Aloha Hoosier said:

The hard core MAGAs are obsessed with crowd size. It's very weird and always has been. Incidentally, people are walking out of Trump rallies. This is a fact. He drones on so long and people have things to do. Does that really bother you for some strange reason?

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Aloha Hoosier said:

It's not out of reach for a Republican that runs like an actual Republican. The MAGA Republican party isn't sustainable.

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mcmurtry66 said:

Local radio guessing joe Buck as the game day mystery picker

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crazed_hoosier2 said:

I feel ya, BCC. It's depressing -- because I know for a fact that this country has gobs of really smart and talented leaders.

Anyway, I'm voting for a guy who isn't eligible, who barely speaks English, who is a little wacky himself, and who has a hairstyle that is oddly reminiscent of Wolverine. He won't win and he couldn't serve if he did. But I'm completely at peace with it. I've found it liberating to not feel compelled to carry the water for Donald Trump just because I'm a Republican and he's....well....taken ownership of the Republican Party.

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snarlcakes said:

This morning on Polymarket the odds of Trump winning the popular vote was practically the same as Harris winning the election.

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ChicagoFineForNow said:

Could probably dig up enough in Lake County to swing that bitch for the foreseeable future. Wisconsin should be a red state. Culturally it definitely is.

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mcmurtry66 said:

Shit. You’re a zit on my ass. No different than slapping hickory around. You’re a one trick pony

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mcmurtry66 said:

Lmao. I would run you into the ground. There’s not a chance in hell you have a higher iq. You have a tunnel vision mind. As I said. What’s more you lack the intelligence to understand humor etc. to recognize you’re emotional - all the signs of being of limited frequency you demonstrate. I’m sure you were a solid automaton

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Univee2 said:

Doubtful.

Baseball crowds are pretty conservative. You ever see any vendors coming down the aisles shouting, “Chardonnay here! Dry, medium-bodied!”?

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ChicagoFineForNow said:

This isn’t 1984 Grandpa. Democrats (and Reagan) have all but put the popular vote out of reach for Republicans in national elections through their malignant immigration and amnesty policies.

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outside shooter said:

Whereas most polls in the past have indeed underestimated Trump's support, this factor may be doing the opposite, as the under-30 demographic is strongly anti-Trump

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IUNorth said:

Cue the principal from Billy Madison saying everything you just wrote was awful and we're dumber for reading it.

I shouldn't even respond, but I'm bored...

We have as much depth at center as Purdue does. We have TWO All Big Ten level bigs, for one, that won't always play at the same time. If they each were to average, say 28 minutes a game, and play 18 of those minutes together. The 40 or so minutes of playing time for the center position would get 28 minutes of Ballo, and 10 minutes of Reneau. Hatton can cover the 2 extra minutes. Or we can play smaller with guys like Tucker, Goode, and Mgbako. We're fine.

Mgbako is a better outside shooter than anyone on Purdue's roster. So there's that. Galloway shot nearly 50% from three the last time he played a whole season off the ball. He'll be fine. Both Rice and Carlyle had a pretty decent catch and shoot percentage. They'll be fine. Cupps was a near 40% 3P guy on catch and shoot. Goode is a proven shooter. Reneau even showed he could knock down outside shots as the year wore on last year. I'm not saying we're going to become the Golden State Warriors. But our perimeter shooting shouldn't be nearly as big of an achilles heel as it was last year.

I would say the only designated "shooter" we have, that will play much at all, is Goode. And he isn't bad defensively, at all. Comparatively to your designated shooter, Loyer, he's like a mix between Gary Payton and Dennis Rodman, defensively.

Rice won Pac12 Freshman of the Year, and took Wazzu to the NCAA tournament. He's a VERY good point guard and leader.

Woody...he was 3-1 against Purdouche when he had rosters similar to this years with more balance inside and out.

Non Conference is fine. Atlantis will be a great prep for NCAA's. Louisville, then potentially Gonzaga and Arizona. South Carolina was an NCAA tournament team last year, that's a solid game. Only thing lacking is a tough true road game. But its not uncommon for good teams to not have that before conference season.

In short...refer to my first sentence. We're all dumber for reading your posts.

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mcmurtry66 said:

No one is more emotional than a guy devoting all day every day ignoring the patent shortcomings of one side to campaign against the other. Overly emotional and not very bright.

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rcaulfie said:

I will share my experience. I knew it was going to be this way, so I did indeed prepare for it. And overall, I had no problems with it.

-Got to tailgate at 7:30
-cooked brunch for the crew on my small charcoal grill
-headed towards the stadium at just before 11:30
-took a bit to get in, but I chose one of the better lines.....was in my seat with about 15 minutes to go on the clock
-my son chose to wait in line for beers (better him than me) but he made it to our seats with probably 5 min to go
-I got a pass out at half time, high tailed it to my car in the grass lot reserved for a couple of quick beers and high tailed it back. Got back in my seat with 14:56 on the clock. Missed the kickoff, that went into the end zone (so didn't miss anything, I've seen kicks before)
-stayed for about 5-10 minutes after 0:00 left the clock, cheering the team until they were off the field (mostly)
-knew it would be impossible to get out and on my way back to Indy. So, fired up the charcoals and cooked burgers, brats and dogs for the crew, while watching the 3:30 game on our tv
-packed up and headed home at about 530

I have no issue at all with how they handled the sell out crowd. Sure, hopefully they can make some adjustments, but I enjoyed the experience immensely.

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steelyvan said:

Just re watched the scrimmage. I am not going to jump to any conclusions over a 12 minute intra squad scrimmage.
There were some things I liked and some things that did not reach my expectation level.
My two favorite guys on the court were Ballo and Hatton.
The game vs UTenn will be very telling.

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YOTHN said:

We should all be big Nebraska fans going forward. The national perspective of this IU team has started to shift but if they were to win on Saturday vs. Ohio State, I would venture to guess it would be jarring for most across the country. I know that isn't very likely, but I will have my 'Go Big Red' hat on no matter the case.

I think the largest reason the nation is having a hard time coming to grips with this is because it's not really been done to this level before. Yes, coaches have come in and turned teams around. Bad teams have also gone from awful to good in a year. You don't take an awful team last year at a program with the most losses in CFB history and turn them in a genuine title contender of the superpower two conferences, in year one. The only way it happens is because of the current open portal situation that didn't exist until more recently. I expect we may see things like this happen to other programs periodically in the future but it sure is fun (possibly) watching this team be the first one.

It's been a wild ride so far. In Tayven We Trust.

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Aloha Hoosier said:

Some sense of national unity matters a lot. We’re not going to get that with another Trump squeaker and his animosity toward at least half of Americans. He’s never pretended to be America’s President, he’s about himself and those that hang on for the ride. That’s all.

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