Where I Come From: expectations for 2010.
by John M (The Crimson Quarry) on Jul 12, 2010 5:45 PM EDT
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PrintIn a typical IU football season, the optimism of July gives way to the reality of October and November. Still, writing from the happy perspective of day, what do I expect?
- I expect a 4-0 non-conference record. IU plays Towson (FCS); Western Kentucky (Sun Belt); Akron (MAC); and Arkansas State (Sun Belt). A 4-0 record in this games guarantees nothing. Anything worse than 4-0 is a bad, bad, sign.
Well, that's it. What are your expectations for 2010?
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I expect to freak out my fiancee
late in games, as I carve inch-deep grooves into the arms of his sofa with my fear-grip as the Hoosiers struggle to maintain leads and hopes of wins late in games.
I predict that I will yell myself hoarse cursing Lynch’s name for continuing to call that damn first-down draw play as we have done on just about every first down in every game since 2005.
I predict that the number of blissful moments (wins, beautiful plays, unlikely outcomes in our favor) will be either balanced or outweighed by stupid mistakes, foul line play on both sides of the ball, and baffling coaching decisions.
I predict all of these things because they have been par for the course for the last two years and more. I just hope at the end of it, the record says 7-5 or better. Hope. We haz it.
by LoneStarHoosier on Jul 12, 2010 7:06 PM EDT reply actions
I'll curse them both, thanks.
We were running that draw play before Matt Canada was running the offense, and the fact that we have continued to do so seems to reflect sanction from the head coach. If that continues, I will be pissed, but not surprised.
I love this team, but damn, they make me crazy.
by LoneStarHoosier on Jul 13, 2010 5:08 PM EDT up reply actions
I expect a winning season
IU has, for many years, led the Big Ten in moral victories. Given the black hole that was the 2008 season, I did not have much in the way of expectations last year. I thought last year’s team, while frustrating, was also a big step forward that gave me some hope for Lynch and the program. But I think that the only way to properly assess this team is in the simple, objective measure of wins and losses. If they can’t win more than they lose, then the progress over the last year and a half really does not mean much, does it?
Also, I expect Mitchell Evans to make an impact on defense. I’ll miss him on offense, but think that this is a good move.
by hoosierdaddynow on Jul 13, 2010 7:07 AM EDT reply actions
I expect failure. On all fronts.
And I expect not to care, because basketball season is none too far away.
What is both surprising and delightful is that spectators are allowed, and even expected, to join in the vocal part of the game.... There is no reason why the field should not try to put the batsman off his stroke at the critical moment by neatly timed disparagements of his wife's fidelity and his mother's respectability. ~George Bernard Shaw
So what do you expect from basketball season this year
That’s the question. Winning season? (Please, God) some respectability? Less of Jeremiah Rivers (again: Please, God)?
by hoosierdaddynow on Jul 13, 2010 5:05 PM EDT up reply actions
