Ball State Football Player NFL Dream Dashed

Football is a tough game. No doubt it is more dangerous than spectators realize. There was bad news coming from my alma mater, Ball State University, after this weekend's matchup between Indiana University and Ball State at Indiana. Not long into the second quarter, receiver Dante Love, got the ball and turned to run down the field. He was met with a head to head collision with the IU cornerback. Love collapsed near the Hoosier sideline and never got up. He was rushed to the hospital and then transferred to Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. The news was difficult. Dante Love was the number one receiver in the nation on Saturday before the game. He had hopes of playing professionally; that dream will not be realized. It was not meant for Dante Love to achieve that goal, but thankfully, he is expected to recover from the spinal cord injury and is able to move his extremities. Perhaps there is something better that this young fellow is meant to do; something bigger and more important that being a football player. Mr. Love is well respected and loved by his teammates and family. There are good things to come for him, but it will not be on the football field.

Uh-oh, IU's Basketball Coach is in Trouble Again!

They had to know something like this would happen again. When Indiana University officials hired basketball coach Kelvin Sampson from Oklahoma, he came along with some pretty heavy baggage. I guess they thought Coach Sampson would behave differently in Indiana. I guess they thought wrong. News today is that Kelvin Sampson is back to his old tricks of ignoring the recruiting regulations set down by the NCAA. Even though I never attended Indiana University--I went to Ball State, the ugly step-sister school to IU and Purdue--I still feel like the powers that be at IU have really undermined the basketball program that was once such a powerhouse. After coach Bobby Knight left, things sort of crumbled. That, of course was good news for little underdog schools like Ball State, but still, I feel kind of bad for the players. Why would IU hire a guy who had violations in the past? That's just asking for trouble in my book. Shame on Kelvin Sampson, and shame on Indiana University!