Indiana is showing as 3.5pt favorites in next week's matchup. I like Indiana at home to cover. Nebraska simply hasn't seen an offense with this kind of punch.

The crowd should be on 🔥!

That dude is a freakin wrecking machine - seems to live in the backfield and I love it!

Thinking about y’all. Looking awful….

Well overdue for the fan base thats sends to most fans to their tournament.

Source: Dave Odom

Wife and I appreciated Coach Mercer's invitation to hang out with the players and coaches at the second annual Fan Appreciation day on October 5. For us elders, it's always uplifting to chat with these talented, earnest young men.

I don't follow all the comings and goings of recruiting, transfers, and drafts. Seems like it's a new team every year, so we're always happy to find out that some of our familiar players are back on campus now. Some of the returning impact positions players who we ran into in the dugout include Andrew Wiggins, Jasen Oliver, Tyler Cerny, Josh Pyne, Devin Taylor, Joey Brenczewski, and Jake Stadler. That seems like a stout core to build around. Let's hope they're all in place and healthy when the Spring season starts.

How many weeks into pregnancy to be unborn child?

Kansas State is ranked in the top 20 right now and since Snyder built the program it’s been a good to very good program. Before Snyder they were a terrible program (.370 winning percentage) and he is credited with singlehandedly making them into the winners that they still are today. Can IU sustain this if Cignetti stays here awhile and has a lot of consistent success?

No comment here. Just too good not to share with you guys.

the lucy, danks and people of that ilk you could make a case for the brainwashing. and controlling them with conspiracies theories and blatant misinformation. today I was having a discussion with a respected PHD in our area, and she is convinced democrats our causing the hurricanes through what she calls weather manipulation. we live in scary times.

What’s going on here, MAGA?

After listening (1) to this song that popped into my head,

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the glorious Spotify algorithm played this one next

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One is about true love, the other about death. But this line in Avett Brothers hits me hard:

Will I join with the ocean blue?
Or run into a savior true?
And shake hands laughing
And walk through the night, straight to the light
Holding the love I've known in my life
And no hard feelings

Are death and love interwined in some way? (2) I don't know. But the emotions generated by songs about them move me, maybe not in the same way, but here I find them linked--maybe by the Beauty (capitalized for a reason) of the song. I'm moved every time I hear it (and the music video I find just as powerful).

To the point of the post title, though, both songs made me think about how to teach my children about love. I have failed as a parent in this area, and it's probably too late: daughter is nearly 17 and son is 14. Like most things, I suspect this must be inculcated at a young age, and that depresses me to no end because I'm sure my marriage is not a loving one and that is the model they have witnessed and lived in for their entire lives.

But the Avett Brothers line reminded me, love takes many forms. Romantic love with a partner isn't everything--even if at times in my life I thought it was the most important thing there is, which the first song always exemplified for me. At this stage, in fact, I can imagine no greater love than a parent for their child. (3)

So there are many forms of love. Many types that my children hopefully will experience, but that it might be helpful to have some tips on, advice for things to avoid or to look out for, to navigate around or to push right through. (4) Here, I've had a lot of experience and feel as if I could provide some rough guidance. I'm starting to imagine ways to talk to my kids about this. Part of me wishes I could just mainline these two songs into my kids' (and my wife's) psyche, just feed them the emotions I feel when I listen to them, have them experience the same, and just know--both that part of me that feels these things and what I think the songs' meanings are. Language, after all, has its limits.

Obviously, even thinking about how or whether to communicate these things feels awkward--for them and me. Weirder still, as I imagine it, I'm sure my wife might have a vastly different perspective. And I have no example to refer to: like most here, I'm a solid Midwesterner whose parents would never have even thought about talking about this (or like this) with me.

So some questions for discussion, for a sampling of perspectives from different people, and maybe for me and others to learn from:

For parents of adult children, did you do this with your children? How do you think about these issues? Do you think your kids have similar views on love--romantic or otherwise--as you do? Do you want them to? Does that make you feel a certain way?

For the parents with young children, same questions and an additional one: is this something you've thought about or do? If so, how?

For everyone, what do you think is the best way to go about this?


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Footnotes (I put these in to improve the flow above and for some reason don't want to delete the content. Ignore if you wish):

(1) For a multimedia experience, feel free to read this while listening or listen first to set the mood.

(2) This is an interesting article, but I'm not sure I agree with it. https://emergencemagazine.org/essay/on-death-and-love/

(3) This might not be universal, I think. Some people might not experience this in the same way given a bad hand being dealt, like a severely troubled child from a young age. I was making small talk with a lawyer I was networking with last year, and brought up my kids and asked if he had any. He told me the story of adopting, along with his partner (gay couple) two children from Russia and their severe mental and developmental issues discovered later. He was clearly torn by the experience and I think about him to this day. For a pretty powerful single episode of TV about this, check out Episode 7 of the Romanoffs, the Amazon series Matthew Weiner did after Mad Men.

(4) There are downsides to love: https://www.psypost.org/loves-downside-research-identifies-major-disadvantages-of-romantic-partnerships/#:~:text=The most significant factors included,critical disadvantages compared to men.

Nothing too groundbreaking but really enjoyed how, around the 10:00 minute mark, he answers the question regarding his dad’s influence and career path.

Then the next question, around the 12:50 mark, regarding who might be an unsung hero on the team.

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I think Trump's refusal to do the traditional 60 Minutes (dating back to Humphrey) dual Presidential interviews may end up having negative consequences he might not have envisioned. Not with the MAGA base, they will continue to fawn and support him...

But perhaps with the few undecideds who are left, who are leery of MAGA, but weren't exactly convinced fully of how dangerous a cult can be. Since Trump decided to pull out, that meant that CBS had to fill the space with an alternative report that had likely been planned for a later edition. Since presumably the curiosity/interest in Harris caused a huge increase in audience size, this report on election denialism in AZ probably was viewd by a much larger audience than it might otherwise have enjoyed...

I guess opinions can vary, but I think this report is for a lot of people a reminder of exactly why they would never vote for MAGA. Obviously opinions can vary, but I'm not sure how anyone can watch this and listen to these folks and not come away convinced that they are unginged and dangerous. And the thing is, I don't think they interviewed a single Dem, and for sure all of the folks facing death threats and a barrage of attacks from the MAGA misfits are fellow Republicans...

I'll be honest,I knew it was bad but not this bad. The audio of the threats, the interview of Bush and some of the wacky things she says. How could anyone think it could be a good idea to put these folks in power?

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I was wondering if anyone was aware how teams schedule practice during the bye week? I am assuming they are designed for healing and refining but was curious. Thanks

The first team to become Bowl eligible this season is... (drumroll) Your Indiana Hoosiers...

This isn’t a fluke. The culture has been changed. We have a football team, keep the pieces here. And build the god damn statue already.

Jack looking good!

Election a month away. Feels like things may be swing to Trump.

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7 pm … on BTN UK is 2-2-4. IU is 3-3-5

About this time last year IU went on a tear to win a BiG Championship Double from a similar record.

Multiple goals and a clean sheet … Go Hoosiers.