by Kent Sterling I’m not from Cleveland, so I don’t know what it’s truly like to know the misery unique to sports fans in that inhospitable city. But I did grow up in Chicago – a Cubs fan because my Dad was one, and likely his dad before that. Chicago has had eras of great […]
by Kent Sterling What was former Big 12 Commissioner Don Beebe supposed to do, let the Big 12 unravel after Texas decided to shift to the Big Ten or Pac-12? Beebe played the only card available to him, which was to allow each member school to form its own network. This wasn’t the best solution […]
by Kent Sterling Clint Eastwood said it best in Unforgiven, “Deserve’s got nothing to do with it.” Games are played and occasionally the undeserving team wins. That was the case today for the Indianapolis Colts in Cleveland. They were sloppy, unfocused, and unworthy of a 25-24 road win against a 7-5 team. That happens in […]
November Football Leftovers – The ODB Jr. Catch, T-Rich and College Playoffs
by Bert Beiswanger The most enjoyable football player for me to watch this past month has been Odell Beckham, Jr. His ascent from the injury list to a must-see player has been awesome. Within a couple games, it was clear the rookie was the most talented player on the New York Giants roster. Beckham is […]
by Kent Sterling Take water from a well too often, and it runs dry. Call a running back’s number too often during a season, say goodbye to longterm productivity. DeMarco Murray had 41 touches last night for the Dallas Cowboys in their 41-28 win at Soldier Field in Chicago over the self-immolating Bears, and the […]
by Kent Sterling One important fact about the NFL Playoffs – 20 of the 32 teams will be jealous of the #6 seeds who eke their way into the postseason. The Colts have been envied by at least 20 teams after all but two regular seasons since 1999, and it’s very likely that will be […]
by Kent Sterling 2014 has not been a good year for Indiana University head basketball coach Tom Crean – yet. Four players arrested/cited, two suspended because of multiple dirty drug tests, one player hospitalization because of an incident that fractured Devin Davis’s skull, a 17-15 record that result in a postseason tournament shutout, and most […]
by Kent Sterling With change at the top, you know what happens – a guaranteed additional two years of rebuild-driven wretchedness. The football programs at Indiana and Purdue have seen that misery up close for more than 30 years, minus the Bill Mallory and Joe Tiller eras in Bloomington and West Lafayette. As athletic directors […]
by Kent Sterling After watching Kentucky jump out to a 65-11 lead over Montana State and take a 55-12 halftime lead last night against Texas-Arlington, I thought about the poor mopes in Big Blue Nation who paid to attend the games at Rupp Arena. The players for both sides wasted their time in those romps, […]
by Kent Sterling Indiana lost a basketball game last night to a team out of the Big Sky Conference that has played once NCAA Tournament game in its history. Eastern Washington beat Indiana 88-86 last night at Assembly Hall in large part because of defensive indifference and/or poor fundamentals, and that has Hoosiers fans hot. […]
