A blowout win, over the preseason conference favorite, with a packed house, broadcast on TV...decent day.

I'll take it. I was watching at a bar with every other TV tuned to something else and the Greatest Classic Rock Songs of The Eighties playing on the jukebox.

Even with a 22 point win, it still made me angry.

- Cheap elbow shot on Jackson, just seconds after he scored under the basket.
- Coming off a game where Loyola lost by 2 points and there were 4-5 questionable calls that directly cost points.

I've seen this movie before. If we don't stick up for ourselves, the mindset sets in that we're weak losers, our complaints are sour grapes, and we're pushovers. That was our last 20+ years in the Horizon League.

I know we want to play nice, and be the good ethical guys who play by the rules, but we tried that in the Horizon League, and we got smoked. The Bradley game should have showed us something about how things are going to go in this league. We need an enforcer here to keep other teams honest, and bloody up noses like they've done to us WITH NO REPERCUSSIONS.

If you let this type of stuff to keep happening without an answer, the same thing is going to set in in this league. How many times is Ben Richardson going to keep coming out of games because he's been bloodied, elbowed in the forehead, etc.? When was the last time an opponent had to be yanked for blood? I don't remember ONE.

We have Satterwhite, Shanks, DiNardi, and Avery on our bench, and they could be put to good very good use, slamming back down the players that slam us. Just walk straight up to them, and pound them straight in the face. Take the T, and tell them on the ground with their bloody noses that if they give us another cheap shot, they're in the hospital.

One of my favorite Winnie Churchill quotes--You cannot get to your goal if you keep stopping to throw rocks at barking dogs "

WE just plain and simple BLEW THEM AWAY--So why the complaints along the way ??
Our team is truly a good team--Even CBS liked what they saw--
Even Avery looked as if he wanted to play !! SIX in double figures !! Amazing !!

Keep it going !!!

RPI at 49.

We're a top 50 team in the RPI, only five years after joining the MVC. We also have a CBI title, a sniff or two of national attention, and a bunch of talented recruits eager to play four years in Chicago. This is a hot program.

This is what I knew we could do if we got out of the HL. Huge credit to Doug Elgin and the MVC staff for realizing the situation and seeing the potential of Loyola. They caught hell for selecting Loyola, and Loyola was portrayed as a laughing stock for four years. We're still considered a "failed experiment" by many beat writers and MVC fans, because they decided that story line the day we were added to the conference.

I think we should work to erase that perception, so it doesn't stain the truth. We should write to every beat writer in the MVC and ask them to acknowledge publicly in a column, in direct language, that Loyola has turned out to be a great selection, and the officials of the MVC had foresight and wisdom. You shouldn't just be allowed to shit on every decision, trash every choice, and have that be without repercussion.

Damn. Why does this have to be so difficult?

John !! As a man once said--"Just win Baby " !!

AND !! The time for winning is NOW against this Bunch !!

Nice article by John Feinstein in the Washington Post:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/c ... 09482a72ea

Great game....This is as close to being what we have all been asking for,,,,,,,large crowd,,,lots of students,,,,past players......dancing in the stands....a first place team......Would be a great time to send Steve Watson a nice email and maybe a donation.
Side Notes
Cammeron Satterwhite is starting to get it....4 assists...7 rebounds and I do not think a turnover. Good for him cuz his instincts say "go fast,shoot"
I think on the dunk he could not make up his mind what to do...So he ended up doing neither.
Avery...watched him the whole 3 minutes he was in ...and he was focusing on DEFENSE and did not do badly....
Lawrence for MSU had 17 points in the first half......with Richardson on him in the second half....I think 2 points and was near the end.
24 Assists 7 turnovers those are some analytics.

Team is continuing to grow.....would love to see Jackson and Krutwig together.

We don't connect with Chicago media, but the Washington Post likes us?

Nice post Natey !! Now here is the deal--Do to the rest of this league what we did to the BEARS this day--POUND THEM--one after another DOMINATE them.

Those who ridiculed is should pay a price as the Bears did today--This league should now know that there is a new big boy in town.

Drake next ???

Did anybody else notice that for a brief time the Ramblers had a FIVE guard lineup: Custer, Richardson, Townes, Williamson and either Skokna or Satterwhite (I forget which). In any event it was definitely 5 guards on the floor with the tallest Rambler at 6'4".