Sunday, October 2nd, 2011
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch!"
-From "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll
When I was an undergrad at Indiana, the Hoosiers beat Oregon in Eugene while being outgained nearly four to one in yardage and only converting ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
Still the only weekly picks section by a real, live Indiana alumnus/fan who prefers college football to college basketball...
What I'm watching this Saturday:
12 pm - Penn State at Indiana until it's a blowout in the second quarter, then probably Aggies/Razorbacks with a side of Air Force/Navy
3:30 pm - Baylor/Kansas State ...
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Friday, September 16th, 2011
What I'm watching this weekend (and notice how I'm not watching Indiana this week because I'm boycotting any game in which we play a 1-AA squad):
12 pm ET - Don't bother with the noon games this week unless you're an alumni. I'm thinking I'll take a nap. Oh hey, DVR'd ...
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011
It's official, college basketball powers North Carolina and Michigan State will play a game on the deck of an aircraft carrier. A matchup that has been rumored for months has finally been agreed to and given final approval, as the two teams will face each other on the flight deck ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Take a good look at No. 73 in the above picture. That, right there, is someone we should all be proud of.
After three-plus years, several surgeries, countless hours of chemotherapy and rehab, Michigan State football player Arthur Ray Jr. is finally practicing with the Spartans.
In the spring of 2007, Ray ...
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Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
There are those of us on this site that follow college basketball recruiting somewhat closely. That's how we first came to know Kyrie Irving is really, really good at Mr. Naismith's game.
You see, there was a time when Indiana coach Tom Crean was putting all his eggs into the Irving ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Now that the Big Ten has added Nebraska to become the new Big 12, the conference has to avoid making the same mistake the old Big XII made: putting all the good teams into one side of the conference (the Big XII South) and having a totally irrelevant division full ...
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Saturday, April 3rd, 2010
Well, this trip might not be as exciting for some of us, since the Final Four is in Indianapolis, where we actually live, but hey we're here! And it's the Final Four! And we're shooting video for it! Awesome.
This is a continuation of YardBarker's Journey to the Tourney project, sponsored ...
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