Less than 1 hour to Greensboro, Charlotte and Winston-Salem Born and raised in Indiana and still love it. Knightstown, Bloomington, Indy, Lafayette (it sucked), merrillville, LaPorte But…North Carolina since 2002. Here to stay. Great freshwater lakes, 1/2 day gets you to ocean or mountains. Still have 4 legit seasons but never need more than a fleece.

Will be interesting to see his insta tomorrow. Weird new world.

…talk about livability, yikes

Looks like 2 decommits for UK today

Yep, the bigger question is around the player who doesn’t

Not a Houston fan, but sure do love seeing Duke get its heart broken.

I’m getting the feeling CDD likes to keep it in a VERY close circle.

Why does the dude poking us look like such a D!{k?

North Carolina. So the only SEC fans I ever see are a few transplanted Alabama fans and a friend that went to Clemson. They have miraculously become huge bball fans. Think of IU suddenly being rabid football fans. Same story with the script flipped. Always easy jumping on the wagon for a winner. Difference for them currently is they get to cheer for both at a high level. Hoping we get to soon. They still stack football first, doubt that will ever change. I worked in Alabama for a while, the football fandom is on another planet from anything I’ve seen. It’s their college and pro team combined. EVERYBODY there reminds me of this board, LOL living in the heart of ACC bball country….well that’s a different story all together…

Move out of state and see what people think of Indiana as a state. Answer…they don’t. Coming to IU has to be about 1) the program 2) the school 3) unfortunately now the bag. Feel free to argue the order. We have not had #1 since RMK. We still had residual cachet for a bit, but that shine isn’t there for most of the kids now. The only thing these 18-20 year olds have seen or know of IU is talk of the glory days and talk of a “cathedral” to basketball known as assembly hall unless they grew up in Indiana. we have name recognition, an awesome campus, a legendary court to play on, etc etc etc. what we don’t have is any CONSISTENT/PREDICTABLE success that any 20 year old has seen in their lifetime. Sadly we are just part of the mix now because tons of programs now have the money, and many have built solid programs. A revived Program is what we need. We just experienced what buying a team gets you. I hope CDD is the guy, I’ve grown numb to the mediocrity after decades. Let’s get the right players. I’ve waited this long. A few weeks isn’t going to kill me if he’s all about building a culture. P.S. I moved to the southeast, and yes, the amount of Dew consumed here is ASTONISHING