Horizon League Podcast

[agibson]

Guys on the radio - not sure who you mean.

Sportz Radio, more or less.  Sports Talk Radio.  ESPN 1000, that kind of thing.

Certainly wasn't referring to Todd!

[StlVUFan]

Guys on the radio - not sure who you mean.

Sportz Radio, more or less.  Sports Talk Radio.  ESPN 1000, that kind of thing.

Certainly wasn't referring to Todd!

Ah.  I only consume WSCR, and never when they talk College Basketball because they mostly shun our level anyway.  I don't listen to other stations so I can't comment.

[blackpantheruwm]

We should start a competing podcast, who's with me?

I'm with you. Those guys on that podcast suck something awful. 

The talk about recruiting internationally was mostly in jest. Paul Spicuzza (infinitely more knowledgeable than me on the Panthers and the Horizon League) and I would joke about Homer telling international recruits there's really no difference between UConn, Louisville, and Valpo. "You can pick UConn, Louisville, or Valpo - it's all pretty much the same thing!" Totally in jest, but if you're really bothered by it, know it's because Valpo recruits internationally better than about 98% of teams in Division I - truly.

I've never been shy about my status as a blogger - I'm no Paul Oren or Rob Demovsky or...any of the guys Wright State has had in the last decade. Paul was jokingly disappointed he wasn't a guest on the first episode, so

By the way, Episode 3 is up after we recorded the show yesterday. This one is a little less on basketball and a little heavier on CSU's problems getting people to games, but I still hope you folks give it a listen. Subscribe if you can and let's see if we can drum up some more interest in Horizon League hoops!

BTW a3uge, you're more than welcome to come on whenever you get a free Sunday. MAYBE WE CAN MAKE YOU AN INSIDER TOO!!!!

[FWalum]

Check it out, StlVUFan is on the Podcast this week! Roundtable 5 The Halfway Episode I think we can expect that VU will be one of the main topics.

[a3uge]

http://fourlights.fm/hr/horizone-roundtable-6-whos-separating-themselves/

Podcast 6: Does Valpo have a chance at an at-large? We learn Valpo beating Oregon State was about the same as Milwaukee beating Minnesota, and the 2nd best team has about an RPI of 80. Cmon Jimmy, do your homework first!

[HC]

I've only listened to parts of 3 of the episodes...Jimmy you sound like some sort of creeper operating out of a windowless van every time you chime in with your initial greeting.

[FWalum]

http://fourlights.fm/hr/horizone-roundtable-6-whos-separating-themselves/

Podcast 6: Does Valpo have a chance at an at-large? We learn Valpo beating Oregon State was about the same as Milwaukee beating Minnesota, and the 2nd best team has about an RPI of 80. Cmon Jimmy, do your homework first!

And will someone tell him to fix whatever is wrong with his mic or VOIP software that makes it practically cut out half the time.  Comparing a Warren Nolan RPI #41 Oregon State to RPI #248 Minnesota is very poor research. I love the fact that they beat a BIG10 school, but Minnesota's best win is at home against #90 Clemson. They also lost to 2 of the 4 Summit teams they played.  6-7 teams in the post season also seems a stretch to me unless a lot of higher rated teams won't pay to play.

[valpotx]

Wow, that is a terrible comparison.  Oregon State beat Utah and Colorado recently, who have both been ranked this year.  Minnesota has been crap all season.  No comparison should ever be made between those teams this season...

[hailcrusaders]

UWM fan lays down the gospel truth on the upcoming HL tournament, YSU, espn3:

https://soundcloud.com/fourlightsfm/horizone-roundtable-9-jimmy-goes-nuts?in=fourlightsfm/sets/cpbx-sidebar

[a3uge]

Entertaining podcast, for sure...

But good lord does every episode have to include a discussion about kicking YSU out of the conference? We get it, the Horizon made a mistake. We all agree. But kicking them out? It was never going to happen instead of adding NKU - the Horizon wasn't going to have 6 baseball teams and 5 cc/track teams.

[historyman]

the Horizon wasn't going to have 6 baseball teams and 5 cc/track teams.

I do think the baseball aspect is easily forgotten when talking about YSU getting kicked out of the HL.

[blackpantheruwm]

the Horizon wasn't going to have 6 baseball teams and 5 cc/track teams.

I do think the baseball aspect is easily forgotten when talking about YSU getting kicked out of the HL.

I'm sure that's the excuse. It's also remedied very easily by bringing in someone who is on an outpost in their conference and would like to lessen their travel restrictions. I think the obvious answer would be Chicago State, if they weren't in dire financial circumstances. There also might be a school in Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri or West Virginia that would like to play one sport at the Division I level a la Dallas Baptist, where they can be an associate member. Also are we 100% out of teams to play baseball? CSU can't be talked into getting back into it? Detroit doesn't want to get into baseball? Any conference the Titans have talked about moving to when they're angry is a baseball conference - MVC, A10, MAAC.

But I'm not here to talk about YSU, which I just am dead tired on (in the podcast today I decline to talk about it haha). I'm here to say that I wish I saw this a month ago:

Jimmy you sound like some sort of creeper operating out of a windowless van every time you chime in with your initial greeting.

I just laughed out loud when I read this. Hank, you're the best.

[HC]

I'm not saying that's a bad thing, embrace it! Make it your thing! 

I'm assuming you are going to put your AD on blast in the next episode, that'll be worth a listen for sure!