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Man, they're back to a depth issue at that position.

Seems like someone is over thinking the game of basketball. Isn't this concept just a pickup game at your local park? I'd be real surprised if this becomes an actual rule in organizations like the NBA, NCAA and IHSAA. If it does I would push for just playing to a set number and eliminate the game clock all together. You would still have the shot clock and all the "time based" rules would still exists obviously. This rule seems to punish the team winning up to the "final time" of regulation aka the end of the game as we know it.

Honestly, I really don't take that much stock in these rating systems. While they are fun to see and what not it's really about the coaches ability to see player potential/skill set along with player development. And the development part is on both the player and coaching staff. A couple of good recent examples are Cody Latimer (3* with only one offer) and David Kenney (4* with 12 offers). I really like what I'm seeing so far this year in regards to strength and speed development. Now it's up to the other coaches to hone in on their specialty to develop player position. It's seems like a completely different vibe with the entire program this year and I hope it translates into more wins on the field.

http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2018/6/29/football-diprimio-notebook-new-strength-coaches-amaze-the-hoosiers.aspx

I blame Kelvin Sampson for a lot of the heart ache we Hoosiers have gone through. How he's still coaching is beyond me. And this article is just click bait. We all know how well last year's bunch of guys played. They all bought in and got better over the season. I'm really excited to see how they do this year.

I'm actually a little more optimistic this year than I was last year. Adding another QB with RPO experience really boosted my glass half full outlook. I've mentioned on here before but I think they have a really good chance to start off the season 4-1. And of the other remaining games on the schedule I think there are 4 games (home: Iowa, Maryland, Purdue; away: Minnesota) that might be winnable. And if they can run the ball and stop the run they'll win more than we're accustom to seeing, might even get an upset or two in.

I totally agree. I guess the mantra of "You can't teach/coach speed" is out the window when it comes to Dr. Rhea. Am I wrong? I really like seeing a bunch of defensive players on that list. Surely it will, at a minimum, help with pursuit tackling, right?

From @Castle_Football

Thanks for sharing.

Where did Alstott transfer? I'm not finding anything per Google search.

Want I should serve up a White Russian friend? ;-)

I'm right with you on this. Hopefully, he's improved on that this off season. He was a Freshman last year. He did have spots of greatness. I think it was the Virginia game last year where he threw a roll out TD pass down field that was impressive? Hopefully, he improves as the years go on.

I think the one aspect missing, or I probably should describe as lacked (Ramsey was just too young and injured to get it going), from last year's QB core was the 'R' in an offense that runs RPO. He adds the R to the core because he's proven with experience. He also adds depth to the bunch. If one gets injured there's a next man up with field experience situation here. This overall is a good thing for the team. The Dude abides.

Not that it really matters but I can see IUFB start out 4-1 (home games against Virginia, Ball State and MSU; road games against FIU and Rutgers). After that they have winnable home games against Iowa, Maryland and Purdue. That's 7. And a road game against Minnesota is in the reach. I think this year's success will really depend on two keys; the running game and the running defense. If they can get some 3rd and long situations on D and hold on to the ball on O they have a really good shot at winning a lot more games then we are accustom to seeing. Call me a homer but I have a really good feeling about this season. I could be wrong because we are talking about IUFB here but the glass is half full for me.

I have a good feeling about this. Just the guy CTA is wanting to run the offense. Can't wait to see Coach Ballou and Dr. Rhea get a hold of this guy to step up his RPO! Welcome to Btown QB Dawkins!

What's worse is that Izzo's a small piece to the puzzle of this apparent massive epidemic in East Lansing.

Thanks for sharing. Honestly, I don't have any sympathy for the staff. At some point 'they' have to look in the mirror and look into the eyes of the person looking back at them.

Who's 'they'?

Bummer. Makes sense though. I was thinking he would end up somewhere close to Gary. Northwestern got a good kid. Best of luck to him.

Landing someone like Taylor will help the team on multiple fronts. He's a 3pt shooter and 86 percent from the charity stripe. He's got a lot of really good schools pursuing him. I'm not sure he'll end up at IU but that would be a quality get if he ends up in Btown.

I know, right. I believe Cheaney, Lowery, and Brownell were teammates in like 88 or something like that. It's been awhile. I can't remember. What's even crazier is that I think they didn't win a sectional. McCarty and Ragland both were able to get it done though.

If the rumors are true then it might not be that Cal didn't want the job but UE isn't willing to pony up the cash? So many different variables involved with stuff like this. I really think this is a good job and if Cal wants to coach again then this is a really good start.

The local paper down here is reporting CAM is interested as is UCLA. https://www.courierpress.com/story/sports/college/evansville/2018/03/15/ryan-taylor-explore-other-options-after-two-seasons-evansville/430780002/

Good to know. Should be interesting to see this play out. Honestly, I hope he comes back. But regardless of what happens, I think UE did the right thing of letting Coach Simmons go. I didn't like how it happened but I think it was probably time for a change.

If that's true then that's actually a good thing for UE basketball, especially if they want to be conference contenders year after year. This job can be a really good job to land and if the school is willing to go "all in" then it makes sense to ask for a bigger pot. I mean it wasn't too long ago that Butler was playing in the Horizon League and considered a rival.