I can finally say I have met Pete Lembo and he at least knows I exist. I attended Lembo’s community forum at the E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center in beautiful Minnetrista Friday morning. It was awkward at first as I saw less than 10 people there on arrival. This was open to everyone in [...]
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The Cardinals were back at it Wednesday afternoon with their second of fifteen practices this spring. Coach Lembo… what did you have to say about numero dos? The second day of Spring Practice was met with another great weather day. How do you think the players responded to getting back in the routine of practice? [...]
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The MAC announced today that it had finalized the conference schedule, and thus, BSU’s schedule is now written in ink. From the BSU release… The Mid-American Conference has announced the 2012 football schedule, which will include an ESPN2 game at Toledo and a nationally televised game vs. Ohio for Ball State. The Cardinals will open [...]
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Once again it appears that BSU fans won’t have to kick over rocks in social media for spring practice information or wait to be trickled information from the mainstream media outlets that have apparently more important things to cover. Toward the end of the Parrish era and continuing into the Lembo era, the athletic department [...]
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Like most rabid college football fans, the time between the national championship game in January and the following season opener in September (or late August depending on the year) is quite the change of pace than the usual fall weekends of guzzling beer, grilling out, and yelling at 18-22 year olds through a plasma television [...]
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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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