Writer’s note: This is the third installment of the statistical breakdown series. Here are links to the first Keith Wenning vs. Nate Davis and second, BSU Defense Tackles Misleading Stats, installments. Fans of MAC teams have known for a while that the Big Ten has been backpedaling and Big Ten fans are finally coming around [...]
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Remember the old adage that we seem to espouse here frequently that news in the offseason is rarely good? Yeah, it proved itself yet again as Travis Freeman and Kenny Lee were involved in an incident leading to the arrest of them both this past weekend at Dill Street Bar and Grill. BSU students are [...]
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The Ball State defense has been ripped in the media (what little media that covers the Cardinals) through backhanded compliments. Phrases like “The offense carried the team” are about as mean as you can get in terms of criticizing a defense full of college students. The statistics of Ball State gave up the most yards [...]
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Quarterback Ozzie Mann’s signing at Ball State appears logical as he played High School football minutes away from Scheumann Stadium. That does not mean it was a lock Ball State coaches would offer the Delta High School product a scholarship. When Coach Pete Lembo arrived after the 2010 season, he could have wiped the slate [...]
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I was at the signing day banquet Wednesday and recorded Coach Pete Lembo’s speech. Click on the link below to listen to his speech. I edited out the first three minutes as Lembo complimented his staff. We all know they worked hard. Lembo went into detail of the process his staff goes through when it [...]
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A year and a half ago, I was stuck in the same music history class (many hours I will never get back in my life) with Ball State defensive end Robert Eddins. Eddins would later sign with the Buffalo Bills. I was the only one in class who recognized him, which is shocking as he [...]
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The “Safety U” nickname I gave Ball State in my previous post is gaining more and more steam. Ball State safeties Sean Baker and Joshua Howard have or will soon participate in a college all-star game. Baker played Monday in the Casino Del Sol All-Star Game in Arizona. According to Doug Zaleski of the Muncie [...]
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If you weren’t lucky enough to be in attendance at the end of year banquet for BSU football, you probably haven’t seen the official highlight video released for the 2011 season. It was always a bit of a burr in my saddle that this sort of thing never saw the light of day at Ball [...]
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As we reference most every offseason, the news coming out of the Cardinals’ nest after the last game of the year slows to a snail’s pace. One of the unfortunate things of covering a smaller market team is that there is not the rabid following like the Alabamas and LSUs of the world to fawn [...]
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Writers note: Sometimes as a reporter, columnist, blogger or rascal, you catch a break. I am friends with Ball State safety Joshua Howard and he was able to inform me on his future plans this week. At a newspaper this would be a conflict of interest but at a blog it is fair game. As [...]
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