Sports Shorts
It started last night with a Hoosier victory over UNC's Tarheels. Sorry, IntrepidCat, your alma mater was crushed by those guys with the funky striped warm-up pants. That's my IU graduate... or her husband.... just before the game began. My Hoosier Mama shirt was still in the laundry after last week's game against Georgetown; I wore the IU Mom GO HOOSIERS shirt, instead. It's only weird if it doesn't work, as they say. The good guys were up by 30 points for most of the second half, and even Dick Vitale wasn't quite as annoying when he was cheering for my team. He only referenced Bob Knight once, which, given his screed last weekend when IU met Georgetown, was nothing short of remarkable. I wonder how vociferously he was told to tune it down? Tom Crean is a marvelous steward of the Indiana basketball tradition. He was as engaged in the last two minutes of the game, coaching guys-who-were-never-going-to-see-nationally-televised-action-ever-aga...