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Re: Hear Eddie Vedder’s ‘Someday We’ll Go All The Way’

size_13_shoes — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:43:27 -0000

The Irish singalong structure does more than compensate for the lyrics; it accentuates them, somehow turns them from sappy to earnest.

Re: A Look At Postseason Odds For Cubs, White Sox

Ryan_C — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:26:39 -0000

It comes down to a lot of teams all going after one thing. Right now, nearly 65 percent of the odds are going to the Giants and Rockies, the teams atop the Wild Card standings. So when you start slicing up the pie for the remaining squads that are in the mix -- and there's a lot of them -- you're seeing them all getting around the same percentage range: 4-7 percent.

That's why the Cubs are at such a low percentage as of today.

Re: A Few Last Thoughts On The Jordan Crawford/LeBron James Dunk That Never Was

Ryan_C — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:58:28 -0000

Great point, Jake. It's sort of been raised to Paul Buyan mythical proportions at this point, and will likely be a letdown if it ever sees the light of day. Still, give the man his due!

Re: Father Rubio Says Ricky May Stay In Spain

Ryan_C — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:40:00 -0000

It's part of the No Coast movement. You wouldn't understand.

Re: GetYourBasketballOn.com: A Nike Viral Production to Pimp

Ryan_C — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:35:25 -0000

Aprrove

Re: German Soccer Player Wants To Play For U.S.? Pick Him Up!

Ryan_C — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:50:10 -0000

Seems like a chill bro.

Re: MLB Network’s Reality Show Sounds Swell

Ryan_C — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:54:11 -0000

Aprrove

Re: The NCAA, Twitter and you

BigA — Thu, 14 May 2009 08:49:11 -0000

As a follow up to what Ryan wrote, I have made contact with the IU compliance office and hope to provide more details on this soon.

But as a general rule, fans should avoid making contact with prospective recruits via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace or any other social networking site.

Re: The NCAA, Twitter and you

Ryan_C — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:57:56 -0000

Am I not allowed to follow Kyle Irving?

You are allowed to follow Irving.

How is an @reply dissimilar to a blog? Can I write on my blog “Please, please, please come to IU!”?

It's dissimilar because you are directing contacting the recruit saying that. Same goes for a social networking site. You are seen as a booster for the school influencing the recruits decision. You can't do that in the NCAA's eyes. If it's on a blog, you are most likely in the clear.

Even further, how is an @reply not allowed between fans and crean?

This is a good question. I'm not sure why this is. But it's the rule. Alex has an e-mail out to someone in the IU compliance office, so we hope to have an update on that. Remember, you can direct message him on Twitter, and there's a chance he'll respond.

Crean can't talk to fans now?

He can still talk to fans.

How is this different than giving an interview to ITH or the IDS, or saying Hello to someone as you pass them on a street?

ITH and IDS are media outlets; you can obviously still talk to someone on the street. For some reason, the NCAA has decided to extend some its guidelines on what coaches can or can not do in the electronic communications realm in regards to recruits to college fans as well. Not quite sure on why this is. But that's the rule. Again, we hope to have more info on this later.

Re: Phil Mickelson Needs A Better Stylist

Ryan_C — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:14 -0000

I like the white belt on Phil. In fact, I might go buy one and whip you with it.

Re: Courtney Paris Says She’ll ‘Make Good’ On Scholarship Promise

DavidMunk — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 23:23:28 -0000

One last update -

I didn't know this, but Courtney Paris's dad is William "Bubba" Paris, a 9 year NFL veteran and winner of 3 Super Bowls with the 49ers. So yeah, she can do it if her heart's set on it.

Re: Courtney Paris Says She’ll ‘Make Good’ On Scholarship Promise

Ryan_C — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:22:44 -0000

Yeah, I mean, of course she'll make enough money throughout her lifetime as a professional basketball player to pay it back. She could go to Russia and make that back in a year. Just ask Diana Turasi.

But, my point was this: She likely won't pay it back because we'll all forget about it soon enough, and it won't be an issue.

Of course, I could be dead wrong. Usually am.

Re: MLB Cracks Down On Awful Pants-Over-Cleats Look

Ryan_C — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:44:28 -0000

This has been updated. Thanks.

Re: MLB Cracks Down On Awful Pants-Over-Cleats Look

Ryan_C — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:15:06 -0000

Ah yes, I had forgotten to mention the ever-important "butts look cuter" component. There is no denying that.

Re: Yet Another Reason Why Iowa Is Awesome

An Ignorant Hoosier — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:41:44 -0000

I'll give you guys credit -- unlike many, at least you can admit a mistake. Keep up the good work (notwithstanding this particular post).

Re: Yet Another Reason Why Iowa Is Awesome

Ryan_C — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:35:37 -0000

Thanks for setting us straight.

Re: So, about the whole commenting thing …

Ryan_C — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:42:27 -0000

DID THIS WORK!?!!!???1111??!!!!!

Re: Barry Bonds Will Play Baseball When The Watchmen Movie Finally Gets — Erm, Bad Example

Ryan_C — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:50:38 -0000

I believe that is a waft of hair from a man or lady in front of him. But we can dream it to be whatever we like, really.

Re: Rain Man Theater: How Significantly Does A New Stadium Impact Attendance?

Ryan_C — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:46:34 -0000

This has been updated. Thanks, Samuel.

Re: Larry Hughes Gets His Wish: Bulls Deal Him To Knicks

Ryan_C — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:28:24 -0000

Best part of his Wiki:

"Is a regular customer at the McDonald's in Penn Station, which is located right below Madison Square Garden, where he is known as Mayor McCheese."

Re: Feb. 16, 2009: The day the Internet decided to bash Indiana for all the wrong reasons

Ryan_C — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 11:27:11 -0000

Noted, Dan. I probably shouldn't have been so dismissive of Marquette's program. But, Al McGuire led the team to prominence in the 70s.

Crean led them back there some 30 years later.

And sure, I'm not saying Crean isn't cutting corners here and there, because it's likely most every coach does. But, it's not as egregious as Sampson.

The difference is, he hasn't been caught. Between his graduation rate, never being slapped by the NCAA and the character of players he recruits, I'd say he's a bit better suited to lead a team at IU than Sampson.

Re: Mouthpeice Faux-Exclusive: Schram City, Illinois Submits Olympic Bid

Ryan_C — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:40:03 -0000

Schram City is to Taylor City as Springfield is to Shelbyville.

Re: Pat Forde brings IU’s attendance into perspective

Ryan_C — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:37:51 -0000

Ah, whoops. Thanks for letting me know. It's been added to the post.

Re: Crean and Dumes discuss the evil elbows

Ryan_C — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:36:03 -0000

Amen, blog brother.

Re: Hold Me Closer Lou Piniella: Elton John, Billy Joel Set To Play Wrigley Field This Summer

Ryan_C — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:31:31 -0000

You know, I was going to go for the Billy Joel alcoholic joke, but I eased up on the brakes.

Dude has suffered enough.