If Indiana hired Tommy Amaker I think the AD would have to flee the country
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These Ayo rumors are swirling like crazy right now. Latest one is that heās out until the BTT.
I really hope that isnāt true.
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First Race Thompson, now Ayo. Itās officially Social Media Broken Nose Rumors season.
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We definitely want to beat the Illini at their best!
Not to make light of the situation, and I hope Ayo is alright, but if he, somehow, doesnāt play in our game, the Illini fans will conjure up a conspiracy theory almost like no other. Michigan campaigned to move the game with Illinois back, not only to duck the Illini when we were first coming off the shutdown, but also so we could get our buddy Sissoko from that āotherā Michigan scholl, State, to mug Ayo so he couldnāt play in our game! 
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why doesnāt Tommy Amakerās name ever show up on any list?
His wife is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. There are only a couple of schools in the B1G that could compete with that; one of them is already saddled with a Coach K assistant, and another has already moved on from the Amaker Experience.
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Me too. Hope Ayo is healthy and would prefer to beat them with him at his best.
That said, I bet those poor long-suffering Illinois fans could use a little cheering up right now, and maybe thereās even a way to tamp down their anger at Michigan by showing empathy to our fellow basketball fans. After all, our starting PG is another player who keeps on taking shots to the head in games, and nobodyās been ejected and no flagrants have been called. Itās true that that didnāt happen in a game we actually lost, so our situations arenāt totally the same, but still I wonder if they might like it and feel better if we pointed out how lucky they are in that sense?
It was beyond a āhard foulā imo. War drill.
In all seriousness, if thatās on the table for Izzo and Sparty against Illinois, we can imagine what they might have in store for Michigan.
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Hereās the play:
My prediction is that heāll play against Michigan (with a mask, of course) but thereās no incentive to reduce uncertainty as to his availability as gamesmanship for Michiganās prep. Thatās not a criticism at all, Iām sure Michigan would do the same.
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Guess itās no wonder he missed the FTs. Pretty tough to concentrate when your face is throbbing.
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This seems vaguely similar to what happened to Eli last year? Broke his nose vs Purdue, missed the game against Wisconsin 5 days later, returned 8 days later vs OSU.
I have no idea if that is a relevant timeline for Dosunmu though. IIRC a lot of Eliās timeline came from waiting for a mask to get fitted to his face, so not sure if Illinois is able to get that done quicker. Plus we just saw the rumors about Thompson, and despite playing without a mask Saturday he played last night with one. So IU was able to get him fitted fairly quickly. Maybe the type of break/severity has something to do with it as well.
Also surprised that Dosunmu went back out on the court and played Tuesday after breaking his nose.
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My concern is a scenario where we sweep Sparty and one of their guys ātakes out his frustrationā late in the game.
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That ad behind the play: Chocolate Milk - Protein to Repair, Rebuild, and Recover
Do they usually run that one when MSUās defenders are inflicting bodily harm?
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I think that NCAA couldāve done more to protect the players, dangerous intentional fouls like this should be evaluated after the game for potential suspensions.
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Sparty fans on Reddit are trying to defend it as just being a hard foul and that Sissoko had no possible option other than to bash straight down on Ayoās face. Itās pretty pathetic.
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I have given up reasoning with Sparty fans long time ago, total waste of time.
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Once Brad Davison graduates, he could start a consulting business advising programs on how to quietly get away with it.
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This is one Brad would have to subcontract since heās probably never jumped more than six inches off the ground.
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