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When I get it going again, I'll let you know. Because it'll be love on YouTube, FB and X. Unfortunately I had to stop it over the summer because I was too busy, concerned and ultimately too tired because of radiation treatments for lymphoma (thankfully a non lethal type).
my 41 yr old neighbor got that, his is stage 4, but his is doing pretty well and his Dr's seem to have a good outlook for his plight, hang in there

Walters or assistant coaches?

I don’t really like the option I feel like it’s hit or miss and contrary to our cradle of qb legacy.
Kiffin throws the ball a lot as his current QB just became the leading passer in history passing Eli Manning at Ole Miss and has another QB in the NFL he coached at Ole Miss. IMHO he fits the bill to a T and maybe interested in getting away from the Big Dawgs in the SEC.

Burgess

We've seen him play well and we've seen him get "tired" very quickly. Matt's talked about his conditioning, and he certainly knows every inch of that. BUT i also see a seemingly high motor, high strung guy that seems to over adrenalize and play a bit "frantic" and with the usual result of quick exhaustion. Maybe even more than Berg, the game is happening very quickly and he's using a lot of energy on non productive movements and over reactions.
Probably pretty clear that I like Caleb and he's doing some good things for the team. But his inability to finish at the rim is hurting us. And seems to be developing into a "thing" with him. Certainly defenses are all over it if he gets it low. We need another post player that can operate to give Trey a break and let him float out a bit. Defensively Caleb is our best post defender, but Raleigh will be good in time.
i guess I'm hoping he starts getting regular minutes with the goal of having him be a factor off the bench by tourney time. Trey and Caleb may well be our best "big" lineup this year, but there's going to be game where we need to play big and 1 or both of them pick up fouls.
Im not down on Will, but the teams that give us the most trouble seem to be smaller and quicker in general, at least so far. I think he'll have some games where he's a factor.

Indiana Getting Pushed Out?

Indiana is now -3335 to make the playoff, moved from -2000. Not sure how the needle could have moved that much based on the last couple days. Tulane lost, Colorado and Boise won. And Ole Miss, but I think they're done.
Yeah I dunno either. I think a lot has to happen for them not to make it with Tulane losing.

Either
Indiana loses - 3% chance?

OR

A&M beats Texas tonight, beats Georgia in SEC title game, Tennessee beats Vandy on road today, SMU beats cal at home today, Miami beats Syracuse on road today. Basically no one in top 10 drops below indiana and A&M gets AQ meaning the 7th at large would be 9th ranked team with 3 AQs below indiana.

Walters or assistant coaches?

And look at Colorado. They have an assistant who taught their d line how to play!

Successful teams are dependent on their assistant coaches, not their head coach.

If you took any time to research recruiting, it’s the assistant coaches who do all of the recruiting and getting players to come to a school. It’s the assistant coach that players relate to. It’s the assistant coach that develops players. It’s the assistants that call the plays!

You say I know nothing. If you didn’t know and realize this, then you know less than me. So what does that say about you?

You sure are awesome name callers, but can you do anything else? Can you make fries?
Colorado has Deion. Of course, he could pick assistant coaches or they would want to coach for him. They have also made football a big time commitment. Alabama had several assistant coaches that went on to bigger things when they had Saban. You can say etc. for several other colleges. No one in their right mind would want to do this for Walters.

As far as making fries, that is what IU fans are good at.

IU fans must be in meltdown mode!!

What is there to ignore? He shot 9 and hit 4. You can try and disclaimer them but that's not how it works. He still shot 44.4% against UofL and the Zags. I don't know why it hurts you that he's shooting those percentages this year. 54.5% FG, 51.6% 3pt and 91.3% FT. That's good. Now if he could just play a little bit of defense. Like Jordy Hull or Nick Zeisloft level or close to it, he'd be fine.
I can’t believe you are lingering here fighting each of these counterpoints. At first I thought we were picking on you and you just wouldn’t take the bait but clearly you need to take a chill pill. Most of us aren’t arguing with the facts, that he made a high clip of 3s and they were against good teams. But he made a lot of them in garbage time. 50% is hard to hit but we’ve seen guys in practice make 10 in a row (or last night a horrible 3 shooting ole miss make 5 in a row because we schematically allowed them to get open). It’s different when you are being defended. You know all that but just can’t be told you are wrong.

Neb 10 Iowa 0 half

They will be mostly walk-ons. The new 105 scholarship rule going into next season is also limiting total numbers on the roster. Seems silly the NCAA would care about walk-ons, who cost the schools close to nothing, but Nebraska has appx 65 walk-ons, some who may look to go elsewhere. Most will probably just stay there and become regular students.

Lots of smoke Raiola may be looking around. Also, newly in-season hired OC Dana Holgerson might be looking for another gig either as a HC or OC.
So is the 105 an attempt to limit gray shirts as well as walk ons? Does it mean they do an actual head count and you can only have 105 guys identified with the team? Interesting. I was thinking that 105 number was what the limit was back in the dark ages (before television). Agree on why would the NCAA care....if Bama wants 200 guys, let'em have 200 guys. That kind of chaos and cost would do more harm than good.

Colvin and Hiede

Yesterday Myles started the game with a break away dunk and ended it with a fabulous two point in the paint , both of these guys have suddenly had the switch turned on ..
Was interested in your guys take on what happened from the rather quiet preseason first 3 games till post Marquette?
For Colvin let’s remember he is 19. We have seen the potential in him and he’s had this ability since he showed up. He had some incredible blocks and highlight reel dunks last year. There have been several people that has misread him, he has been reserved and while plays with emotion he doesn’t show it in his face with some people here unfairly questioning his desire or even suggesting he would transfer. Now painter did say he was someone he thought would have a jump. Earlier this year I think painter really challenged him and he did seem to get frustrated. He had to earn his starting spot. And that he did. I think it comes down to playing more minutes and getting used to the speed of the game as again he’s only 19. Ivey was the same way.

Heide is who I thought he was. Always a great rebounder and competent shooter. There were just not enough minutes for him last year. If you look at his per 40 minutes he’s showing a typical progression with 6.2 to 8.0 rebounds and 10.5 to 12.4 points.

Colvin and Hiede

Yesterday Myles started the game with a break away dunk and ended it with a fabulous two point in the paint, both of these guys have suddenly had the switch turned on ..
Was interested in your guys take on what happened from the rather quiet preseason first 3 games till post Marquette?
IMO,
1. Lineup change to athletic "small ball'.
2. Opposing teams defensive gameplan is to put their 2 best defenders on Smith and Loyer.
3. Colvin and Hiede's "jackrabbit" athleticism vs the opposing team's 3rd and 4th best defenders equal what you are seeing.

So going forward, opposing teams will have to game plan on who to defend.

Colvin and Hiede

He was on last night. He will be quiet offensively again.....and he will have great games again. But the great part is his D will be there. Considering last year's D, that is gigantic shift that is getting him the opportunity for his offense to be featured.
Yeah his D has come into a valuable contribution where before it was non existent it seemed. I saw moments of I've yesterday. His alertness to anticipate Bradens shot missing and race to the basket versus watching the shot was something you just can't teach ...instinct.
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