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Hoping to have at least a nice of day as yesterday but with a 50% chance of showers this afternoon, it might not happen.

Oh well, at least it’s in the high 50’s.  Maybe spring is coming early.  Take that groundhog!

Don’t forget Sports Talk with Joe Smith tonight from Yogi’s at 6 pm.  Fred Glass stops by for a look behind the scenes and Joe is also joined by IU wrestlers Angel Escobedo and Nate Everhart as they prepare for the NCAA championships.

Keith rode shotgun today so we had plenty to do.

Help on the way for local school corporations?

Wasn’t great, wasn’t terrible, but it seemed to be popular.

Sometimes we tune in just to see if they swing and miss.  Yep, they did…

Colts heading in a different direction up front

Brad Wisler, City Councilman joined us as well to talk city issues and tomorrow night’s City Council agenda.

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Marvelous start to a Monday with a Dense Fog Advisory.

Thankfully, that’s gone and it’s on to the high 50’s this afternoon under plenty of sunshine.

I might even go outside today!

Happy Birthday to my brother, Brian, who turns 32 today.

Where does the time go?

Anyhow, a lite morning today, dominated by the Oscars last night.

And down the stretch they come?

Ladies first for a first time in Hollywood

Hard not to like her.  Maybe I should see this movie.

Coaching change at IU before the end of the basketball season.  Let the conspiracy theories begin!

Sad news out of Turkey as an earthquake shakes that area.  Seems like quite a few in a short period of time…

Joe Smith makes his usual Monday morning visit.  We talk IU hoops in the first part and then it’s on to Bloomington South in part two.

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Glass Houses

It has becoming increasingly difficult to write and talk about Indiana basketball as the season has worn on in 2010.

February was an 0 fer.

March has started the same way as the Hoosiers got off to another choppy start and were dismantled by Purdue, 74-55 in West Lafayette.

Layups, transition layups, layups off in bounds passes and turnovers were the downfall again.

11 straight losses overall.  I really don’t care now where that ranks all time.  I doubt anyone cares.

Now, Indiana has to beat Northwestern and hope Purdue beats Penn State on the road to avoid finishing last in the conference.

Again.

That’s reality.

That’s tough.

There’s no way around that.  Bill Parcells summed it up: “You are what your record is.”

Something has to change.

Wait ‘Til Next Year

Indiana will get better next season through subtraction.

Confused?

Not me.

Every year, teams are faced with attrition.  Some guys can’t wait to leave.  Some guys see the writing on the wall.  Some guys find out the cruel reality that they might not be able to play and contribute at this level.  Some guys simply have used up their eligibility.

This spring, Indiana will see Dumes, Jobe, Finkelmeier and Gambles leave the program.

If you believe the rumblings, rumor mills and message boards, more could follow.

Is this a bad thing?

How can it be?

Why would you want guys who don’t want to be here and sacrifice to make Indiana a winner again?

Sure, it would have been nice to have Williams and Story and their experience this year, but if they didn’t want to be here, so be it.  Adios.

Short term loss for long term gain.

You can’t get the program back with half of the guys on the bus and the other half not quite sure.

You can’t get the program back on track with 1o guys on the bus and two guys not quite sure.

Scholarships are one year rolling contracts, not four year guaranteed contracts like most people assume.

Not all of your recruits, last year, next year, the year after, etc., are guaranteed to work out.

Why keep people around who are hurting the program instead of helping it by not doing whatever it is the coaches need them to do?

Senior Night

We all have been waiting for that game from the Hoosiers where they break out and play some basketball like they did in January.  Or like they did against Pitt.  You get the point.

Why should I believe it should be Saturday?

The usually emotionally charged senior night still has tickets for sale on the website.

The usually emotionally charged senior night has three of the four seniors who have been here two years or less.

That’s reality.

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Sunshine two days in a row with a chance for three on Saturday!

Break out the tanning lotion, take down your Xmas lights, give your car a wash, Spring is on the way!

At least until it rains on Sunday.

Whatever, enjoy this today.   Skip work, hit some golf balls, walk the B-Line trail, get out of the office!

Interesting to see how what they’ve found.  Will have to wait until next week.

Real heroes, right in here in Bloomington

Another blow to Indiana on the education front

Pretty soon, he’ll be making radio talk show host money

The model of efficiency.  Glad they fit this into their busy schedule.  How’d they get Jerraud Powers?

Getting ready for the Oscars.  Do you have your bracket filled out yet?

Spoke to Jeff Baldwin, the director of the Boys and Girls Clubs here in Monroe County. this morning.  Plenty of stuff going on at the club.  For more information, please call 332-5311.

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In the Zone

Sorry about getting this up late.

Dave and Glass wonder if Indiana could pull the upset against the Boilers on Wednesday night.

Big Ten basketball was also on the docket.

Unfortunately with the 6:30 start time, the boys had a chance to watch the first ten minutes during the show.

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Busy morning this morning with Sue Wanzer and Joe Smith joining us on the air waves.

There is this large star that is heating up our Solar System this morning.  Almost giving off heat.  Very strange.

If you are familiar with this phenomenon, please let me know.

Oh, and no clouds today or tomorrow.

Let’s get the heavy news out of the way first:  Yes, he’ll be fine.

You think you are having a trying 2010?

No lobbying means no lobbying.

What’s the big deal?  It wasn’t like he was up there by himself.

Or glad the kids weren’t in the tower the day this man became famous.  Enjoy retirement Sully!

Sorry Grant, your time has come and gone.  I would argue that Hamilton should go first.

Joe Smith on the Boilers, Lady Hoosiers and High School in parts one and two

Sue Wanzer joins us in part three

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Glass Houses
Two more to go.

Tonight in West Lafayette and Saturday lunch time versus Northwestern.

I mentioned the last time that the Hoosiers and Boilers got together that maybe the Boilermaker fans should do a little homework and learn their history a bit better before acting Billy Big Time.  Sure, having a great season, enjoying it, rivalry game, I get it.  I just nicely asked for some perspective before shooting off at the mouth.  Some did, I would guess, but most didn’t judging from the reactions I heard that evening as the black and gold barely snuck by a below average Indiana team.

Now?

Unlucky, Purdue Pete.

Wouldn’t vote for Karma would we?

Nobody likes to see a kid get hurt. Not even IU fans when it’s a Purdue kid.

Ask Indiana fans with Alan Henderson.

Ask Northwestern fans this year with Kevin Coble.

Ask Cincinnati fans, who cried when they didn’t get a number one seed in the NCAA tourney after Kenyon Martin went down (they lost as a two seed in round two).

Just don’t ask Indiana fans for “help” you tonight at Mackey tonight so you can have a piece of the Big Ten Championship.

You had your chance and you screwed it up.

The only thing about this season that I wouldn’t like to forget would be the Hoosiers beating the Boilers tonight and knocking them out of the race.

Remember, Indiana is playing their bowl game, cup final, whatever you want to call it tonight.

Good luck, black and gold.

If you have any left.

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Saw some sunshine yesterday, so that was nice.  Today, clouds in and out again with high’s in the upper 30’s.

“They” seem to think that there will be sunshine tomorrow and Friday.

I’ll go first…

Maybe when the internet show up down there, they won’t think this is such a big deal.

Well, that’s why you bought the tickets in the first place.

We’ll stay across the pond for this one as well.  Go spend it instead of making it, Paul!

Er, they weren’t SUGGESTING that U-Turns were illegal.  There is a reason…

County Councilwoman Marty Hawk dropped by for her Wednesday visit.  Keep your ears open people.

Take a listen below

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Another day, another day of clouds and temperatures in the 30’s.  Hopefully, we see some sunshine at some point this year.

Keith was back today and he helped me talk to City Councilman Tim Mayer among other things.

March is Colo-rectal Cancer Awareness month.  For those of you over 50, get it checked.

Great news for Purdue fans.

I’m being followed by a bad rumor, bad rumor, bad rumor.

Waste of time and resources.  C’mon, Scotland.

As if they industrial size packaging didn’t give us a clue to this…

City Councilman Tim Mayer dropped by to give us his thoughts on the State of the City speech from last week and to discuss tomorrow night’s agenda for the City Council.

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At least February is over but March is not exactly shooting out of the gate.

Temperatures are in the high 30’s, about ten degrees below normal.

At least it’s sunny.  Oh, wait…

Made for a great napping day and I took advantage of the conditions to catch up.

And we’re off

My mom always said “Rabbit, Rabbit” on the first day of the year.  Thankfully, Mary, a listener, knew what this meant and helped us get through the morning.

Marine laid to rest in Brown County.

Wonder how the chimp learned to do all of this?  Is PETA on vacation?

Gold Medals?  Silver Medals?  Who cares!  Everyone is a winner!

Glad to see he ran out of ideas in Fort Wayne.  No place for people like this in society, sorry.

Joe Smith popped in as per usual on Mondays to wrap up the weekend of basketball and preview the Boys sectional that starts Tuesday.

Take a listen below.