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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 and this site allowed us to sort of test our wings a bit, and see if this blogging thing was really...

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 college football universe.Until today, at least, when South Carolina announced they had been following...

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 runway.Question: How many wins for the Cardinals in the Fall?Results:7 or less - 42%8 - 27%9 -...

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's guest is Zane Fakes. The 6'3" 235lb. tight end, formerly of Plainfield High School...

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 in his high school career, and for someone his size, is remarkably quick and agile.As most BSU fans...

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, as clearly, if it were a Louisville game, most of those seats would either be empty or filled with...

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 the Pride of MidAmerica is accurately represented, or whether or not virtual Sean Baker actually eats...

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 up with a rehash of 2008 material. Lame, guys. Hella lame.RV and I decided to bounce some additions...

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. Because remember, dear readers, a smarmy sarcastic blog about Ball State athletics is only as good...

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've reported to the NCAA. For BSU and UK, the teams we cover, the difference was in fact, staggering...

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 VARSITY CLUB DAY Presented by ProLiance Energy12 (Sat.) NEW HAMPSHIRE (7:00)Presented by Central...

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 to its awesomeness over the past month to follow real-time setlists from concerts, so I have to...

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 Network)Toledo at Purdue, 12 Noon (Big Ten Network)Western Michigan at Michigan, 3:30 pm (ABC &...

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 high reward target for BSU to land this past season.Defensive backs are by nature difficult to find...

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, Poll of the Week would take on a very different meaning, but here at OTP, it's a week long question...

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, getting a news feed, and listening to a producer in your ear telling you what to cover next or which...

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 Yankee hating and management duties here to retreat once again to the Statcave. Big thanks to the resident...

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 receiver for the Cardinals.Ryan hails from St. Ignatius outside of Cleveland, where he was a member...

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. Because remember, dear readers, a smarmy sarcastic blog about Ball State athletics is only as good...

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 everything, isn't there?Today, let's talk a little more on scoring, but let's look at it...

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 now!I really can't joke too much about this at the risk of sounding extremely sexist. And...

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 of three things:1) Alan is shut inside in the dark lamenting the third sweep of his beloved Yankees...

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. Because remember, dear readers, a smarmy sarcastic blog about Ball State athletics is only as good...

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 and a routine breaker. So imagine my surprise when I opened Mark Schlabach's newest column...