The most meaningful basketball game Indiana has ever played against a MAC opponent will come tonight at 6p. Brand new coach Mike Woodson, 42 years from his last season affiliated with Indiana University, has enjoyed a wonderful six-month honeymoon period. He is the coach every IU fan has pined for since Bob Knight was defrocked […]
Legendary Indiana University Basketball coach Bob Knight was back at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall – again – for Hoosier Basketball Fan Fest yesterday. After so many heralded returns, it might finally be time to allow Knight to slip in and out of IU Basketball events without notice or coverage. Since Knight was fired over 21 years […]
Allowing television cameras where people work is always a dicey proposition. People working there rarely shine compared to the images created by our imaginations. HBO and the NFL have partnered on a behind the scenes look at pro-football training camps for a number of years. The annual ritual of watching Hard Knocks goes like this. Fans […]
Only five days to Indiana Basketball’s first game of the season, and I’m getting nervous. Really nervous. The last seven months have been filled with hope and optimism that the Hoosiers will be better than under former coach Archie Miller – good enough the earn their first invitation to the NCAA Tournament since 2016. Miller getting […]
The answer is, never. You just don’t do it. Screwing over the Eagles would be deceitful, short-sighted, pragmatic, and bereft of morality. The question is – when do you shut Carson Wentz down so he doesn’t reach the threshold of snaps to kick that 2022 second round pick into the first round? When the Colts made […]
I want to care about the Indiana Pacers, but if the Pacers themselves play as though they don’t care about the Pacers, why should I bother? That was the thought that rang in my head like the bell in a church where it is always noon as I watched their pathetic lack of effort in Toronto last night. Basketball […]
When I was on Dan Dakich’s radio show Monday afternoon to talk about the Colts win in San Francisco, Dan stopped me after I made a claim that the Colts get off to slow starts not just at the beginning of every season, but also at the start of each game this season. “Whoa, big […]
It’s been a dark few weeks for wide receiver T.Y. Hilton following his neck surgery, and while he’s practicing again this week the torture of watching his team from the sidelines might not be over. Asked whether he plans to play Sunday against the Houston Texans, Hilton said, “I mean I have to practice. That’s […]
Be honorable. That’s the only choice for Colts general manager Chris Ballard, and it’s the choice he will make. It can be argued that Ballard’s roster is imperfect, building from the inside out has left the Colts wanting on the exterior of both his offense and defense, and that his care in the quality of […]
Sickening. Pitiful. Heartbreaking. The Colts overtime loss to the Ravens was all those things. Any night, losing after leading 22-3 with 18 minutes left in regulation would be galling. At 1-3 on the road with playoff hopes on the line, it’s the kind of result that ends careers, a season, and devalues a meticulously built culture. […]