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by LVS on Feb 15, 2010 11:58 AM CST
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Print- Izzo: Lucious to play against Indiana | detnews.com | The Detroit News
The specific reason for his one-game suspension still hasn't been disclosed, but it must have been minor. With a reinstated Lucious and the unstoppable force that is Mike Kebler competing for playing time, Kalin Lucas looks to be the odd man out.* - The dogmas of the quiet past | Inside the Hall | An Indiana Hoosiers basketball blog
On deck: Indiana, where the natives are getting very restless. - It’s Gonna Be a Hell of a Week and Then We’ll Party | Eleven Warriors
On double deck: Ohio State, where things are considerably more sanguine. Also, holy crap, sign me up for the Club Tril party. - Nebraska willing to listen if Big Ten calls - Big Ten Blog - ESPN
This is probably less likely than Mizzou, because in terms of money, the St. Louis and Kansas City markets >>> the Omaha and Lincoln markets. But personally, I'd take Nebraska over Mizzou. The move would obviously be meh in basketball terms, but spectacularly awesome for football. And, there's a natural potential rivalry with Iowa, just as there is for Mizzou (Illinois) and Pitt (PSU). Worth pursuing. (Note: this may or may not be the official TOC position. I suspect that my more basketball-focused colleagues might not be so interested.) - MSU should be forthright regarding status of football players | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Lacy sticks with the story; I don't really have a problem with that, because there's still so much that we don't know about the incident and aftermath. Looks like there might be some communication issues within the football program: "'(Dantonio) hasn't told (the players involved in the fight) much about our futures,' said Smith. 'He just told us to keep our heads up and deal with the situation.'" - The State News : Lots of hockey left, but MSU should be 'in'
The hockey team had a good weekend without even playing: Ferris State split with LSSU, and Nebraska-Omaha swept Michigan. FSU is MSU's biggest competition for 2nd in the conference, and even a struggling Michigan team is a dangerous Michigan team. (Aside: U-M needs to win the conference tournament now to avoid missing the NCAA tournament for the first time in 20 years.) MSU is now tied for 9th in the Pairwise rankings; a home-and-home series with a struggling FSU team beckons, and then the team finishes the regular season with a highly sweepable series against Bowling Green. - Pershing, Cody net title game | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
Swoon: "After scoring only four points in the first quarter, Appling took command and help drive the Doughboys into the Detroit Public School League championship game with a 74-58 win Saturday over King. Appling finished with 40 points, scoring 13 points in the second quarter and 16 in the third." - Four chase Mr. Basketball nod | detnews.com | The Detroit News
Appling, Saginaw Arthur Hill guard and USC commit Maurice Jones, Detroit Country Day guard Ray McCallum, and Mt. Pleasant forward Trey Zeigler. Tom Markowski (author) considers Appling the favorite. - The Mid-Majority : Hello, I'm Not Kyle Whelliston
Ex-Wonk running the show at the Mid-Majority this week. We'll find out if Gasaway knows as much about Monmouth as he does about Michigan State. (Spoiler: probably, which is scary.) - Five lessons from a fake selection committee - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN
Good insight from Eamonn Brennan on the tournament selection process. Bad news for Northwestern fans. - *psyche!
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There's actually a good discussion on Nebraska
happening over at Black Shoe Diaries. The “TV” angle being overlooked in the Nebraska vs. Missouri debate is the following. Missouri brings you Kansas City (although KU and KSU have their fair share of this market) and St. Louis (which also has a strong Illinois presence). Nebraska brings you an entire state (granted, a small one) devoid of split-allegiances, but they also bring something Missouri cant; a National Brand.
Alabama and Oklahoma are “small market” schools, but they make big ratings splashes because they are a historically recognized football powers. Say the word “Nebraska” to someone on either coast and either corn, Bruce Springsteen or football will pop into their mind. Do the same with “Missouri” and I promise sports won’t instantly register with the ever-lusted-for Average American. Nebraska is a big football/ratings plus over Mizzou. Academically, though…
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
This
It depends on what they want to go for, potential audience or current audience. Nebraska seems like it brings current audience, versus the potential that Missouri could bring if it grew in popularity. Nebraska is probably close to the realistic height of its popularity.
Personally, I’d rather add Nebraska than Pitt just for geographical balance.
You could have:
West:
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Northwestern
East:
Indiana
Purdue
MSU
Michigan
OSU
PSU
by witless chum on Feb 15, 2010 1:09 PM CST up reply actions
I would argue
that Nebraska is nowhere near the height of their popularity. Go back to the early/mid 90’s and you heard Nebraska discussed the way we currently talk about Oklahoma (except they actually won their big games). I just don’t see Missouri as meeting that “Penn State Standard” for expansion. I’m not sure Nebraska does either, but it’s a hell of a lot closer.
Less memorable than Sam Okey's Hawkeye career.
by Kyle McCann't on Feb 15, 2010 1:16 PM CST up reply actions
Another advantage over Texas
Nebraska just has the Oklahoma rivalry they’d need to maintain as an out-of-conference game. And they only play every other year right now.
Texas has Oklahoma, Texas A&M, Texas Tech. Seems like it’d be very hard for their fan base to give up those rivalries on an annual basis.
Fight for The Only Colors: Green and White!
by KJ@theonlycolors on Feb 15, 2010 1:46 PM CST up reply actions
True
I recognize that, but I don’t think they’ll be returning to Osborne Era popularity ever. They’re still a huge deal in Nebraska and they’re still a name nationally, but the odds would at least be against them ever becoming what they were in those days again.
by witless chum on Feb 15, 2010 2:09 PM CST up reply actions
I don't know if it's likely, but it's certainly not impossible
Nebraska’s success at the end of the Osborne era wasn’t a flash-in-the-pan. They’re one of the 10 or so true blueblood football programs. Success is always going to bmore difficult for them than a lot of the others because Nebraska isn’t exactly a prime recruiting state, but neither is Oklahoma, for instance. (Yes, they’re closer to Texas. But if the Huskers were able to get some momentum—and I think there’s a decent chance of that with Pelini—I don’t see why they wouldn’t be able to do what Oklahoma does and pluck lots of big recruits from out-of-state.)
Anyway, in terms of the big two sports, Nebraska would be very, very close to Penn State: likely to be a doormat in basketball, but absolute dynamite in football. Like PSU, it’ll stretch the conference geography, but not in a big way. It’d clearly not be the absolute slam dunk that PSU was (PSU has/has better academics, better TV markets, no triggering of conference armageddon in the process, etc.) But aside from Notre Dame, there won’t be any school that is as much of a perfect match as PSU was. Nebraska would probably be one or two notches below, but as far as I’m concerned, that still makes it a good enough fit to pursue seriously.
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USC missing...
….here “Saginaw Arthur Hill commit Maurice Jones” along with snark about USC’s general crookedness and moral turpitude. Hopefully Jones is not friendly with Saginaw football recruit DeAnthony Arnett, whom MSU is apparently going to have to contend for against Kiffykins. Given Dantonio’s general recruiting success, it’s not as inconceivable that we’d win as it was when we were trying to get Nick Perry and Ronald Johnson to stay in Michigan.
Fixed.
It was originally “USC commit,” and then I changed it . . . but only half-changed it apparently. Ha.
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That was Joe Rexrode's guess.
But as far as I know, nothing was ever confirmed beyond that it was an academic issue.
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