Pudman

I live in Bloomington and have been hosting 20+ person watch parties and they’ve been awesome! I have avoided the bars because I am admin at IU and don’t want to get mixed in with the students. For the natty though, my good friend owns the Friendly Beasts cidery in town. There are no TVs, but he got a projector and giant screen for the game. So, we are moving the party there! If you are ever in Bloomington check out Friendly Beasts!

I was looking for a topic on non-sports related topics, and couldn’t find one. i wanted to share this from IU https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTiLbrJjNeP/?igsh=aTRvZWRocW44bmds looks like IU admissions and Hoosier went to visit Benton Central a day before the admissions release day, which is today, to surprise students with their admission and scholarships. So, cool!

They will spend a bunch of cash on some infrastructure upgrades to the bathrooms and pipes in the stadium. I have heard from a source that the bathrooms and water pipes aren’t built for a sold out game. Plus, the pipes freeze regularly, and the powers that be were crossing their fingers during last years Purdue game that they wouldn’t burst.

One thing I love about this year’s team so far is the camaraderie. The whole team has shown up for the last two IUWBB games, not only that, they sit together, they joke around, and they just seem to have fun and so care for one another. Sisley hanging next to Enright and Tucker too is awesome. They left yesterday at the start of the 4th quarter, except for Conerway and Wilkerson. Those two stayed the whole game. The first game those two were goofing and laughing a lot together and dancing too. The whole team was interacting also with the fans around them. Just great to see and great ambassadors of the program to start the season.

That makes sense. Plus, in this database private institutions are not required to report, so some are there and some are missing, which makes comparisons tricky sometimes. I’ll get around to it when life slows down. But, in my admin role at IU it never seems too.

@Pagoda there is a really good database of athletic revenue by school that you can find here https://knightnewhousedata.org/. I created a dashboard a few years back that I need to update with new data. Once I do, I’ll share with so you can see athletic revenue. I haven’t looked at the data recently, but I am certainly curious.

Well, yeah, I guess. I didn’t realize that they used that lot for football game parking now! I’d call the ticket office just to make sure. They are incredibly helpful whenever I have questions.

There are many spots around there that are IU parking too in the alleys.

Shhh…that’s a secrete staff parking lot. But in all honesty, it’s a great place for free parking on game day. Not a tailgate hotspot though. There’s another lot a block away too on cottage grove.

What a game! My wife and I watched it at Upstairs pub with our daughter, who just got into basketball through the Pacers this year and is now hooked! The place was packed and electric. Quite a few members of the football team were there, like Fisher and Sarratt. Plus, it was fun to celebrate the win with some of my former IU students, who happened to be there. What a great night!

You should get your kid at IU to tryout to be the mascot :) That would be a cool experience to run around in that costume. A grad student of mine was Depaul’s Blue Demon and he loved it.

I am in Delhi, India at the IU Gateway Office with a delegation of IU reps, and found this gem of a photo hanging on the wall.

When I was 15 I told my mother I got a girl pregnant on April Fools Day. She believed me, and cried horribly, while proceeding to scream at me. Finally, when she calmed down, I said “April Fools.” Boy was I in trouble. I’ve learned my lesson. No fooling ever again on this day for me.

Just found out Nick Norton went to Central Catholic High School in Bloomington, IL, which was my high school’s rival, University High School. Not sure how I feel about the hire now. Those Central Catholic turds tried to fight me 25 years ago for hanging with their cheerleaders. #neverforget

Wonder if the new Chancellor is going to have a say. Probably not, but they are supposed to be the person in charge of the Bloomington campus.