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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Ed. Note – From time to time, OTP publishes something outside the normal scope of things around these parts. Today’s particular piece comes to us courtesy of Nathan Pace, BSU student, and is quite the interesting look at finances and money when it comes to college football. It’s been a common refrain from fans and [...]
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Saturday at 7pm at Scheumann Stadium the Ball State Cardinals will attempt to push their record to 2-0, continue the momentum before their consecutive Big 10 opponents, and avoid an FCS loss which we all endured last season. BSU fans saw a tale of two teams last week against Southeast Missouri State, but when the [...]
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People come to OTP for all sorts of reasons. Some for humor, some for football knowledge, others to learn about the Cards and their opponent, others still because RedTube is blocked at work. Different strokes for different folks. Today, OTP shoulders the burden to educate you a bit on Liberty University, the Cardinals’ opponent on [...]
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In an effort to educate, preview, and most importantly, make fun of, the upcoming teams which dare play the Cardinals, OTP is proud to present the Know a ’10 Opponent series. Like we always caution, previewing and attempting to quantify the unquantifiable, especially two months away from the season is basically begging for failure, but we’ll [...]
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In an effort to educate, preview, and most importantly, make fun of, the upcoming teams which dare play the Cardinals, OTP is proud to present the Know a ’10 Opponent series. Like we always caution, previewing and attempting to quantify the unquantifiable, especially two months away from the season is basically begging for failure, but we’ll [...]
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Remember Northeastern? You know… the first win of the magical 2008 season that started it all out? I hope you got pictures of it, because that’s the last time Northeastern will be venturing from Boston to Muncie. In fact, Northeastern won’t be venturing anywhere anymore, because as of today their football program is no more. [...]
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Not going to lie, did not expect to be writing this post this morning. I had a nice Sunday post ready to rock. It was a great concept for a column and a post about how all the Ball State fans that overreacted after the North Texas game were out of their minds. It was [...]
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Ball State vs. New Hampshire Location: Scheumann Stadium, Muncie, IN Time: 7:00pm Television: Online streaming via BallStateSports.com What a difference a week makes for Cardinal fans. 6 days ago, people were brimming with excitement, ready for the season, ready to stomp ass and take names. Then came the Mean Green and Cardinal Nation was fractured [...]
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According to the University of New Hampshire’s official athletics website, UNH president Mark W. Huddleston and Towson president Robert Caret have wagered a feast from the sea for the winner – lobster or blue crab – and titled it the Crustacean KickOff Bet. Since we at OTP (both Alan and Edge) are big fans of [...]
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