Ohio State at #16 Purdue open thread

by BoilerTMill on Feb 28, 2009 12:16 PM EST in Men's Basketball

I have some busniess to conduct this afternoon, but I will try to be here around 4 in order to comment along during the game. We need this one to keep the Big Ten title hopes alive, so let's BOILER UP!

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just a test

excellentit is slow but i coomment via phone!

A futile crusade to prevent mass ignorance

by BoilerTMill on Feb 28, 2009 2:43 PM EST reply actions

Paint crew in green?

Does that have to do with the Izzo challenge?

Indy Cornrows

by Tom Lewis on Feb 28, 2009 4:07 PM EST reply actions

It's to honor

Green, according to the TV guys

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 4:10 PM EST up reply actions

Pretty surprised

about both of those calls on Mullens’ screens. Neither looks egregious. The Hummel collision was hard but didn’t look like a foul to me. We’re certainly playing a good game, but OSU’s certainly not getting any help. Let’s hope we can take advantage and put this out of reach by half!

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 4:30 PM EST reply actions

Well now

I just saw another angle replay, and it does look like Mullens stuck his knee out to make up for getting there late (or for Turner leaving early).

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 4:32 PM EST up reply actions

Hightower

Ruining Big Ten basketball games since God knows when.

by SpartanDan on Feb 28, 2009 4:31 PM EST reply actions

Green

Hope he is alright thank god Johnson was there to finish

by Delaware Boiler on Feb 28, 2009 4:38 PM EST reply actions

Meant Grant not Green

my bad

by Delaware Boiler on Feb 28, 2009 4:39 PM EST reply actions

Not the finish to the half that you were looking for

by SpartanDan on Feb 28, 2009 4:49 PM EST reply actions

Smoooooooge

For three

by Delaware Boiler on Feb 28, 2009 5:14 PM EST reply actions

Lew Jack

Please work on your lay ups and inside game near the basket

by Delaware Boiler on Feb 28, 2009 5:16 PM EST reply actions

I don't usually say this,

but I think this has been a horribly officiated game, both ends. It seems every time the ball goes out of bounds, it’s given to the wrong team. There have been ridiculous no-calls around the hoop (again, on both ends), and there was a brief stretch of touch fouls called in the first half.

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 5:16 PM EST reply actions

Smooooooge

Times strikes again

by Delaware Boiler on Feb 28, 2009 5:23 PM EST reply actions

Oficals

Bad officiating

by Delaware Boiler on Feb 28, 2009 5:30 PM EST reply actions

Chally

Wow playing defense

by Delaware Boiler on Feb 28, 2009 5:31 PM EST reply actions

Yeah!

I like that little chest bump he gave to Lauderdale (I think). I think he’s usually pretty active on the defensive end, just a little slow, which gets him beat occasionally.

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 5:35 PM EST up reply actions

I don't know

who the commentator is who’s working with Dave O’Brien, but I loved his assinine response to the question about how many B10 teams should get into the tournament. I paraphrase: “I think they’ll probably only get 6, just because we’ve been talking all year about how the Big East and ACC are going to get a lot of teams in.”

Why even play the games? Just let talking heads decide who’s going to get in.

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 5:40 PM EST reply actions

Sorry

it’s “asinine.” I’ll assess myself some self-imposed penalties.

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 5:42 PM EST up reply actions

The color guy was

Stephen Bardo…formerly of the Illinois Fightin’ Illini.

For those of us old enough to remember him play, he was pretty good…also a minor (humorous) figure in Mark Montieth’s book on the 1987-88 season, “Passion Play”.

"Fortune favors the bold!" - Virgil

by player2bnamedl8r on Feb 28, 2009 6:50 PM EST up reply actions

Grant

Good to see him having a good game

by Delaware Boiler on Feb 28, 2009 5:44 PM EST reply actions

Agreed

He’s taken a few to the rim, made a few from distance. After the up and down season he’s had, I’m not going to predict that this game is a turning point or anything, but it sure is good to see.

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 5:46 PM EST up reply actions

trash talking

How can Mullens talk smack to Robbie Hummel? OSU down 16, Mullens- 6 points, Hummel- 17 points. The best call the refs made all year was to tell him to shut it.

by doublegoldandblack on Feb 28, 2009 5:47 PM EST reply actions

I agree

I was impressed with what Hightower did there. The TV guys were bitching about it but, as usual, made little sense.

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 5:48 PM EST up reply actions

absolutely

With the way elbows have been flying this year, there’s no room for that.

by doublegoldandblack on Feb 28, 2009 5:50 PM EST up reply actions

I do believe in Miricales

Chalky wit two consecutive 3s

by Delaware Boiler on Feb 28, 2009 5:53 PM EST reply actions

Well

one win down, two wins (plus one MSU loss to Illinois) to go. It’s good to see us blow out a decent team.

by septimusharding on Feb 28, 2009 6:00 PM EST reply actions

Very good point

Sorry I was late. My afternoon business took longer than I expected. This is a solid win and I think we all learned just how valuable Calasan is on the defensive end.

A futile crusade to prevent mass ignorance

by BoilerTMill on Feb 28, 2009 6:01 PM EST up reply actions

It was a great win today

Any win against Ohio State is a celebration amongst many. Im headed out to Jakes and Brothers tonight for my B-Day celebration tonight, should be fun. Hopefully I can recruit some more hammer and rails hopefuls tonight at the bars.

by airnjp on Feb 28, 2009 6:24 PM EST reply actions