Posted on March 31, 2009 by Alan
With the fall date at West Point looming for the Ball State Cardinals it’s never to early to look at the impact players on Army’s roster. Enter one Ali Villanueva, a former offensive linemen converted to wideout who is 6′ 10″. According to Army, Ali runs a 4.8 and weighs 286. Jared Lorenzen scoffs at [...]
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by Alan
When Al Gore invented this place, I’m sure he had no idea about the sheer amount of wondrous things to find. Mixed amongst the social networking, news sites, and free porn, pops up the latest way to collectively cyber stalk or offer an opinion… Twitter. Twitter has been all the rage recently, as NBA players [...]
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Posted on March 30, 2009 by Alan
Granted, we are still months away from football season, but the fall will be here sooner than you know it. With that comes the return of the Cardinals and Wildcats to the football field. First we take a look at the Fighting Cardinals of Ball State… Sept. 3 vs. North TexasSept. 12 vs. New HampshireSept. [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2009 by Alan
Somewhere in the midst of watching the curtain close on the Billy Gillispie basketball era at the University of Kentucky, some sad news broke out of Muncie today that the local icon known as “Bubba”, the friendly Muncie Liquors employee who made the trip to the liquor store an enjoyable one, passed away. The story [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2009 by Alan
It’s not a secret that Indiana University’s football team isn’t what some would consider “competitive” in the Big Ten. Empirical evidence of this was last season’s heaping helping of failure the Hoosiers lumped on their collective plates en route to a 1-7 finish in the conference and a 3-9 record overall, a season that included [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2009 by Alan
Word has broken, and OTP sources have confirmed that former Michigan player and Indiana native Artis Chambers has become the latest Wolverine to find a new home, this time at Ball State University. Chambers, he of former All-State fame at Fort Wayne Snider High School, returns to the Hoosier State and the Cardinals after leaving [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2009 by Alan
My, my, my… the times they are a–changin’. Take a stroll with me down memory lane, Cardinals fans. It was December 1 of 2008. The Cardinals were preparing for an upstart Buffalo team that most thought was simply a speed bump on the road to undefeated. People were still a little surly over BSU’s refusal [...]
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Posted on March 23, 2009 by Alan
Go Lady Cards! Ok, that’s enough women’s basketball for now. Edge and I have been talking and we’re going to try our hands at an OTP Online Dynasty of NCAA ’09 (360 only). Since we can’t all be Ball State, I’m proposing a completely different conference with equally shitty teams. Edge and I have decided [...]
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Posted on March 23, 2009 by Alan
The above lead in was on ESPN.com last night, celebrating the mega-upset of the Tennessee Volunteers by the Ball State women’s basketball team last night in Bowling Green, KY. The Cardinals knocked off the Vols 71-55 behind Porchia Green’s 23 points. It was BSU’s first trip to the NCAA Tournament and Tennessee’s first ever loss [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2009 by Alan
As the Cardinals begin the arduous task that is preparing for their 2009 season through countless drills, practices, scrimmages, etc. that will culminate in the Spring Game on April 11, the fans are left seeking answers to numerous questions. First and foremost, is who will step up for the Cardinals as viable replacements. On both [...]
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