The Excitement Keeps Building for IU Bball

Gordon gave his verbal to IU!  Holy Shitake mushrooms!!!  I know, I know, I know.  Calm down.  Tonight will definitely be Midnight MADNESS!  Assembly Hall will be packed.  I wish I could be there.

Man, Weber has to be PISSED about Davis getting the boot. 

Touch Every Line

I'm getting REAL excited about college basketball right now.  I like what I'm hearing about the offseason workouts. 

Junior guard A.J. Ratliff said the new staff quickly got his attention. In one early workout, Ratliff didn't touch the baseline during a sprinting drill. The punishment -- the entire team ran extra.

Ratliff said he missed the line by an inch.

"I
can remember it like yesterday,'' Ratliff said. "Coach (Ray McCallum)
raised his hand and said, 'Coach, A.J. missed a line.' And he put
everybody back on the line, and this was after we had ran a ton. And he
just ran the dog mess out of us.

"From then
on, he started using that as his slogan: Touch every line. He said
that's what we're going to do. We're not going to cut any corners on
the court, in the classroom or in our personal lives."

Luckily, I have a free preview of ESPNU which will be at the Midnight Madness event in Bloomington tonight. 

Earl Calloway is hilarious

This quote made me laugh.  When asked to compare Marco Killingsworth to Mike "King Kong" White he said, according to the Hoosier Insider blog, "the difference is that White can jump higher, rebound better, block more shots and step outside and hit the 15-foot jumper, too."  I'm not the smartest person but, to me, he's saying White is an upgrade.

Greenie was green today

If you missed it, Mike Greenburg from the Mike & Mike show dressed up in a green leprechaun outfit this morning.  The show was broadcasted live from the Linebacker Lounge.  Hat tip, to Irish Round Table.

Karma

I have always been a firm believer in karma.  And MSU and Johnelle Smith, just received a dose of it last weekend against Illinois.  After Illinois defeated MSU in East Lansing for their homecoming game, Illinois planted their flag.  Every time I think of it, it gives me a huge smile on my face.  It looks like MSU is starting its annual implosion a little early.  And did you see Johnelle slap his own face during his press conference?  Like I said earlier, the L stands for Looney.

How much do you think Michigan will be favored by this week?  At least as much as MSU was favored by against the Illini (26).  Heck, I'll put a 10-spot down right now for a 34 point spread.