i couldn't name one player on the team. can't imagine tracking recruiting. i will watch champions league today tho . massive games
I like how, whenever a name is mentioned as a possible recruit/transfer, he immediately becomes the second coming of Steve Alford (or pick your fave IU player).
was it grinnell that substituted like hockey. 5 on 5 off. innovative way of playing. @BradStevens that's what i'd bring to hockey. innovation. not 4 lines where the last line is just goon up the game and get by. 2 lines of all stars. all my money there w/ a novel approach. longer shifts. no fighting. limited penalties. the other teams won't know what hit them
There is a weird trend I've noticed where a guy transfers to a power 5 conference from a 'lesser' conference, realizes he can't play with the big boys and either transfers back to his original school or to a school on a similar level. Peyton Sparks is one of those guys. Another guy did something similar from Ohio to Xavier and back to Ohio.
seems super hit and miss. the sec rushing leader played at D2 truman state first. from truman state to sec football has to be a massive jump and he killed it
Yea, they do. For an NAIA school.
I respect Sparks for doing that. I think he saw he was odd man out here and his game wasn't what Woody is about. It was his dream to play for IU, he got the chance, it didn't work out, and he went back to where he's wanted.
You're right - but we also had an instance where a very good SEC RB from Auburn came here and was squished. He was small and couldn't break a tackle after it was advertised he was a power back.
Exactly my point. It's about the team, more than the individual, in most cases, and how that player fits in with the scheme.
I'm going the other way. Pay 90% of my salary cap on 4 scorers and 1 dominant goalie. Only One scorer on each line. Then 16 other skaters are cheap goons (replaceable as they get kicked out of the league) that make the Hanson Bros. look tame. Beat the hell out of the other team. Play Wisconsin-like defense, daring the refs to call penalties.
Might not even sell beer. Signs at concessions will say "Beer is for puss#$s. Jaeger or GTFO."
And the portal guys who DO succeed at a higher level are - SHOCK! - guys who are older and DEVELOPED, despite the current state of "quit and spit" college athletics, which abhors working and staying and getting better.
One would think our coaches would have noticed those same important elements of football.
Apparently it's only at a club level, which scans with the misguided priorities of our athletic department. They should be leaning into the left handed sports at this point as they suck at everything else.
This is the better question. But we need pics.
And there's been a lot of guys who have just done the reverse like Dave Knecht of Tennessee.
Yeah it is funny to watch... either this year or last year when they beat NC early in the year some already had them going to the final 4. 🤣
Well we have three five stars too. Not that it necessarily matters. I’d just like someone who can hit free throws. I haven’t seen anything about a kid from Grace College, but I’m not ruling out kids from smaller schools. Purdue did pretty well with their portal kid.
It's still funny to watch when people start having a team being a great team because they beat a well known school.
You know the best thing about coeds? Doesn't matter how old I get, they stay the same age.
Maybe this applies to you: I want to be 18 again and ruin my life differently. I have new ideas. 🤣
Elijah Malone
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Elijah Malone
TheHoosier - Indiana has been in contact with NAIA Player of the Year Elijah Malone
Indiana has been in contact with NAIA Player of the Year Elijah Malone
Oh yeah I have heard his name.Elijah Malone
TheHoosier - Indiana has been in contact with NAIA Player of the Year Elijah Malone
Indiana has been in contact with NAIA Player of the Year Elijah Malone
