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fryeguy93 said:
I saw a drunk middle aged man walking on the concourse - I hope he was drunk anyway or he was just an ass.- yelling up at the IU fans on Saturday night. That was ridiculous.

I had two young boys wearing IU setting next to me before the game, they were in wrong section. And we had a great conversation before the correct seatholders arrived back. There was no sense being obnoxious to IU fans. Sure they're Big10 but they're not "really" Big10 like Ohio State people. I enjoyed speaking with the Illinois parents and fans during the monsoon weekend series with them as well. The USM fans - a few of them that I saw, deserved hell more than Hoosiers did.

Back to caps. I wish I had an Illinois and Indiana cap as well. Whenever I see the Illinois "I" logo I think to Henry Blake's story about wrapping the wrong leg and Tank Washington shooting out his porch light every year.

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Mmmm, yum. Teri Garr….
 
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fryeguy93 said:
I saw a drunk middle aged man walking on the concourse - I hope he was drunk anyway or he was just an ass.- yelling up at the IU fans on Saturday night. That was ridiculous.

I had two young boys wearing IU setting next to me before the game, they were in wrong section. And we had a great conversation before the correct seatholders arrived back. There was no sense being obnoxious to IU fans. Sure they're Big10 but they're not "really" Big10 like Ohio State people. I enjoyed speaking with the Illinois parents and fans during the monsoon weekend series with them as well. The USM fans - a few of them that I saw, deserved hell more than Hoosiers did.

Back to caps. I wish I had an Illinois and Indiana cap as well. Whenever I see the Illinois "I" logo I think to Henry Blake's story about wrapping the wrong leg and Tank Washington shooting out his porch light every year.

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MASH was a phenomenal show and the best ones were with Col. Blake.
After he left, it was still ok but became basically Alan Alda's "Dancing with Himself"
This propaganda bomb episode may be my favorite as it also has a college football component.

I also enjoyed the episode where they sold Henry's oak desk to black market for medications.
I should make the second photo my avatar.

I love the retro letterman sweaters. They never should have gone away. I wonder if there is a simple white Tennessee sweater with Power T like this.
 
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fryeguy93 said:
Preview:

Evansville Purple Aces
Overall:............38-25
Conference:...17-10 Missouri Valley (3rd place 5 games back of Indiana State and Murray State)
Hosted and won the Missouri Valley Conference tournament.
Missouri Valley was the 11th ranked Conference by RPI

Home:.......17-9
Road:.........16-15
Neutral:.....5-0
Last 10:......9-1
RPI:.............62
NC RPI:.... 82
SOS:...........97
NC SOS:...116

Q1:....5-8........Home: 1-1 ........Away: 3-7 ........ Neutral: 0-0 ....... Non-Conf: 1-5
Q2:....3-3........Home: 0-0 .......Away: 2-3 ......... Neutral: 3-0 ....... Non-Conf: 2-3
Q3:....9-7........Home: 2-4 .......Away: 4-3 .......... Neutral: 1-0 ...... Non-Conf: 2-2
Q4:....21-6.....Home: 14-4.......Away: 7-2 ......... Neutral: 1-0 ....... Non-Conf: 9-3

vs. SEC: 0-5 All road games
............3-11... UK........ 3/19
............2-5..... MSU..... 3/8
............3-8..... MSU.....3/9
............3-13... MSU.....3/10
............3-7..... VU.........2/28

Best Win (RPI): #11 Indiana State 7-6 5/12
Worst Loss: #260 at Oral Roberts 10-12 2/16
Common:.....Kentucky......................0-1 | 2-1 (TN)
.........................Mississippi State......0-3 | 1-0 (TN)
.........................Vanderbilt...................0-1 | 2-2 (TN)
.........................Indiana .......................1-0 | 1-0 (TN)
.........................Belmont.......................2-1 | 1-0 (TN)
.........................Bellarmine..................1-0 | 1-0 (TN)
.........................Southern Indiana.....1-0 | 1-0 (TN)


Highest RPI: 62 current
Longest Win Streak: 8 (4/9 – 4/21) Butler, Ill State (3), at Indiana, at Bradley (3)
.........................................8 (5/17-6/1) UIC (2), Ill State, UIC, Ill State, Ind State, at ECU, VCU (N)
Longest Losing Streak: 6 (3/17 – 3/26) at Mich St, at Kentucky, Murray State(3), SUIE

Recent Seasons:
2023 37-24 | 15-12 3rd
2022 32-24 | 14-6 2nd
2021 28-27 | 11-16 7th
2020 5-11 | 0-0
2019 24-29 | 11-10 5th
2018 12-39 | 3-18 8th (last)
2017 18-39 | 8-12 6th

Head Coach: Wes Caroll
Record: 427-433
Head Coach: 2008
Assistant Coach: 2006
2-time Missouri Valley Coach of the Year.
University of Evansville (2001)
Drafted: Phillies 37th Round 2001
5 years in minors. Phillies and Expos/Nationals reaching AA

2024 was first time in NCAA tournament since 2006. 6th Overall. 4th at Division 1.
In 2006 they lost twice to South Carolina to lose the Charlottesville region..
They are an offensive team as their 17 wins in MVC play this year during the regular-season, 10 were by five runs or more. Of UE’s 10 Valley losses, five were decided by two runs or less. In two other losses, UE either had the lead or the game was tied in the seventh inning or later.

Before the region: UE was second in Division I baseball with 150 doubles. 6 behind Austin Peay and has had at least one double in 54 of its 58 games this year. After today they stand at 154.

Top Starter: Freshman LHP Kenton Deverman 9-1 3.81 ERA in 15 starts 106.1 IP .259.
Beat ECU 4-1 on Friday night going 8 innings. 3 hits and 1 ER. 4 Strike outs. Actually left the game leading 2-1 and UE plated 2 runs in 9th. Only run was solo HR in 4th with 1 out.

Save Leader: 5th yr RHP Jakob Meyer 5 saves 3-4 record. 0 starts. 6.13 ERA. 1.31 WHIP Closed out VCU in a non save situation on Saturday night. 2 innings. 2 H. 2 ER. 2 SO .12 AB

Team Batting: .301
Opp Batting: .271

Team OPS: .919
Opp Ops: .806

HR: 90
Opp HR: 72

Slg%: .509
Opp Slg%: .446

SB/ATT: 54-68
Opp SB/ATT: 75-83

Founded: 1854 (United Methodist Church)
Students: 2,526 (2,290 undergrads)
Colors: Purple, White, and orange
Original Name: Moores Hill College

Football team was the back-to-back champs of the Refrigerator Bowl in 1948-49
Originally the Pioneers. Nickname Purple Aces originates to basketball game when rival coach told Evansville coach that he had five aces up his sleeve. Hey! At least it’s more original than Tigers.

While in college, I remember their basketball team wore short sleeve jerseys. Short sleeves are trendy again more than a decade after Evansville ditched its trademark look
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Tennessee went 3-2 against the Vandy Boys.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
Hopefully we treat them better than several did the IU’s coaching staff’s families. I know the HC’s wife and set with her for their entire game vs USM and asked how the experience had been and she said overall it was great and most everyone was nice. However, during our game her 5 yr old son and the other coach’s kids were chanting Let’s Go IU and an adult man began chanting “no f@@k you, no f@@k you” to a bunch of kids. The oldest kid belonging to the IU staff couldn’t have been more than 7.

Can’t say I've never cussed at a sporting event with kids around but I can say without reservation I’ve never directed it a group of 5 year olds.
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That stuff is the lowest of lows. Cursing at Kids? Somebody needed a busted lip.
 
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feathersax said:
Amazing Rhythm Aces, a great Knoxville band. Remember "3rd Rate Romance"?
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"When he came back with the key, She said give it to me, and I'll unlock the door". She kept saying, "I've never really done this kind of thing before have you?" Yep, remember it well, I was in a band back then and we played that tune often. Didn't realize they were from Knoxville!! Thanks for that!
 
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JohnWardForever said:
"When he came back with the key, She said give it to me, and I'll unlock the door". She kept saying, "I've never really done this kind of thing before have you?" Yep, remember it well, I was in a band back then and we played that tune often. Didn't realize they were from Knoxville!! Thanks for that!
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We lived in Knoxville when the song came out. Seemed like every other radio tune was thst one. Aces WAS a great band.
 
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StarRaider said:
wasn't the setting Ruby Tuesday's on The Strip? maybe a different restaurant...
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Only "setting" in the song I recall was the Family Inn. That Ruby Tuesday on the Strip was my first experience with Ruby Burger & Bloody Mary. It's gone now, right?
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
Hopefully we treat them better than several did the IU’s coaching staff’s families. I know the HC’s wife and set with her for their entire game vs USM and asked how the experience had been and she said overall it was great and most everyone was nice. However, during our game her 5 yr old son and the other coach’s kids were chanting Let’s Go IU and an adult man began chanting “no f@@k you, no f@@k you” to a bunch of kids. The oldest kid belonging to the IU staff couldn’t have been more than 7.

Can’t say I've never cussed at a sporting event with kids around but I can say without reservation I’ve never directed it a group of 5 year olds.
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i saw a UT fan chanting “Go IU, Go IU, Go IU” to mock the IU fans while he walked by their section. It really ticked off a couple of the IU fans who told him to go sit down. No cursing by either side. I wonder if she misunderstood what he said? Either way, one fan being an idiot happens everywhere. Certainly isn’t reflective of our fan base. (Thankfully). I hope Evansville fans have a good experience—except for the outcome of the game of course. 🍊👍👊😀🍊🍊👍👍👊
 
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taylorvol said:
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i saw a UT fan chanting “Go IU, Go IU, Go IU” to mock the IU fans while he walked by their section. It really ticked off a couple of the IU fans who told him to go sit down. No cursing by either side. I wonder if she misunderstood what he said? Either way, one fan being an idiot happens everywhere. Certainly isn’t reflective of our fan base. (Thankfully). I hope Evansville fans have a good experience—except for the outcome of the game of course. 🍊👍👊😀🍊🍊👍👍👊
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Every fanbase has their jerks. Maybe because it was the night game and Indiana had steam rolled Southern Miss, IU’s fanbase was particularly loud at the beginning of the game and when Tennessee didn’t score in the first, but it didn’t bother me personally. Apparently some UT fans did take it personally, thus the return chants when UT started scoring. My philosophy is don’t give what you can’t get.
 
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feathersax said:
Only "setting" in the song I recall was the Family Inn. That Ruby Tuesday on the Strip was my first experience with Ruby Burger & Bloody Mary. It's gone now, right?
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From the KNS.... this is pretty much what I remember.... Supposedly Russell did not use "Holiday Inn" or use "Ruby Tuesdays" because he did not want to be sued over the (at the time) risque' lyrics. RT's is gone now....

www.knoxnews.com

50 years after Ruby Tuesday opened in Knoxville, its original home will disappear

Another piece of Cumberland Avenue history near the University of Tennessee campus will make way for new apartments.
www.knoxnews.com

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taylorvol said:
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i saw a UT fan chanting “Go IU, Go IU, Go IU” to mock the IU fans while he walked by their section. It really ticked off a couple of the IU fans who told him to go sit down. No cursing by either side. I wonder if she misunderstood what he said? Either way, one fan being an idiot happens everywhere. Certainly isn’t reflective of our fan base. (Thankfully). I hope Evansville fans have a good experience—except for the outcome of the game of course. 🍊👍👊😀🍊🍊👍👍👊
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This guy was sitting a row or 2 behind the families. A few innings later he went on his own accord and bought candy for all the kids and apologized to the moms/wives for his language and admitted he was out of line. So there was no confusion on what he said.
 
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StarRaider said:
From the KNS.... this is pretty much what I remember.... Supposedly Russell did not use "Holiday Inn" or use "Ruby Tuesdays" because he did not want to be sued over the (at the time) risque' lyrics. RT's is gone now....

www.knoxnews.com

50 years after Ruby Tuesday opened in Knoxville, its original home will disappear

Another piece of Cumberland Avenue history near the University of Tennessee campus will make way for new apartments.
www.knoxnews.com

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Good info. I was working outside of Bowling Green, Ky the summer it came out. The local DJ would read latest celebrity gossip stories and afterwards sing “Third rate romance, low rent rendezvous!!” when appropriate! Still think of the song whenever I pass a Family Inn. That chain wasn’t founded until 1980 according to website - 5 years after song came out.
 
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AthensVol2007 said:
Hopefully we treat them better than several did the IU’s coaching staff’s families. I know the HC’s wife and set with her for their entire game vs USM and asked how the experience had been and she said overall it was great and most everyone was nice. However, during our game her 5 yr old son and the other coach’s kids were chanting Let’s Go IU and an adult man began chanting “no f@@k you, no f@@k you” to a bunch of kids. The oldest kid belonging to the IU staff couldn’t have been more than 7.

Can’t say I've never cussed at a sporting event with kids around but I can say without reservation I’ve never directed it a group of 5 year olds.
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That’s embarrassing and I’m sorry it happened. Please let them know that Volnation sends an apology for the actions of a few.
I’ll drop a “$h!t” from time to time, if we give up a bomb or go down swinging, but it’s usually under my breath. I don’t care if you are sloppy drunk(which I have been) you don’t direct nonsense that at kids, that’s crazy!
 
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volplaya8 said:
I saw nothing bad out of any IU fan. Walked up and told Taylor’s parents that he was a good ballplayer. Sadly had to witness Foley’s father going through the motions parents do when their child is not having a good game. That was tough to see, you could tell the father wanted it so much and it was just not going according to plan. He was pacing and couldn’t watch and was shaking his head.
Southern Miss fans were the ignorant ones but not when they played us of course.
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IU tried to bring it and I give them props for that. That little section of red got rowdy at times. Until we started putting the hurt on them.
 
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Bad behavior happens at sporting events - some intentional, some not. 25 years ago when I lived north of Boston, I was a Big Brother to a great kid named Michael. When he was 12, he shocked me by saying he wanted to try out for a baseball team. Bout fell over because all he did was play video games. Well, he made a team and I attended a lot of practices and at his first game, I was seated on a bench about 6' from the backstop on Michael's team dugout side (3rd base side). The first three kids walked because the opposing pitcher had little control. As the clean up hitter was on deck, in between pitches, I said to him that since the pitcher is throwing some wild pitches, he should be very patient. Well, the woman sitting next to me stands up and berates me up one side and down the other and said I should never be allowed to attend any kid baseball games again. She makes a huge spectacle and I was simply dumbfounded, as obviously the pitcher was her son. (she was sitting on the wrong side of the backstop of course...)

Anyway, may we all be mindful of our audience when we are rooting for our team.
 
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