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3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

If he has lost an ounce of explosiveness he is nil...

Agree.  He's not one to underestimate though.  He's not going to break one for 80+, but I've seen him rip off several 40-50 yarders.  I could see them using him as a feature back for one year and finding someone to platoon him with after that.  He'd make a great third down back. 

10 minutes ago, Joe_Hoopsier said:

Total Lt. Dan moments !

Lieutenant Dan Taylor : Have you found Jesus yet, Gump?

Forrest Gump : I didn't know I was supposed to be looking for him, sir.

13 minutes ago, IUFLA said:

I didn't even know that Illinois was recruiting Nicole Kidman 😁

 

I think you meant Carrot Top

2 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Still wished that Ballard would have swung for the fences last year and moved up to the first pick and picked Stroud.

With what it cost Carolina, that may be pushing it.  2023 1st & 2nd, 2024 1st and 2025 2nd....pretty steep price, but might be worth a gamble.  Throw in a number 1 WR on top of it? Ehhhh.....

59 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Mixon isn't a needle mover. 

I wouldn't be so sure on that.  If you exclude 2020, when he was injured in week 6, he's averaged 1000 rushing yards and 8 TDs on 4.1YPC.  He's also underrated as a receiver out of the backfield (333 yards, 44 receptions, 2 TDs average) and will be a great relief valve for CJ.  He's also reliable, having only lost 4 fumbles in 6+ seasons. 

Only real worry is that he's entering the 8th year of his career.  He's really only had one major injury, which was in 2020...some kind of undisclosed foot injury.  He's missed a game here and there with minor stuff, but overall has been pretty healthy.  No major knee or ankle problems anyway. 

Is Mix a franchise back like a Derrick Henry or CMC? No, but he's a heck of an upgrade from what they had, and if he stays healthy, will give that offense a new dimension. 

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

I can take you to preschool if you need a ride

Sounds like it's not the first time you've used that line....

26 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

The world has gone mad.  What is the minimum NBA salary for an undrafted rookie free agent that makes a team?

$1.1M for a player with 0 years of service.

From there, it depends on how many years the player has been in the NBA and how long the deal is.  The rest can be found here:

https://www.sportsbusinessclassroom.com/nba-2023-24-minimum-salary-scale/

2 hours ago, btownqb said:

KU and UK have been getting paid for years, same with Duke. Their lockerrooms seem to be fine. 

UK had a higher payroll than the Clippers when Sterling still owned them. 

46 minutes ago, Joe_Hoopsier said:

Every time I see a guy in leather shoes, no socks... Douche automatically comes to mind. how do ppl do that?  

OU President Joseph “Joey Bagadouche” Harroz, Jr.

Just now, Joe_Hoopsier said:

Any idea of the origin of this ? It totally explains a lot but I'm wondering of it's origin.

No idea. Just used that or “Christ on a cracker” as a phrase for years now. 

9 hours ago, 13th&Jackson said:

I think the most important thing is that the court dimensions are accurate, unlike the Portland regional site for the women's tournament. How in the world do you play four games with no one noticing?

 https://www.sportskeeda.com/college-basketball/news-portland-3-point-line-controversy-update-ncaa-finds-discrepancy-marking-lines-drawn-9-inches-short

Christ on a crutch…..I haven’t seen that shot of it yet. I thought it was a matter of a couple inches but you can visually see that. 

19 minutes ago, IUfaninIllinois said:

My name is max Montana I shot threes in college and put my ball in the hole now I shoot scenes and still put the ball in the hole….

They say I’m a load when I drive to the hole. I’m even good at backdoor cuts. Don’t try and faceguard yourself, because I’ll blow right through it. 
 

And I’m stopping now. This is way too easy. 😂

15 minutes ago, cthomas said:

I can't believe she was married to Dario Franchitti. Never forget her running down pit lane barefoot in the rain after his last 500 win.

That was his first win, not his last. 

2 hours ago, Joe_Hoopsier said:

Don't fight it man, just relax and allow it to happen. It will go slow....

 

They say...

That’s what I used to tell the new fish in San Quentin.  

Well, from the corner of SE Indiana/Northern KY/SW Ohio….that was a big nothingburger. Maybe a 15 minute normal thunderstorm and that’s about it. 
 

Hope everyone else was just as lucky. 

8 hours ago, IUFLA said:

 

5 first round picks (4 of them lottery) and the 2nd to last pick in the draft, 57th. 

TJD will wind up being considered the absolute steal of this draft.

If we wind up taking both Watkins and Lewis, USC is going to wish all kinds of bad juju on IU.

1 hour ago, Purdue7 said:

First rule of 🦎 the lizard people is….

We don’t talk about fight club?

30 minutes ago, ForHumanity said:

I gave up all sports except for college basketball, the last stand. But the portal and NIL and other monies have severely damaged the game as we knew it. The refs are the handlers of the outcome for the most part. As more money gets pushed into sports the more obvious it becomes.

26 minutes ago, Seeking6 said:

Can someone give me the cliff notes on the rigged talk lately? Wasn't sure where this all started.

Crackpots that think the entire world is rigged. 

2 hours ago, Tom White said:

I think the number of "suspected" cancels has been exaggerated, and people just pick the worst story and ran with it.

That and some people just subconsciously want news to be bad so it gives them an excuse to kvetch. 

11 minutes ago, FritzIam4IU said:

Let's have a live look at the PU cheerleaders as they prepare for the final four...

 

Moo moo ka chew

Edit: Make that moo moo cud chew

5 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Really, what town did you grow up in?

Lawrenceville, IL.  Literally just over the river from Vincennes.

1 minute ago, 5fouls said:

In a prior life, this would be a perfect lead-in to a Purdue cheerleader joke.

 

I said lizard, not heifer. 

1 hour ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

 

Carmel and Ben Davis have higher populations than the town I grew up in. 😲