Recent content by dpdoughbird06

Based on how much we couldn’t stand him, he must have been good.

1. All in a day’s work. Didn’t hurt that BloNo is home to the largest purveyor of salty bar snacks.

How many elephants can a sub-.500 one-and-done Thursday team have? Didn’t one elephant (Foster) already wander off seeking greener grazing pastures? Is it at least possible we can fill our room with more promising elephants if/when the current ones get hauled off by a superior circus? Perhaps...

Can’t imagine how we’d do that, which is why NIL is so odd. Would I pay a GM and then make everyone else an independent contractor paid out of tips and service fees? It’s silly how wr ended up with NIL collectives rather than donors contributing to schools directly and letting athletic...

ESPN would love it, based on their obsessive coverage of MLB/NBA/NFL trade deadlines.

Depends on their social media presence, which per my discussion with ETN actually favors the female athletes. I don’t know who’s popular among their fellow students these days, but maybe someone could move the needle - albeit probably not for their athletic exploits.

From what I understand, we could pay them millions but cannot ply them with alcohol - even if they’re of age. So the brewery’s options are limited to the food in our kitchen, but if I’m an athlete I’d feel like a horse being led to water and fed lavishly but sternly admonished not to drink.

To clarify given the time of year we were looking at baseball/softball more than the revenue sports. They’re trying to build something with our NIL however they can, as they should; I can get behind these low-key proposals much more willingly than outright donating to pay players. The latter...

Hey! We nearly packed the house last year - it just took “The Shot” by JK and $3 tickets to do so…

As a past sponsor who lapsed after Learfield took over, I’ve been approached but the discussion revolved around potential feeding players for appearances rather than cash contributions. Jake and Wardle might be the last of the breed that settles in as Valley stalwarts. Everyone else either...

Who’s the 1% that stays in Terre Haute? There’s no “there” there.

We’ll get an extra folding table for @Cindy00 gailgate and set it on fire for them to jump on; they should feel right at home.

Give our ISU credit for getting ahead of their search when they pre-fired Muller in order to get a head start on landing Pedon. Based on where the game was at the time, he was the guy to get. Can he adapt to being a “system” coach where the players come and go every year? We’ll see, but in the...

A six-figure payday can go a long way towards helping him in his post-collegiate life. Playing for a P5-6 might help his visibility for an overseas career, too. As a for his transition to the higher level, we’ll see. Foster could still take a step forward like Reeves did. He’ll also be four...

We still have JK so at least we have a chance if he continues progressing as a sophomore.