The Ball State Daily News reports this morning that the financial numbers are in for the football team’s season ending trip to Mobile, AL and the GMAC Bowl. Their headline, laughable at best, “$142,000 Could Pay for a Lot of Things” gives the sort of impression that the money was not well spent, or that [...]
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This Just In! Kellen Lewis, efficient scrambling quarterback and soon-to-be receiver, has been dismissed from IU’s football team. Reports are stating that he has been dismissed for undisclosed reasons, but my sources are telling me it’s for a failed drug test. A school record holder in completions and passes, this is no doubt a huge [...]
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It’s that time, once again, for happy fun mail time here at OTP. Get your queries, questions, and conundrums in about the Cardinals, the Wildcats, sports, or life in general. Because really, it’s cheaper than therapy, more entertaining, and Edge and RV like to help people. Drop your questions, serious and otherwise for Thursday’s mailbag [...]
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Former Ball State punter Reggie Hodges has been released as of this morning by the New York Jets. Interesting for not only the fact that Hodges was a Cardinal alum and an NFL journeyman since the NFL Draft in 2005, but also for the recent news that he had “negotiated” with new Jets draftee Mark [...]
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If you watched any coverage at all of the NFL Draft this past weekend you noticed a fairly angry little man lobbing barbs in any and all directions. Mel Kiper, Al Davis, anyone who disagreed, all suffered the same sort of dead eyed pithily crafted come-uppance that Todd McShay delivers like no one else (read: [...]
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As any NFL fan, college football fan, or even gamer in general will tell you, the summer release of Madden NFL Football is like Christmas in late summer. As evidenced by the exorbitantly high call-out sick rate the day after release, the game is eagerly anticipated the world over. This year’s game looks to be [...]
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We, along with numerous mainstream media outlets, reported on Monday that former Cardinal Tight End Darius Hill was headed to the Giants. That report, as it turns out, is kind of false, and the many layers of Hill’s potential journey to the NFL was reported by Muncie Star Press Ball State beat writer Doug Zaleski. [...]
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A big weekend in Wildcat football saw a player transition from Saturday to Sunday, as Myron Pryor went to the New England Patriots with their 6th Round selection. Pryor, one of dozens of SEC players to hear their name called in Radio City Music Hall, was the only University of Kentucky player to get the [...]
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Former Cardinals Dan Gerberry and Andre Ramsey, two gigantic reasons the Cardinals were successful on the offensive side of the football this past year, were picked up Monday morning in undrafted free agent deals with the Detroit Lions and Seattle Seahawks, respectively. Gerberry and Ramsey mark the third and fourth players from last year’s 12-2 [...]
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For any who may have missed it this weekend, Ball State represented the MAC and the Cardinals by sending two players to professional rosters. One higher than expected, one lower than expected, but still a successful day for the program, the players, and the fans of the Cards. Get ‘em while they’re hot… Offensive tackle [...]
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