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Moving Day...
July 13, 2009 by
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Life... it's absolutely full of transitions. From one to the next, this life is in perpetual motion from one stopping point to the next. And for OTP, it's time we take that leap to a different sort of interface, and a different sort of experience for you... the reader.Blogger...
South Carolina Following in Kiffin's Footsteps
July 07, 2009 by
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There is a major, major, seismic, major announcement coming from OTP in the next week. That is the reason for the somewhat odd post scheduling and lack of any real substantive information. Well... that and the fact that it's July and there's virtually nothing of note in the...
Every Poll's Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning's End
July 01, 2009 by
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The first Poll of the Week here at OTP is in the books, and the populace has spoken regarding the wins for the Ball State Cardinals next season. Our results were highly unscientific as well as exceptionally pessimistic, so I hope beyond hope that these are way undershooting the victory...
An Interview with Zane Fakes
July 01, 2009 by
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OverThePylon has been fortunate this offseason to sit down with some of the best and brightest new recruits for the Cardinals. And frankly, with recruits like these in the earliest of stages of their Cardinal career, the future looks excessively bright for the Cardinal and White.Today...
An Interview With Kitt O'Brien
June 30, 2009 by
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OTP is fortunate to continue our interview series with new recruits for the Cardinal and White with today's guest... Kitt O'Brien. Kitt comes to Muncie after a ridiculously successful career at Lewis-Cass high school in Walton, IN. The 6-6 300lb. guard was totally dominant...
Virtual Commonwealth Stadium
June 29, 2009 by
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Like virtual Scheumann Stadium we talked about earlier, EA Sports' newest version of NCAA Football's take on Commonwealth Stadium has hit the interwebs. The curious thing about this particular photo shows a visiting section decked out in red. This must mean Alabama is there...
Virtual Scheumann Stadium
June 29, 2009 by
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For anyone like me who's anxiously awaiting the release of NCAA 2010 on July 14th, this comes as yet another dose of awesome to sort of get you through the shakes until it hits the shelves. Virtual Scheumann Stadium. No word yet on what virtual Charlie looks like, whether or not...
BSU Marketing Caught Napping
June 26, 2009 by
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Well, the word around the Muncie Campfire is that Ball State Football will once again sport the "Game On" slogan this year. So while we earlier lauded Coach Eck for his proactive approach to embrace technology, the ol' sports marketing department has sputtered and come...
Offseason Roundtable #13
June 26, 2009 by
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In an effort to not only increase our chatter about the Cards, but to also increase some reader participation, Edge, RV, and Alan will be doing these roundtables every week. Love the answers? Want to post your own thoughts? Of course you do. And you can do so in the Comments section...
Enough Financial Data to Make Your Head Spin
June 25, 2009 by
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OTP's co-editor, RV, stumbled across this website when surfing the interwebs for whatever he normally looks at and realized the virtual gold mine he had just uncovered. Provided by that site are the operating expenses, revenues, etc. for almost every team under the sun as they...
BSU Releases Portion of Scheduled Game Times
June 25, 2009 by
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Ball State has announced its football game times for the 2009 season, and the Cardinals will have six games televised on the ESPN family of networks. Below is the complete 2009 football schedule with game times which have been announced.Sept.3 (Thurs.) NORTH TEXAS (7:30) - ESPNUCARDINAL...
Welcome to Twitter, Coach Eck
June 25, 2009 by
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The Ball State Daily News is reporting o-line coach Jason Eck has joined six other MAC coaches on the Twitter. You can check out his page here.Although it's been around since 2006, Twitter has lately become one of the top go-to social networking tools available. I finally submitted...
The MAC on National Television in the Fall
June 24, 2009 by
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The MAC has released it's nationally televised games for the fall football season. Fire up those TIVO's...Thursday, Sept. 3North Texas at Ball State, 7:30 PM (ESPNU)Saturday, Sept. 5Kentucky vs. Miami (Cincinnati, Ohio), 12 Noon (ESPNU)Akron at Penn State, 12 Noon (Big Ten...
An Interview with Jason Pinkston
June 24, 2009 by
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In terms of incoming recruits, one of the most celebrated, heralded, and most excited for prospect is Jason Pinkston. From Glenville, OH, where the Cards have built a pretty formidable pipeline to one of the best schools in football-rich Ohio, Pinkston was clearly a high visibility...
Introducing the Poll of the Week
June 23, 2009 by
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OTP wanted to sort of test some things out before the season got rolling as to their viability, usability, and reader response, so new things born will see their infancy over the next month or so. Today's new feature is the Poll of the Week.If you were in Paris Hilton's home...
A Sad Day for a BSU Alum
June 22, 2009 by
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Some may remember Brian Collins as a budding journalist, who was seen on NewsCenter 43 on campus at Ball State. The program itself is a great opportunity for those seeking to become journalists the opportunity to get on camera and get their proverbial feet wet reading the prompter...
OTP Back to Normal...
June 22, 2009 by
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Like in the old grade school days, eventually the actual teacher had to return to reality and the classroom, and the fun style and change of pace brought about by the substitute went the way of the dodo. Today at OTP marks another moment sort of like that as Edge is relieved of his...
An Interview with Connor Ryan
June 19, 2009 by
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OverThePylon is proud as can be to bring you the next installment of chatting with our future Cardinal rockstars. Off the heels of interviews with Ethan Buckles and Eric Williams, OTP was able to touch base with Connor Ryan, incoming freshman and soon to be household name as a wide...
Offseason Roundtable #12
June 19, 2009 by
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In an effort to not only increase our chatter about the Cards, but to also increase some reader participation, Edge, RV, and Alan will be doing these roundtables every week. Love the answers? Want to post your own thoughts? Of course you do. And you can do so in the Comments section...
2008, By The Numbers, Part 5
June 17, 2009 by
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You know, sometimes it's fun to just play with the numbers from last year and try to make comparisons, whether it be between teams or between conferences. You can learn a lot that way... or you can confuse the hell out of yourself and your readers. There's always a risk to...
Brady Hoke - Ladies Man?
June 16, 2009 by
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Yesterday I mentioned a story about how the Ball State football camp is underway and is drawing some pretty good numbers. Well, our old friend Brady Hoke is in the football camp mode in San Diego. His participants? More than 80... ladies! Look out Leon Phelps, you've got competition...
OTP Under New Management (For the Week)
June 15, 2009 by
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For the next week, I will be your fearless leader in the wonderful world of OTP. I received a cryptic text message Friday that said "You're in charge for the next week" from Alan. That's all it said, and I haven't been able to reach him. I can only assume one...
Offseason Roundtable #11
June 12, 2009 by
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In an effort to not only increase our chatter about the Cards, but to also increase some reader participation, Edge, RV, and Alan will be doing these roundtables every week. Love the answers? Want to post your own thoughts? Of course you do. And you can do so in the Comments section...
ESPN Takes a Potshot at Kentucky, Ball State
June 10, 2009 by
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You know, this time of the summer is usually reserved for media coverage of the major programs. Most all of your ESPN headlines will be about the Notre Dames, the Floridas, the Texases of the college football world, with an occasional Lane Kiffin violation sprinkled in for good measure...
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