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Rich Brooks’ SEC Teleconference

Another week, another Wednesday, another SEC Teleconference with Coach Rich Brooks. Today’s commentary: General Commentary: “We had a much needed win on the road last week. We’re going into a very difficult game this weekend [against ULM]. Like us, they lost their starting QB, but they’ve had extra preparation time. I’m not sure what we’re [...]

Weekend Carnage Report

This weekend was clearly the media’s dream sort of day. Two top 5 schools facing off in Florida-LSU, the return of Sam Bradford, the Michigan-Iowa game garnering national attention because of the early season upsets provided by both. Has has been the case the last three weekends, both our Ball State Cardinals and the Kentucky [...]

Unscientific Preview: Alabama

Kentucky vs. Alabama Gametime: 12:21 (Palindrome! BOOYAH!) Location: Lexington, KY Television: ESPN360.com, many of the local markets I know it’s been a while since we’ve rocked out an Unscientific Preview. Frankly, I’m surprised that the football team, the fanbase, and the SEC even carried on without. Blame it on the fact that the first few [...]

Rich Brooks & the SEC Teleconference

Coach Brooks’ comments on this week’s edition of the SEC Teleconference: “Coming off of a pretty bad loss last weekend. We have a lot of work to do. Alabama is as good as Florida. We just have a lot of work to do. Offensively we weren’t able to generate any against Florida and Alabama’s defense [...]

Weekend Carnage Report

Better late than never, certainly, and the lack of which is making me reconsider heading to a distant road game in the future. On one hand, we have the delayed posting, the inability to get stuff done while traveling, etc. On the other, it’s southern barbecue, southern beauties, and maybe some of the nicest people [...]

Counter Intelligence: Auburn

From time to time, OTP likes to touch base with bloggers who know our opponents best. Today’s guest is Jerry at the War Eagle Reader, your one stop shop for anything Auburn related. While the game itself may be hard to watch, at least Jerry wasn’t a miserable prick about it. Kudos. We exchanged questions [...]

The Weekend ‘O’ Doom Looms

Come Saturday evening, within an hour of each other, both of our teams will kick off games that will speak volumes about what’s in store for this season, these programs, and the future of the Ball State Cardinals and the Kentucky Wildcats. For the Cats, it’s a battle that not many are giving UK much [...]

Separated at Birth: Auburn

Everyone at one point or another gets a “You look just like….” comparison. Today, OTP revitalizes a message board tradition with the OTP Separated at Birth, this time for the Auburn Tigers. K Chandler Brooks and Daniel Radcliffe, who apparently stars in a movie of some sort. Weird. K Wes Byrum and Stephen Baldwin, you [...]

Oddities Needed for a Wildcat Win

Ask any true Kentucky fan and they will tell you that it isn’t just losing to teams in football that is frustrating. It is the way those losses happen. In usually epic tragic fashion, the football God (Footballor) rears his head out just long enough to screw with the minds and hearts of thousands of [...]

Better Know… Auburn!

As if Ball State fans needed any more information about their next opponent, it’s time for us to take a look at the Auburn Tigers. Team: Auburn Head Coach: Gene Chizik Record: 3-0 (1-0 SEC) Series: 2-0, Auburn Last Meeting: 2005, a 63-3 Auburn win Auburn Odds and Ends . . . Auburn is 3-0 [...]

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