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Joshua Howard Shares his All-Star Experience

Ball State safety Joshua Howard had a fun week in sunny Southern California while the rest of us were sliding on the ice in Muncie. Howard shared his experience at Saturday’s NFLPA Collegiate Bowl with OTP. “This is one of the best football experiences in my life. It’s probably not better than my freshmen year [...]

Ball State Safeties Play in All-Star Games

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 [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Ball State Safety Joshua Howard Prepares for NFL Draft

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 [...]

Brandon Crawford, Good Story, Great Prospect

Any Ball State fan, or any football watcher who had the privilege of catching the Cardinals over the last couple years is familiar with Brandon Crawford. His story, of military service, being an older than normal student, and his path that led him to Muncie, Coach Hoke, and the Cardinals is one of those feel-good [...]

Darius Hill Update

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. [...]

Kentucky Players Drafted, Blue-White Game Action

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 [...]

Cardinals Rock the Draft

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 [...]

OTP’s Mock Mock Draft

In case you’ve been hiding under a rock lately or haven’t watched any ESPN programming over the last month, you may have missed all the Mock Drafts being bantered about on the Network, sports talk radio, and the web. Frankly, every Tom, Dick, and Harry have a mock draft out, including Todd McShay, who still [...]

Life on the Edge: The Wonderlic Explained

Most of you know Edge as the roving correspondent for our OTP Muncie bureau. He brings delight and joy to the masses with his Rock & Roll Report Cards after Ball State games which he decides to rock out at in person. In an effort to ensure your Awesome Quotient, or AQ as we like [...]

Edge’s Do’s and Don’ts for a Rockin’ Rookie Season

Roving OTP Reporter and our OTP Muncie Bureau Chief, Edge brings his rock and roll attitude to the college football world whenever he gets the inkling. Through the season you’ll find him grading the Cardinals in his weekly Rock and Roll Report Card, and checking in from time to time with his Life on the [...]

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