ADVERTISEMENT

Random Thoughts from the SIUE Game . . .

I really enjoyed the game. Here are some random thoughts that came to me during the game.
  • MR has totally reshaped his body. Compared to last year he is a LEAN, MEAN, BASKETBALL MACHINE. He does not look ripped but he looks "low body fat lean". And, he looks a bit quicker and he has improved his handle.
  • MM has also reduced his body fat and replaced it with muscle. He will be scoring option #1 this year and he scored at 3 levels.
  • LG struggled with his shot not just from the arc but also from mid-range. However, he found some other ways to help the team without scoring.
  • Do NOT pass the ball to OB below chest high.
  • Gallow was the best ball handler on the court. 9 assists is "CC" good.
  • I expect to see the offense look more organized in the next game.
  • As the offense starts to click, I expect the # of 3 point shots taken will increase.
  • Score board graphics were improved.
  • I got to my seat 40 minutes early and I did not have to go to the bathroom even once. For me that was huge!!!!

IU and Cignetti in contract negotiations

A new article from TOS:

Lesson learned

One obvious problem with the first Trump administration was he had no staff ready to step in and provide needed advice and support. As a result he surrounded himself with a hodge-podge of friends, cronies Washington insiders, and establishment veterans. The ensuing personal disaster was easily understood.

Not so this time. It seems that Trump will form his own dream team of advisors who really are capable of making some positive changes

Wiles
Musk
Vivek
Tulsi
RFK Jr.
J.D.

All very smart and capable. A wealth of varying experience. All with a record of accomplishments. Most importantly, Trump listens to them.

Get to know your next POTUS, and debunk a few lies in the process...

OK admittedly I'm trolling a bit. But Trump telling gullible people that somehow Harris is not intelligent, soft on crime, only recently Black and any of the other areas he claims she's lacking in when actually compared to him the opposite is true, I just get fed up with stupid people repeating the same ridiculous lies as if they're true...Not necessarily referring to people on this board, just general misinformation/disinformation spread by trolls that really stupid people believe...

I know Trump's latest rant is that because she didn't put it on a job resume, his claim is she is somehow lying about working at McDonalds at some point in a college summer. First off I can't believe that even Trump, who has never compiled a resume, actually believes someone with a law degree seeking to be hired in a Prosecutor's office would see any value in informing her prospective employer that she worked in a McDonalds for a few weeks/months prior to getting her degree. Either Trump's a moron or he believes his base is, because wth would even care, and why is it something she would lie about? Like most Trump rants it makes no sense...

I'll have to do some further searching to find the video circa 2010-14 or so where she's addressing some business convention in (IIRC) Chicago, or somewhere else back East and she briefly references her "McDonalds career". It was either during her years as SF DA or CA AG, but she's a guest speaker and sort of commiserates with her audience over how we've all had less than optimum jobs. I saw it before this stupid talking point even came up, but I just don't remember exactly which of the videos that preceded her election to the Senate is the one I saw previously...

But this video when she was just the DA for SF, and spoke at a Women's leadership Conference at Cal's Business school debunks several of Trump's other ridiculous lies. Keep in mind this appearance was in 2010, so roughly the same time Trump was courting the racist element by claiming BO's birth certificate was fake. What I like is the video is captioned so whaenever Harris or someone else says something that debunks Trump's nonsense it exposes how ridiculous his claims are...

Right at the outset the woman introducing Harris (who I think is receiving an award) provides a very detailed listing of her accomplishments and why they are honoring her. She gives a little background on her parents and characterizes Harris as both the first Indian American and Black woman to ever be elected SF DA. In fact I think she was the first woman ever, so if you swallowed Trump's nonsense about Harris only recently "turning Black" then you gave credibility to a man who not only lies, but also apparently never hearrd of google. Congrats...

If crime is your issue, than there is no way you can listen to the detailing of how under Harris the SF DA's office went from one of the worst in terms of morale and performance to # 1 in the state and can seriously believe Trump is better on crime than Harris. If you watch the first 25 mins or so of this and don't come away understanding that Harris is smarter and more capable than Trump, I don't know what to tell you. No way Trump is capable of reading, much less writing this level of address and when she was SF DA in 2010 and gave a speech she,not some speechwriter was the author of that spech. For Trump to say she's "not very smart" is just an indicator of how stupid Trump actually is...

Her 2004 race where she went from 6% in intial polling to beating the incumbent (her former boss), in a run off is the first step of her unbeaten political career stetching from 2004 till her current role as the Dem nominee for POTUS. The point is that she has both the legislative/administrative as well as electoral experience to be the most qualified candidate in this race. And how anyone could feel Trump is more intelligent is beyond me. intelligent. Policy is an issue people can disagree on, buth there's a reason she's the first Presidential candidate in at least 15 yrs to have a higher favorability rating than unfavorable...

Login to view embedded media

2025 Schedule

Unless we win out in the regular season this year, there is a reasonable chance that we will find ourselves on the outside looking in when it comes to the CFP. The argument against us will be that we simply would not have any good wins unless we beat O$U. We will see how it plays out, but to end up 11-1 and not get into the playoffs would be absolutely devastating. There is nothing we can do about this this year except keep winning (or hope that the committee values the decisiveness of our victories in the event that we do not win out).

However, Dolson needs to act immediately in order to prevent us from being in a similar situation next year. In my opinion our schedule next year is shaping up to be pretty weak as well. We do play Oregon and PSU on the road but don't have to play OSU or Michigan. The lesson to be learned from this year is that we cannot rely on the conference schedule alone to supply us with a difficult enough schedule to get into the CFP. Therefore, Dolson needs to look into beefing up our non-conference schedule. The lineup of Old Dominion, Kennesaw State and Indiana State is an absolute abomination. No hyperbole at all here - this may be one of the weakest non-conference schedules in the recent history of college football. We need to rid ourselves of the remnants of Tom Allen's Cupcake Shop ASAP.

Get to work, Scott! Our guys deserve better.

INDIANA vs Michigan preview articles





Purdue Sux, and so does UM and OSU

The irony in that Cignetti statement last December is that we end our season with those exact 3 teams.

How absolutely perfect would it be to finish the regular season by beating those 3 teams and finishing it off with a trip to the B1G title game in Indy.....as Cignetti also prognosticated we would, while he sat at that BTN desk on Lucas Oil field. The culmination of that coming to fruition in order, in the very end of the season is so incredibly prophetic.

Let's hope he's using this as added motivation to focus. He stuck his neck out for this program and these next 3 games will only further prove he was unapologetically correct.
ADVERTISEMENT

Filter

ADVERTISEMENT