Monthly Archives: September 2011

Breaking Down Hoosier Opponents: Indiana Travels to North Texas to Battle the Mean Green

by John Miller The Indiana Hoosiers (1-2, 0-0) are heading out of state for the first time this season to battle the North Texas Mean Green (0-3, 0-1) at the new Apogee Stadium.  Indiana is coming off their first win of the Kevin Wilson era and is looking to build momentum heading into conference play next week.  The Hoosier offense really clicked last [...]

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Indianapolis Colts — Jim Irsay Pick Up The Phone And Call Jeff George

by Kyle Miller So, this is how Detroit fans felt in 2008 and 2009, and how Carolina fans felt just last year.  Heading into each week facing the mere realization that just being competitive constitutes as a moral victory.  The Colts now face this reality, as they are undoubtedly the worst team in the National [...]

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Conference Realignment – All’s Quiet on the Big Ten Front

by Kent Sterling The inertia sending football programs toward the inevitable four mega-conferences of 16 schools each is overpowering.  College presidents are powerless to resist its pull, and the battle to see wihich conferences will survive is a compelling drama is huge as its ramifications. The Big 12 is flying apart before our eyes as [...]

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Do Not Sleep on Titans and Bills

By Austin Miller Through two weeks of the NFL season, there have been plenty of dominating performances, Cam Newton (in losing efforts) and Tom Brady immediately come to mind. The Packers and the Patriots appear to be juggernauts offensively with suspect defense and the Lions no longer appear to be the love-able losers (assuming Stafford [...]

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Visit to 9/11 Memorial Prompts Lots of Picture Taking

by Kent Sterling It always strikes me odd to see people by the hundreds snap pictures of landmarks photographed so often and so well that there is certain an equal or better photo available on the internet to print or download to share with friends. Today, there were thousands of such folks at the 9/11 [...]

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Ten Things I learned at the 2011 NAB Radio Show

by Kent Sterling The NAB is an annual rite of passage for people in the radio business.  Managers, company heads, and talent interested in learning and renewing acquaintances converge on a city and talk about radio. There are seminars and enough downtime to share experiences and notes.  This was my first trip, and it was [...]

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Breaking Down Hoosier Opponents: Indiana Battles FCS South Carolina State for Win Number One

by John Miller The Hoosiers (0-2, 0-0) look to recover from last week’s heartbreaking loss to Virginia by welcoming FCS opponent South Carolina State (1-1) to The Rock.  Indiana showed great determination and no quit against Virginia by scoring 28 unanswered points to take an eight point lead late into the game.  Unfortunately, as Hoosier [...]

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Forget Football Lets Talk IU Hoops

by Kyle Miller Let’s just be honest, Indiana is a basketball school, no matter how bad things may seem at Assembly Hall.  I played one football season when I was in seventh grade, whereas I played basketball for 14 years.  If I know anything about something, it’s basketball. As of today, the number one 2012 basketball [...]

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Purdue Ranked Higher Than IU in Recent U.S. News College Rankings

by Kyle Miller U.S. News released its national college rankings Monday and most notably Indiana University finished 13 spots behind Purdue University.  Harvard and Princeton tied for the number one spot followed by Yale and Columbia, respectively. These rankings place universities in their rightful position based on three criterions: freshman retention, graduation rates and strength [...]

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It’s Over – The End of Peyton Manning as the Quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts

by Kent Sterling So this is how it ends. The streak of 208 consecutive games, and all but one play that was lost due to a broken jaw, comes to an end tomorrow in Houston.  The most valuable player in the history of the NFL will spend his first fall Sunday watching since the earth [...]

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