In just two days, our Boilers face off against our theoretical rival, Indiana. And don't you just wish we played them twice this season and MSU just once? I sure do.As the imagery associated with this posts shows, my line of thinking is that we need to be the Cobra Kai this weekend. No fricking mercy. Because it's not just about a Big Ten win (though that IS critical). This game is the only matchup between the two this season. IU is going to get better before long -- we all know this. And IU has nearly always gotten the better of the Boilermakers when it comes to recruiting. So what if you're a potential recruit, a kid from Indiana, who is watching these two teams? And you see the Boilermakers blow out the hapless Hoosiers in a raucous Mackey.... I would think that could have an impact on a young lad.
That said, I will admit I'm genuinely concerned about this game. Boilerdowd has told me I'm crazy to be worried, simply because IU is just that bad. And I understand that. But they've got little to lose and everything to gain... and we have a LOT to lose. I don't expect the Boilers to come out tight, but they've been slow-starters for two seasons now, and a slow start against a bad team is the one recipe for disaster. Allowing IU to hang around would be terrible, even if the Boilers pull out the win.
So going back to the Cobra Kai, we do indeed need to strike first, strike hard and show no mercy. IU got some wins over the sad Boilermakers teams in Keady's final years and Painter's first one. It's time to rub the salt right back in. And I don't care how bad IU is -- it will feel great, and I'd love to see a 30 point win. As 'dowd pointed out to me, Painter won't do that -- he will not rub it in. And that's a good thing. But I don't think 20-25 point wins are rubbing it in.
Let's show we're that much better. Let's show we really are a top 15 team. Let's demonstrate that the Purdue program is in that much better shape than the Indiana program. Let there be no doubt.
Sweep the leg.
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We have been cheated out of two wins (one last year, one this year) that should be on our side in the all-time series.
Scheduling is scheduling, what can we do? We can write the Big Ten and our schools stating we would like to see a round-robin format for conference games in football and basketball. I would much rather see that instead of a twelfth university added simply because it would reflect a truer conference championship. Screw divisions and conference championship games.
Here's a little precursor to Saturday's game: http://www.boilersports.com/
Which one of you guys made this?
www.boilersports.com
In all seriousness, there's nothing to worry about. IU is that bad.
Saw Tom Crean speak at an alumni luncheon last Thursday. While I think many are giving him the benefit of the doubt, I'm still not completely sold (just about 90%).
First is how awful this team is at turning the ball over. Second being free throws. I know Crean isn't out there shooting and dribbling, but I think that reflects coaching.
Second, I'm sick of IU "fans" (like the one on boilersports) acting as if our young players are helpless fawns in the woods. Get a grip. Pritch was heavily recruited by Michigan State, and Nick Williams was the player of the year in Alabama. Growing pains time is over. Freshman step up all over the country.
That said, the one reason I do believe in Crean is that he shares my frustration. He made zero excuses, and in fact blamed the turnovers, deer in headlights look, FTs, etc on himself at this luncheon and vowed that things would have to be better in the future. From that standpoint, I'm glad he's not using this year as a crutch and a get out of free jail card.
All in all, I think Crean will get us to where we need to be but the lack of progress is a little frustrating.
FWIW, I wouldn't touch this line unless it was below above 28 points. It's going to be that ugly.
I'm not going to suggest that Purdue won't beat my Hoosiers up and down the floor, which they will. However, don't you see the irony in hoping that the Boilers perform like the Cobra Kai, the villainous punks who eventually lose to the short, scrawny pupil of Mr. Miyagi? That's kind of like hoping to channel the spirit of the 2008 Super Bowl Patriots. I'm not saying the Hoosiers will shock Purdue. I'm just sayin'.
How could you not make a "Put him in a body bag, Johnny! YEAH!!!" reference? That's the best line in the whole damn movie
Cobra Kai LOST, Mr. Man. WTF?!?!
Yes we need to win and blow this IU team up. We also, however, need Nemmy to stop being a jackhole with the ball above the arc and we need to get our bench playing a level higher going into the post season. My biggest beef with Painter this season has been those things.
If I were "Matty" I'd have Nemmy doing something unnatural to make him break the 3pt habit. Running wind sprints for 15 minutes for each missed 3 would be a start. Making him prostitute himself in Lafayette for missing four 3pt shots or more. Something, anything, to get it through his eastern European cranium that he should be a POST player.
Secondly we need Green, Reid and Buckets rotating into the game more regularly. We'll need them in the postseason, dammit. Secondly why the hell aren't any of the other freshmen getting time? Smith and Hart need some experience.
That Boilersports.com is the funniest thing I have seen!! I'm still laughing, the ND football thing made me cry I was laughing so hard. Who made this, thats great!
We didn't make it...but love the football segment especially.
Cobra Kai lost because they didn't think losing was a possibility. I don't think that's the case for a Painter-coached team. Over-confidence doesn't seem to be a problem for his teams.
J and I disagree on a lot about the IU game. I'm not worried about it because of my exposure to IU here in Indiana...I also think it's a good idea to call off the dogs once you get a 20+ point lead late in the second half. It's not mercy, it's class...and things are cyclical. Our Boilers were in IU's lousy situation just four years ago...and no one on IU's coaching staff was there.
All that said, I hope it's a methodical shellacking.
Class is fine and I don't disagree that we should show it IF we're blowing them out (let's not assume we will -- that's dangerous)... BUT, beating lousy IU by 15 looks like... meh. Beating them by 30 helps with rankings, votes, etc., which ultimately helps with seeding.
Don't like Cobra Kai. Relating Purdue to the evil forces of Cobra Kai, King Kobra, Cobra (ala GI Joe), Black Mamba, or any other snake form of evilness is not right. We are the good guys - we wear black! Wait a second...
And if we don't put them in a body bag, it will bring great shame on our dojo.
說起這位明英宗朱祁鎮 真是好有一比:在北京高峰時酒店經紀段開車:生不完的氣。
先說年號問題，明朝皇帝在位時間再長， 酒店兼差年號也只有一個，惟獨他特殊，在位總共不過十五年，年號卻有兩個，前一個叫正統，後一個叫天順。倒不是因為他非要搞特權，兩個年號之間， 禮服店是由一大堆可氣的事串起來的。
先說正統朝，差不多是地球酒店打工人都知道的，這麼多的忠良幹才他不信任，偏寵信一個教書先生出身的太監王振， 一幹閹党把國家禍害得烏煙瘴氣。後來瓦剌犯邊，忠臣良將的苦勸不聽，偏聽死太監攛掇，非要御駕親徵， 合法酒店經紀帶著幾十萬人牛氣哄哄出了長城，按說既然親徵你就好好 打啊，他不，走到半道又後悔了，連敵人影 酒店工作都沒見著就撤兵，撤兵麼撤得快點啊，跑還沒跑成，讓人家圍在土木堡包了餃子，稀裏糊塗一場 酒店上班混戰，幾十萬大軍全死 光，連本人也當了俘虜。丟人到如此，實在可氣。
英宗被抓到蒙古高原上去啃生羊肉了， 酒店兼職爛賬總要有人收拾。皇帝讓人綁了，敵人打到家門口了，總不成學宋朝 來個衣冠南渡吧！還好喝酒 有他親弟弟給他收拾，弟弟朱祁鈺繼承帝位，改年號為景泰，可氣的正統朝總算結束了。景泰帝信用 酒店PT良臣于謙，成功組織北京保衛戰打垮敵 人，再運用外交壓力，逼得酒店喝酒 瓦剌把英宗放回來當太上皇，總算不用學宋徽宗那樣客死他鄉。折騰半天，祖宗江山差點丟了不說 禮服酒店，皇位也折騰沒了。這樣的鬧劇，怪不 得別人。
雖是傻事敗事一籮筐，但傻人總算有傻福，雖說皇位沒了， 台北酒店經紀
命還是保住了，回來舒舒服服過太上皇的日子倒也 不交際應酬 錯，可他不消停，拉幫結派培植私人勢力，幾年後趁著弟弟病重搞了場“奪門之變”。奪粉味 回了皇位不說，上臺第一件事就是殺掉了功臣于謙。並把當初北京保衛戰 的功臣們來了個大清洗，掌握朝政大權的都是徐有貞、石亨、曹吉祥等一幫姦險小人。雖然過了沒幾年，這幾個人也被明英宗清算，下獄的下獄（石亨），充軍的充 軍（徐有貞） 寒假打工，被殺的被殺（曹吉祥），可明朝的政治氣象，還是一片烏煙瘴氣。
皇位奪回來了，自然就要改年號。於是，明英宗 兼差改年號為天順。從正統年到天順年，打敗仗，殺忠良，寵小人，亂國家，儘是他辦的敗事，每每讀史到此，不知有多少人氣得直哆嗦。
可正統朝的事畢竟年頭遠了，真正給後 暑假打工世攢下麻煩的，是天順朝。
“天順”麼，按字面意思，自然有風調雨順的意思。 打工從這個意義上說，“天順”朝時代的明朝，運氣還真不 壞，別的且不說，單說綁過明英宗票的瓦剌，那在土木堡創下擊敗明朝幾十萬大軍，活捉明朝皇帝偉業的瓦剌首領也先，沒死在大對頭明朝手裏，倒在內戰中被一刀 砍死。到了天順朝時期，瓦剌又和鄰居韃靼打個不停，因此，雖然少了良將於謙，但終天順一朝的邊 酒店境形勢，還算是太平無事。
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