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Slow Horses

Stayed at the DoubleTree (I think it was?) near Centennial Park for a Saints/Falcons game. Was right across the park from the stadium and an easy walk. Perfectly safe, especially with all the people around for the game. We spent the night before the game in another part of town and just took an Uber straight back to the hotel.

Coop’s for sure in the Quarter

Great book, and I agree that the last sentence will stick with you.

Check out Larson’s “Devil in the White City.” Just finished it and found it even better.

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After recruiting class is signed and the portal is done. Kinda shady

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This was the worst kept secret ever, anybody who needed to know (and plenty that didn’t) knew he was gone. Don’t act like this isn’t standard operating procedure for college programs the past decade or so at least. I wish KDB had that SEC killer in him but I don’t think so.

That’s an incredibly young group. I’m sure the staff will be rotating and messing around with groups all season again and that will be fun and not frustrating at all.

You aren’t going to find a lot of “online” pundits or people looking for CFB street cred picking against the hipster team of the century in Indiana.

As for the rain, if it does mostly taper off to where it’s not raining much during the game but the field/ball is just wet that can actually help the WRs. They know where and when they are going but defenders have to react and that makes them more vulnerable to slipping than the offensive players. Both defenses play such heavy zone though that even that probably won’t matter too much. Now if it turns out that it’s pouring during the game then it just becomes a slop fest played in a phone booth and fluky fumbles could turn the game.

He’s always quick to mention that it’s not his fault. “Got to execute better” and in the same answer he said the “scheme is good.”

Indiana is extremely well-coached and solid in all three phases. I fully expect us to have a punt blocked in this game.

I think the “good matchup” commentary is from having expected most of the year that Ohio St would be the one seed. I don’t care about the Big 10 title game, I’m much more confident about playing IU than I would be against Ohio St.

We are going to win.

Also Indiana went all out to win that Big 10 championship game against a team that wasn’t all-in. I’m pretty confident Ohio St held some things back for the bigger prize and the next month will show that.