by Bert Beiswanger Bowling Green is a huge game for Indiana football and coach Kevin Wilson. Doesn’t that sound odd? Well, coming off the defeat at home to the Navy Midshipmen last week, it’s the truth. Despite the fact the Falcons come to Bloomington Saturday (Big Ten Network, Noon) as one of the best teams […]
by Mark Tinsley Julian Edelman was the number one receiver for the New England Patriots on Sunday. Let that set in for a minute. Starting today, and every Wednesday forward, I will offer my best advice for your fantasy football team. Do you sit Maurice Jones-Drew? Do you sit Chris Johnson? What do you do […]
by Kent Sterling After reading the findings of several committees formed to examine and reform the mission of athletics on the campuses of large universities, my eyes and brain are weary. The principal recommendations involved forming more committees to prompt additional gathering of perspective and data. Jesus. If bureaucrats are good at anything, they are […]
by Kent Sterling Time magazine’s cover piece this week champions the righteousness of paying student athletes for the value they create for universities. I’ve long thought that to exclude athletes who fill stadia and arenas from the market economy that benefits virtually every other human being in America, but that Time called for it caused […]
by Kent Sterling Last night’s opening night performance by Peyton Manning might have been the best of his career because the previous game featured one of the worst, and Manning knew that better than anyone. Click here to follow Kent on Twitter Ironically, the only two postseason games on this list were against the Denver […]
by Kent Sterling The AFC South has been around for 11 seasons, and the Indianapolis Colts have won the division seven times. The Tennessee Titans took two (2002, 2008), and the Houstan Texans have cashed in on the last two. Jacksonville has never won a title. Click Here to follow Kent on Twitter It’s the […]
by Kent Sterling There is no chance – none, zero, null set – that the Oakland Raiders are going to beat the Indianapolis Colts this Sunday in the regular season opener for both teams. And Oakland coach Dennis Allen knows it. Not naming a starting quarterback for “competitive reasons” tells fans everything they need to […]
by Kent Sterling Twitter is fascinating. Real time and precise measurement of audience is not something I’m familiar with having been in radio for years. It’s also a fun and immediate mode of communication with an audience who then can immediately reply directly. Those you want to read, you follow. Those you don’t want to […]
by Bert Beiswanger There is a positive buzz in the air for Ball State’s 2013 football season, which kicks off tonight in Muncie against FCS school Illinois State (7 p.m., ESPN3). The Cardinals return a core of very skilled offensive players led by quarterback Keith Wenning, a fourth year starter and 3,000 yard passer in […]
by Kent Sterling There is a lot of talk about the NFC West being the best division in the NFL, and it just may be. If you take the San Francisco 49ers and Seattle Seahawks of 2012, and add what many expect are going to be two of the most improved franchises in the St. […]
