Today starts our weekly piece comparing Ball State and their opponents position by position.
Quarterback
Ball State: Keith Wenning: begins year two as the Cardinals starting QB, but year one as the day one starter. Wenning had a lot of good moments last year, and a good amount of bad moments too. He’s still young, but seems to have taken command of the offense, and …
United States Soccer Federation President Sunil Gulati tried to get Jurgen Klinsmann as USA soccer coach twice. It turns out third time is a charm. In press conferences Friday and Monday, the USSF announced and gave details on the newest USA coach. Klinsmann will replace Bob Bradley.
A manager who accomplished a lot during his time. He won the 2007 Gold Cup. Advanced to the …
We’re just over half way through the 2011 MLB season, as the first games after the allstar break begin today. We’ve seen plenty of surprises: the Pirates are over .500, the Marlins were pushing the Phillies for a month and a half, then didn’t win for three weeks. And as we head into the 2nd half of play, here are some predictions.
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If you’re like me, and a fan of any team a with red, white, and blue jersey with team USA written across the front, you’ve been through a lot the past couple of years.
Whether it was Zach Parise’s rebound goal with 24 seconds left to tie Canada in the Gold Medal Game, Landon Donovan’s miracle goal to give the US the World Cup Group …
The whole reason the Rose Bowl was selected as the site for the Gold Cup final, was in hopes USA would play Mexico. CONCACAF got their wish. A sold out Rosebowl (and honestly, likely a 70/30 or so Mexican crowd) will watch tonight’s USA vs. Mexico match with a lot on the line.
First, the winner is the Gold Cup champion, and has bragging rights …
70 minutes in, it did not look like Panama still had USA’s number, after beating the Americans eight days earlier. But it certainly didn’t look like USA had Panama’s. Then Bob Bradley made a couple of substitutions and everything changed. Landon Donovan came off the bench again to provide a spark, and then a moment many US Soccer fans thought they’d never see. Freddy Adu …
A week and a half ago we previewed the US Men heading into group play of the Gold Cup. The team, in 24 group games in Gold Cup history had never lost, and only tied a couple times. Naturally I predicted a dominating performance by the US, another 9-point performance, and a second round game vs. a “gimme” opponent.
The US Started out well, in …