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Penn State vs. Indiana Preview

Penn State vs. Indiana Preview

This week, the No. 8 Nittany Lions return home to take on the Indiana Hoosiers.

 

This is the all important rebound game from, you know, what happened last week. This year has pretty dismal at Indiana and this season is a far cry from their relatively successful 2007 campaign, when they almost took down the Lions.

 

The offense is led by quarter...

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BREAKING: Former Indiana University Basketballer Isiah Thomas Overdoses on Sleeping Pills

BREAKING: Former Indiana University Basketballer Isiah Thomas Overdoses on Sleeping Pills

Reports are coming in that police were called to the home of former New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas this morning where he allegedly overdosed on sleeping pills. He was then rushed to White Plains hospital, but his condition is currently unknown.


Thomas was recently fired as the Knicks coach after two horrendous seasons, and was a legendary p...

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Indiana Grad Mark Cuban Hangs Racists Out to Dry on His Blog

Indiana Grad Mark Cuban Hangs Racists Out to Dry on His Blog

After the recent controversy about Josh Howard disrespecting the National Anthem in the YouTube video heard ‘round the world, Dallas Maverick’s owner and Indiana alum Mark Cuban has received a torrent of e-mails on the “proper measures” that should be taken with the athlete. On his blog he politely thanks those who gave him advice on what to do...

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Top Five Ways to Avoid Looking Like a Freshman

Top Five Ways to Avoid Looking Like a Freshman

Starting college is probably one of the most exciting times of your young adult life, and whether you want to admit it or not one of the most important things is going to be fitting in to the new atmosphere. No one ever wants to look like the awkward new kid. So for your convenience, here’s a list of things to avoid if your biggest fear is looki...

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IU Students Get First Listen of New Lupe Fiasco Track, "New Sh-t"

IU Students Get First Listen of New Lupe Fiasco Track, "New Sh-t"

This weekend, IU students who turned out for Lupe Fiasco’s concert got an unexpected surprise. The artist, who recently has said he’s quitting the music biz after his last album, the appropriately titled “LupEND” drops next year, debuted one of his new songs, the also apporiately titled ”New Shit.” Check out the video above. Half of it is him hy...

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Using U.S. News to Pick Obama VP?

Using U.S. News to Pick Obama VP?

If the U.S. News and World Report has taught us anything it’s that while it is not okay to judge a book by its cover, but it is okay to judge a person by their college.
 

So with that in mind (and Obama’s announcement only days nay hours away!), OTR’s taken a look at the alma maters of possible Obama veeps to see who has the stuff to be Barack’...

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UPenn to Hillary: Pay Up!

UPenn to Hillary: Pay Up!

Hurricane Hillary has subsided, but the presidential wannabe left destruction and debt in her wake.

The latest college clamoring for cash is the University of Pennsylvania. This past spring, Hillary made two appearances at the school and even Chelsea came to give a talk. But, now that the campaign has died, UPenn is still left asking for the m...

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Eight Great: The Longest Games in College

Eight Great: The Longest Games in College

Yesterday, baseball fans around the country sat through, and struggled to stay awake during, the longest All-Star Game in Major League Baseball history. Fifteen innings later, the American League emerged victorious once again.

 

This feat of endurance and extreme lengthiness got us at OTR thinking about other utterly-too-long records. As a resul...

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How To Tell If She's Into You

How To Tell If She's Into You

She's probably into you. Skinny bitch.

 

According to this CNN article, men frequently misinterpret signals from women.

 

In a study of college students at Indiana U and Yale, heterosexual college males misinterpreted 12% of women's signals, whereas women only misinterpreted 8.7% of male signals.

 

This rather old information may cause you to le...

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12 College Freshmen Entered in NBA Draft

12 College Freshmen Entered in NBA Draft

Word on the street is that tomorrow’s NBA draft may be the finest ever for college freshman.

 

“I knew at the 2007 McDonald’s game that we had a lot of good players in this class,” USC bribe-taker O.J. Mayo told ESPN. “I didn't know the impact on college basketball, but I knew we would all do some special things.”

 

As Andy Katz reports, “expect...

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