tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post2263173638479248531..comments2024-03-07T05:17:49.252-05:00Comments on Boiled Sports: Another Look at SundayJ Moneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09925161304409415806noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-73307504940381819892013-01-29T08:47:51.188-05:002013-01-29T08:47:51.188-05:00I again blame Morgan Burke and the Athletic Depart...I again blame Morgan Burke and the Athletic Department. They do ZERO effective advertising.<br /><br />This year was going to be a rebuilding year. Market it. Promote it as such. "Building a Legacy" or something cheesy like that with billboards, commercials, etc.<br /><br />The only thing we get is a plushy Pete.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08607335847577250019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-60029015380352657482013-01-28T14:47:35.789-05:002013-01-28T14:47:35.789-05:00Back in my first senior year (it was so much fun, ...Back in my first senior year (it was so much fun, I had two more), the vaunted Keady magic disappeared, and the Boilers failed to crack .500, both in conference play and overall. It wasn't anything like the previous season - you know, winning the Big Ten by 3 games, #1 seed - so I can understand the crowd being a bit thinner then.<br /><br />But Purdue still went 6-3 at home in conference play: their only losses were to teams that finished in the top four, including the eventual national champs, and the team in the top four they beat was also a Final Four team. <br /><br />If you have to miss a game in a down year, miss the Michigan game, or the Ohio game ... but be there for the rivalries, and be there for the games against non-elites. Those are the ones where you can have the most impact, where enough noise at the right time can lift the team once or twice and maybe flip a game. (People miss games, I get that. Hey, I only caught 13 of 16 volleyball matches this year.)<br /><br />Illinois was 17-1 going into that game in '89. Their only loss was at Minnesota a week earlier. The Boilers didn't win by much, but they did win ... and the Illini would drop only four more games the rest of the way, all to Big Ten teams. (They also whacked Purdue in Champaign, 102-75. Let us not speak of that game.)<br /><br />There were probably a lot of kids who didn't go to that game. I might not have gone. But I bet more than a few people who did go will always remember. <br /><br />Go. Make noise. Wait and see. You might get more than you bargained for. (I know this doesn't apply to most BS readers - you either are already going or can't go. It's just a rhetorical device. BOOM English minor'd.)zlionsfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02966540737106797756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-47026035168929529082013-01-28T13:08:19.334-05:002013-01-28T13:08:19.334-05:00Kills me to say this, but the Indiana fans at Ass....Kills me to say this, but the Indiana fans at Ass. Hall are actually showing very well. They stand quite a bit, and even the "older" folks are loud. Purdue's fans have got to make Mackey miserable for the Hoosiers. Wish I could make it up to the game. I'll be yelling at my TV, if that helps. chevys10https://www.blogger.com/profile/15551245038713841065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-60408692197407392022013-01-28T13:00:05.523-05:002013-01-28T13:00:05.523-05:00with the massive presence of JJ, smooge and Robbie...with the massive presence of JJ, smooge and Robbie, none of the upper classmen have ever had to be in a position of leadership, so it's only natural they'd have some growing pains this season while one or more of them learned to assume that role. I have the utmost confidence that TJ will be that guy by the end of this/start of next season. He's already shown flashes of it in stretches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-29675823763985495112013-01-28T12:49:44.629-05:002013-01-28T12:49:44.629-05:00The crowd situation is very disappointing. I'...The crowd situation is very disappointing. I'll be seeing red if I see red on Wednesday.BoilerWhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471282598601347245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-38567371189063367162013-01-28T11:04:00.293-05:002013-01-28T11:04:00.293-05:00That must be the problem!!That must be the problem!!boilerdowdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08356708955038289503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36696801.post-79891127377593010912013-01-28T11:02:32.568-05:002013-01-28T11:02:32.568-05:00"Last night with about four minutes left, I s..."Last night with about four minutes left, I said to my wife, as I always say, 'Hit your free throws, win the game.' Shortly after Purdue started missing FTs, as we've become accustomed to."<br /><br />Well then stop saying that.<br /><br />Ben Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02570592765548376336noreply@blogger.com