By Austin Miller Tomorrow no.1 Kentucky and Indiana will square tomorrow in the annual border war. It will be the first time that both teams come into this game undefeated and the excitement has reached levels not seen in some time. IU has surprised people by their play to open the season, but some still [...]
by Kent Sterling [ed. note: With the recent firings of Syracuse basketball assistant Bernie Fine and Penn State legend Joe Paterno associated with alleged child molestation charges, it's hard to gin up a lot of moral outrage against Kentucky coach John Calipari. As the sub-basement of morality of college sports has been dredged, Cal looks [...]
by Kyle Miller IU students are having their loyalty questioned. The attendance in the student section for Monday’s game against Stetson was sparse at best, I agree, but why all the hate? Indiana basketball reporters, writers and even long-time play-by-play broadcaster Don Fischer had something to say on the matter. Fischer on 1070 The Fan [...]
By Austin Miller In what was once built as “No.1 vs. No.2″, Kentucky and North Carolina now face off as No. 1 vs. No. 5. These two teams will square off tomorrow in what could be a preview of the NCAA Championship in April. This could technically be the “unofficial” kick-off to the NBA season [...]
by Kent Sterling The narrative in sports is constantly evolving, and that’s what makes it so consistently fun to think about. The minute the Cardinals won Game Seven of the World Series, talk began to percolate about whether Albert Pujols would come back to the team. Then Tony LaRussa retired, and the Cubs hired Theo. [...]
by Kyle Miller It took me awhile to gather my thoughts on Indiana basketball after the Butler game, but here’s what I saw. It certainly wasn’t what I expected. It wasn’t pretty, poetic or even fun to watch, but Indiana’s win last night was its biggest in four years under Tom Crean. Let’s be honest, upsetting Pittsburgh [...]
by Kent Sterling It has been correctly pointed out to me that my assessment yesterday of IU head basketball coach Tom Crean was both one-sided and very personal. I spoke of the negatives, and never acknowledged any of the positives, and there are positives. My rule about talking about college programs is that busting on a [...]
by Kent Sterling After watching Indiana beat the hell out of Savannah State, and St. Louis easily handle the Washington Huskies last weekend, I had some serious questions about IU, and the direction of the basketball program. This is year four of the great Tom Crean reclamation project, and it’s time for success against non-330+ [...]
by Kent Sterling It’s hard to argue against doing the right thing, so this post isn’t going to turn too many heads, but so many people make so many daily compromises in the name of maintaining the machinery necessary to create and perpetuate their income flow that I’m compelled to write something that people will [...]
by Jeffrey Showalter Why are we surprised? Major college football programs have not been “programs” for decades. The BCS is business and in business, “problems” get covered up. Recruiting and donation support dries up, you lose games, and then it repeats itself. Why are we surprised? This time it was Penn State, many thought the [...]
