Thanks, Rick Greenspan.
I know many Hoosier fans count down the days until the current director
of athletics is relieved of his duties by Indianapolis attorney Fred
Glass in January due to the turbulent events of the Greenspan era. I,
too, am looking forward to Greenspan’s departure, but he should be
thanked for the improvements he made to IU athletics.
Thanksgiving week was very good to IU men’s soccer coach Mike Freitag and his team, as the Hoosiers notched two impressive home victories in the NCAA Tournament and received a commitment from one of the top high school soccer players in the nation.
IU men’s soccer coach Mike Freitag is happy not to be dining with his family on Thanksgiving.
Every Thanksgiving away from the family means Freitag’s team is still
alive in its quest for the NCAA title, the eighth in program history.
Rick Greenspan saved his best performance for last.
With just
little over a month left in his tenure as IU Director of Athletics,
Greenspan led the effort to prevent the men’s basketball program from
additional significant penalties by the NCAA Committee on Infractions
stemming from rules violations by former men’s coach Kelvin Sampson and
his staff.
Even after he is dead, Bill Garrett always seems to be slighted.
Since enrolling at IU, I had my sights set on being accepted to the IU School of Law after graduation.I did everything possible to ensure I would get into the school, but after a summer of waiting (and kicking myself for applying in February), I found out in August I would not be accepted. Now I was charged with finding employment in one of the toughest job markets in recent years. The solution: Become a substitute teacher.
It’s about time.
The men’s and women’s soccer teams turned in some of the best
performances of the season last weekend, but it remains to be seen
whether the teams can use these results to turn their campaigns around.
IU women’s coach Mick Lyon and the Hoosiers face a near-impossible road
to repeat last season’s round of 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Heading into the weekend, IU was 0-6 in conference play with games
against in-state rival Purdue and No. 25 Illinois.
Solutions by The State News