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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 25, 2023 14:41:08 GMT -6
Sorry. The officials could have called holding many times during that game on either team. They'd thrown 4 flags the whole freaking game. They choose to call it on THAT ONE!? THAT SUCKED. The first replay I thought it was super ticky tacky, but the second replay it was clearly a hold. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 25, 2023 14:13:38 GMT -6
This goes beyond Neu. All ball state sports are snakepit. We are not allowed to have joy. All Ball State fans are paying the price for our sins in a prior life.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 25, 2023 13:58:33 GMT -6
The life of a Ball State fan
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 25, 2023 13:55:17 GMT -6
Ball safety and let’s take home another trophy.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 25, 2023 13:54:34 GMT -6
Well how about that.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 24, 2023 18:12:52 GMT -6
UAPB reminded me of our Whitford teams.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 24, 2023 9:11:42 GMT -6
If he does, he will be off to a P5 program by end of next year. Reality bites. Not me, of course. 😉 Exactly right. It is now utterly impossible for a MAC coach to recruit acquire and retain the sort of quality players you need to win a championship. For example look at the group below. Because of the portal and NIL, no MAC coach can hope to have players like this on their roster. There is nothing Lewis can do about this. 2023-24 MAC Men’s Basketball Preseason All-MAC Teams
First Team
Ali Ali, Guard, Akron, Sr. Enrique Freeman, Forward, Akron, Sr. Chris Payton, Forward, Kent State, Grad. Jaylin Hunter, Guard, Ohio, Sr. Dante Maddox Jr., Guard, Toledo, Jr. Second Team
Tyson Acuff, Guard, Eastern Michigan, Jr. Jalen Sullinger, Guard, Kent State, Jr. Anderson Mirambeaux, Center, Miami, Sr. David Coit, Guard, Northern Illinois, Jr. AJ Brown, Guard, Ohio, So. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 23, 2023 10:16:53 GMT -6
Probably did just enough to put off paying the buy out for another year... The casual alumni general donor sees Kelly and the switch and thinks its a brilliant move on neus part. Believes Kelly can still develop but has no Idea even if he does he is not Mikes Guy going forward.. Still not going to have WRS and cant count on portal cause what receiver would watch this offense and want to come here I’d guess the casual general donor is vaguely aware that we play football. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 22, 2023 18:44:06 GMT -6
I think we’ll lose a close one.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 20, 2023 12:24:52 GMT -6
There are young hungry coaches who would come here without the benefit of a safety net contract. If they do good they would move on anyway. If not then they also would be gone without having to pay a buyout. Agree with the General. Name one. Why would they come here when every other school gives a better deal for them? Do you think any good coach would do something that stupid? Sorry, not buying it. Saying "name one" isn't really fair, since the whole premise is finding a diamond in the rough. Any name would be attached to an unproven and largely unknown candidate. So the obvious follow up if he did name someone (e.g. a highly successful high school coach) would be to write that person off as unproven. As to why, the obvious answer is an opportunity that is otherwise unavailable. Using the highly successful high school coach example, if he's confident enough, he would take the chance on the expectation that he'll prove himself and eventually get a bigger offer with a guarantee from a program that can afford it. It's like calling a trick play; it looks stupid if it doesn't work and it looks brilliant if it does. Using the PJ Fleck example, lots of people suggested he wouldn't take the Purdue job because it was too hard. If you're a PJ Fleck-type coach you're not dissuaded by that because you're so confident that you're the key ingredient. When Whitford came here he said he'd passed on other jobs but this was the perfect opportunity. I originally took that as a compliment but after a few years it seemed like he might just be a guy looking for the easy road. Lewis said something similar when he got here and this time I took it as a red flag. I don't necessarily think he's an "easy road" type of guy, but I do want a coach that could make whatever team he's coaching competitive. Two things we don't have are money to pay buy-outs and time to wait while a coach drives the program into the ground during the expiry of his failed tenure. I don't know if this is the solution, but there's a lot about the structure of coaching contracts that doesn't make sense to me. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 19, 2023 18:47:36 GMT -6
Miami is only 6.5 point favorites.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 19, 2023 7:22:43 GMT -6
On to Miami. Have we ever had both the stalk and red bird trophies in our possession simultaneously? We're not beating Miami unless they take the game off given they're already in the MACC. I believe in 2019 Miami had the champ game clenched and lost to us in the last game of the season. |
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 18, 2023 14:51:17 GMT -6
Embarrassing.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 18, 2023 14:17:20 GMT -6
Ugly.
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Post by JacksonStreetElite on Nov 17, 2023 12:37:02 GMT -6
I've never understood the use of long term home/road records with given opponents for current day odds making. If you go back further than, say, 5 years, you are talking about a complete turnover of players and likely a complete turnover of coaching staffs, and possibly even an entirely different arena. How much carryover is there going to be in these situations? I think it's probably best to simply use a standard college basketball home/away points spread adjustment, and only depart from that if you can identify specific factors that have carried over from previous games. I'm still reeling from the 30 point loss we suffered down there in 1952. That's not the type of thing you can just let go. |
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