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No Scott today on the podcast. 43 00:02:30,100 --> 00:02:33,800 So sorry if that is a disappointment to his fans, but 44 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:37,200 I wanted to tackle some of these questions individually and see 45 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,600 what what thoughts I could spread around to all of you out 46 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:45,100 there. So we had a couple of questions 47 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:49,000 that I'll jump on right away. So our friend Mark Kate, you 48 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 know, for actually first of all before I To that question. 49 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:54,900 I did want to send out a big congratulations to longtime 50 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:59,900 friend of the Pod and occasional host of the Pod or, or 51 00:03:00,300 --> 00:03:04,200 interviewer call screener back in the day, but Matt Blasco 52 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:07,100 getting married today on New Year's Eve in Bloomington. 53 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:12,900 So biggest, congratulations to Matt and his new bride Cheyenne. 54 00:03:12,900 --> 00:03:16,100 As we're looking forward to helping them get married today. 55 00:03:16,100 --> 00:03:20,000 So really exciting times in the, the Crimson cast extended. 56 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:23,800 Mele congrats to Matt and shy and we look forward and wish 57 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:25,400 them all the very best in the future. 58 00:03:26,500 --> 00:03:29,000 Let me jump on this first question from Mark. 59 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:34,200 Katie good friend of the podcast as well best leftover recipe for 60 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:36,900 rib roast. So, you know, there's a couple 61 00:03:36,900 --> 00:03:39,600 of different directions. You can go with this. 62 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:44,800 I know many of you have gone to the rib roast from a Christmas 63 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,300 dinner perspective or something around this time of year, you 64 00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:50,100 know, many of you have been doing it for years, but I think 65 00:03:50,300 --> 00:03:54,400 More people are hopping on the rib roast train or some of the 66 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:58,400 other larger roasts, whether their pork or beef. 67 00:03:58,900 --> 00:04:02,700 So, I think the biggest thing with these is you have to 68 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,900 approach the different parts of the rib roast differently. 69 00:04:06,100 --> 00:04:09,300 One of the things, and I introduced this to mark this 70 00:04:09,300 --> 00:04:11,700 week actually and I think he was a fan of it. 71 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:14,900 What some people for whatever reason? 72 00:04:14,900 --> 00:04:17,899 Don't like rib roast bones. I don't understand those people. 73 00:04:17,899 --> 00:04:21,700 I don't get what their philosophy on life is, but I 74 00:04:21,700 --> 00:04:26,400 would recommend that you embrace the bones as a source of some of 75 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,000 the best tasting meat on the rib roast. 76 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:34,400 And honestly, you know, my perspective on on rib bones off 77 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:39,600 of the rib roast is rather than worrying about keeping them at a 78 00:04:39,608 --> 00:04:42,500 medium rare temperature or even eating them the day of 79 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,300 Oftentimes, quite good once you've finished cooking the rib 80 00:04:45,300 --> 00:04:49,000 roast, but they go incredibly well in the airfryer. 81 00:04:49,100 --> 00:04:52,000 I know that's probably not what you expected me to hear, but you 82 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,500 take those rib bones. Let him sit in the fridge for a 83 00:04:54,508 --> 00:04:58,100 couple of days, maybe lightly, seasoned them or not. 84 00:04:58,100 --> 00:05:01,300 It really doesn't matter, and then pop them in the air, fryer 85 00:05:01,500 --> 00:05:04,500 at about 350 degrees. Let them go for about 10 86 00:05:04,500 --> 00:05:07,700 minutes. Let, the outside get singed, get 87 00:05:07,700 --> 00:05:12,100 a little bit of the maillard reaction going on on the fat and 88 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:13,700 you pull, Those out. You let him cool. 89 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:15,900 Just a little bit. That is, that is a delightful 90 00:05:15,900 --> 00:05:19,500 treat because it's normally one or two of those is enough meat 91 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:25,000 for, you know, a good lunch or maybe a light dinner and you get 92 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:27,300 different flavor profiles that you're not going to get just 93 00:05:27,300 --> 00:05:29,700 with the main rib roast. I think that, you know, the big 94 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:34,700 thing with rib roast is if you're going to have a bunch 95 00:05:34,700 --> 00:05:38,200 left over and almost everybody does, you know, figuring out a 96 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:42,100 way to turn that into a slightly less elegant version of what you 97 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:47,100 just It is important. So sliders good example here. 98 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:49,800 And this was a, the contribution that Mark brought to the table 99 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:55,200 when we were talking about this offline, utilizing a combination 100 00:05:55,200 --> 00:06:03,200 of keys and sauce and small rib roast pieces on slider buns, you 101 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:04,800 know heating those up a little bit. 102 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:07,000 That's that's a really nice way to handle this. 103 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:11,300 I also think if you want to go a little bit on the other side of 104 00:06:11,300 --> 00:06:14,300 things, chopping up some Some of the rib roast really finely and 105 00:06:14,300 --> 00:06:19,700 making essentially a hash or using that in omelets is is a 106 00:06:19,700 --> 00:06:21,900 really good way to utilize some of the meat. 107 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,200 That's the problem, with all those methods is you're probably 108 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:27,100 still going to have a lot of rib roast left over. 109 00:06:27,900 --> 00:06:31,400 So the other key is, if you can figure out how to slice the rib 110 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:35,900 roast in a way where you can get the outside singed, a little 111 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:40,100 bit. This is where, you know, cooking 112 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:41,800 on a griddle or cooking on something. 113 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:44,400 That's got some real. Services at a really high heat. 114 00:06:44,500 --> 00:06:48,300 You don't want to overcook the interior, depending on the width 115 00:06:48,300 --> 00:06:51,200 of your slices, but getting a little bit of char, getting a 116 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,900 little bit of texture, differential between the 117 00:06:53,900 --> 00:06:56,700 different parts of the rib, roast pieces. 118 00:06:56,700 --> 00:06:58,800 Always a good way to go and that goes great, either with 119 00:06:58,800 --> 00:07:01,600 sandwiches or not with sandwiches. 120 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:03,900 So there's a bunch of different things you can do there. 121 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,300 But I tend to get creative a little bit further into the 122 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,600 lifespan of the rib roast all the way down to. 123 00:07:11,100 --> 00:07:14,400 You can make some really really Silent tacos using nothing, but 124 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:19,000 really finely sliced rib roast may be thrown into the skillet 125 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:24,000 and given just a brief sear just to get a little bit of heat on 126 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:25,300 it. Maybe throw some additional 127 00:07:25,300 --> 00:07:27,700 flavoring in on that front. So so there's some different 128 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:29,400 ideas that you could play around with. 129 00:07:29,700 --> 00:07:32,000 I think all of them are good and a lot of it just depends on how 130 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,200 many carbs you want to consume while you're eating the leftover 131 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:38,300 rib roast, so hopefully that's helpful. 132 00:07:38,700 --> 00:07:42,600 We had a couple of questions. That related to food in general. 133 00:07:42,600 --> 00:07:46,300 So Andy stop asked my top five pizzas in the state. 134 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,700 I actually don't feel comfortable, giving a top five 135 00:07:48,700 --> 00:07:52,900 pizzas in the state because between covid and having young 136 00:07:52,900 --> 00:07:56,200 children, it's really been six or seven years since I've been 137 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,800 able to go around the state on Pizza pilgrimages. 138 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:04,100 Like I used to, so, I don't really feel like I'm doing Pizza 139 00:08:04,100 --> 00:08:06,900 in the state of Indiana, a service. 140 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:10,700 If I'm going around and trying to give ratings on Things that 141 00:08:10,700 --> 00:08:14,200 might be five or six years old. I will say some things that 142 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:15,800 stuck out. I think I mentioned this on a 143 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,000 couple of podcasts earlier that the tavern style pizza. 144 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,200 A daredevil is really really good. 145 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:25,700 And I'm talking about the Daredevil Outlet in Speedway. 146 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,800 That was that was excellent. I had that a couple of weeks 147 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:30,800 ago. I'm always agree. 148 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:33,200 So I grew up as I think some of, you know, I grew up in the 149 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:37,000 Lafayette area and if you grow up in the Lafayette area, you're 150 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:41,100 growing up with our knees pizza. That's That's one. 151 00:08:41,100 --> 00:08:43,500 I wish we had closer to Bloomington quite frankly. 152 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,300 There's one in Columbus. There's one in Greenwood. 153 00:08:46,300 --> 00:08:48,200 So it's about a 45-minute drive for me. 154 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:52,700 Either way. It's to me the Pinnacle of that 155 00:08:53,400 --> 00:08:57,500 Indiana style pizza for lack of a better term, the the very flat 156 00:08:57,500 --> 00:09:00,500 dough and the crumble sausage and pepperoni and so forth. 157 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:03,500 So that's always up there for me. 158 00:09:04,300 --> 00:09:07,000 And then I'm going to get to some of our Bloomington options 159 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,300 here in a minute, but I'm actually looking forward if we 160 00:09:10,300 --> 00:09:12,600 ever ever get out of this pandemic to going around the 161 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,800 state and starting the pizza sampling tour. 162 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,700 Once again, I hear great things about places all over the state 163 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:20,800 and I want to start experiencing those a bit more. 164 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:23,500 So I'm looking forward to getting back to that. 165 00:09:23,700 --> 00:09:25,700 It's been too long quite frankly. 166 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:30,800 So that'll jump us over to Dave's question, which is hit us 167 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,700 with your top b-town. Food stops. 168 00:09:34,100 --> 00:09:36,400 I'll make it easy. Best burger best pizza and best 169 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:40,100 overall, so I'm not going to make it that easy because first 170 00:09:40,100 --> 00:09:42,500 of all, With very few exceptions. 171 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:45,400 I actually enjoy pretty much everything in Bloomington. 172 00:09:45,500 --> 00:09:50,600 There's always something at every stop that I can enjoy and 173 00:09:50,700 --> 00:09:54,300 we'll be happy to try out. It's one of those things where 174 00:09:54,300 --> 00:09:59,000 I'm I'm a little bit. Hesitant to pick favorites 175 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:02,500 because a don't want people's feelings to get hurt and be my 176 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:04,900 favorites. Change on a regular basis, you 177 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:09,000 know, my favorite sushi place might change from, you know, one 178 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,200 month to the next, depending on how things taste at that 179 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,000 particular spot. So I always think of this as an 180 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,800 evolving list, but I will give a couple of shout outs in 181 00:10:19,900 --> 00:10:23,000 different categories here. Maybe that will satisfy the 182 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,900 question. So let me start with burgers in. 183 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:29,400 Bloomington, there's a lot of places that serve burgers. 184 00:10:29,700 --> 00:10:31,600 A lot of people have their particular favorites. 185 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,600 We've had some local Publications that have put out 186 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,600 some, like, best burgers in Bloomington stories. 187 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,900 However, when I read those, I question, if anybody under the 188 00:10:42,900 --> 00:10:47,300 age of 60, like, filled out the survey because what you one of 189 00:10:47,308 --> 00:10:48,800 the problems you get in Bloomington, and this is 190 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:51,600 something that I noticed living in Bloomington. 191 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:56,200 And, you know, I've had an association with Bloomington for 192 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,900 E 5 years at this point like I moved to school in Bloomington 193 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:05,900 in the mid-1990s and with a few years accepted where I was 194 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:08,500 living somewhere else. I've been in Bloomington 195 00:11:08,500 --> 00:11:12,600 basically since then and so it's been interesting living here and 196 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:16,500 watching things change. When you see people come back 197 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:19,900 from you know, wherever who went to school here and then went off 198 00:11:19,900 --> 00:11:22,700 and got careers in Chicago or New York or whatever. 199 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,900 Everybody wants to come back and just basically do Bloomington. 200 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,600 From when they were in school, they want to play the hits, you 201 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,200 know, so it's always we're going to Nick's we're going to Mother 202 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,600 Bear's and that's essentially it. 203 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:39,300 And as I've talked about, I think on this podcast before I 204 00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:41,800 go to both of those places on a pretty regular basis, but 205 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:44,100 there's so many other great places that don't get talked 206 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:48,600 about because people don't really want to stretch their 207 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,400 repertoire when they come back, they want to go to the places 208 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,700 that they really liked when they were in school and I get that. 209 00:11:54,700 --> 00:11:59,200 But I feel like part of my job as As a, I guess, a Bloomington 210 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:03,600 evangelist is to let people know about other options that are out 211 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,800 there. And so let me start with 212 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,900 Burgers, the three burgers that I really like, right now in 213 00:12:09,900 --> 00:12:13,700 Bloomington and that I would recommend everybody try to of 214 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:16,100 them are of the Smash Burger variety and one of them is of 215 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:17,900 the more traditional Burger variety. 216 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:22,500 So I'll start off with the Smash Burger variety and and I'll come 217 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:25,000 right out and say there's one. I haven't had a chance to try it 218 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:28,200 which is it Southern Stone. Looking forward to trying that 219 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:30,500 at some point. It just the fates of not aligned 220 00:12:30,500 --> 00:12:33,600 for me to get over there and try that, but two that I really 221 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:37,200 enjoy and that we have ordered on a pretty regular basis. 222 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:44,000 One is at Hive, which is over at 10th and the bypass at that old 223 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,500 shopping center, which they've actually given a facelift to. 224 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:50,900 And this is a Smash Burger. That's actually part of a ghost 225 00:12:50,900 --> 00:12:52,600 kitchen secret menu. Sort of thing. 226 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:55,600 You have to order it online, but it's worth it. 227 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:57,900 It's really well done. It's really We put together the 228 00:12:57,900 --> 00:13:01,800 taste is very good and add some fries from hive with that. 229 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,300 You've got a really good combination, one a little bit 230 00:13:05,300 --> 00:13:08,000 closer to downtown that I'd recommend everybody. 231 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,400 Give a shot to, I'm sure many of you have seen it now walking up 232 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:14,000 and down Kirkwood, but maybe don't know what it is, but it's 233 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:16,700 fat dams, which is located in the Old. 234 00:13:16,700 --> 00:13:20,500 Isan Tie building at fit. Excuse me, at Kirkwood and 235 00:13:20,500 --> 00:13:23,300 Lincoln right across from The Graduate Hotel. 236 00:13:23,900 --> 00:13:26,900 So their burgers, they have several different. 237 00:13:27,300 --> 00:13:31,300 Topping setups with the burger. My favorite is is the is pretty 238 00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:34,400 much just the straightforward one run through the garden as 239 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:39,100 they say, the burger the meat tastes probably, it has probably 240 00:13:39,100 --> 00:13:41,900 has the most pop of any of the meat that I've had with the 241 00:13:41,900 --> 00:13:45,600 Smash Burgers in town and the ingredients all tastes so fresh. 242 00:13:45,700 --> 00:13:51,500 It's a really remarkable take on a very simple concept with the 243 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:54,800 burger and it's presented in a very unpretentious style. 244 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,100 So that's a big recommendation. For me right now. 245 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,300 The third is the and this is admittedly an expensive 246 00:14:01,300 --> 00:14:05,200 category. But the the burger at C3 is one 247 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,500 that I would recommend getting, it is close to $20, which makes 248 00:14:08,500 --> 00:14:10,400 it. I think, for some people 249 00:14:10,900 --> 00:14:13,100 something that they're not willing to do and I certainly 250 00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:14,700 get that. But if you're, if you're 251 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:17,400 thinking about at least giving it a try, I would encourage 252 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,100 checking it out. It's always really well-crafted. 253 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,000 And C3 is a great place to go in general. 254 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:26,200 It's a nice kind of upscale place that's away from the 255 00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,000 action on the These side of Bloomington. 256 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,700 So that's my thought process on the burgers in town right now 257 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:36,600 Pizza, you know, there's there's really three, maybe four that. 258 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:41,300 I'm a huge fan of right now and that I'd recommend people give a 259 00:14:41,308 --> 00:14:46,100 shout-out to one of them is the pizza at switchyard, which a lot 260 00:14:46,100 --> 00:14:48,900 of people I don't think are familiar with the fact that 261 00:14:48,900 --> 00:14:52,500 switchyard is selling pizza or that it's something that's 262 00:14:52,500 --> 00:14:56,000 originating from them. They're there was a period where 263 00:14:56,200 --> 00:15:00,300 the old King do restaurant had moved into switchyard and was 264 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:03,900 making pizzas and selling them. But that I believe that 265 00:15:03,900 --> 00:15:06,700 relationship ended and switch yards now making their own 266 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:09,100 pizzas and they're all excellent. 267 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:11,900 They've gotta get a bunch of different varieties. 268 00:15:12,700 --> 00:15:15,800 I'm a big fan of, I think the old north east of the Blue Ridge 269 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:18,800 is also very good and that's got a special place in my heart 270 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:21,300 because I used to live in the Blue Ridge Neighborhood. 271 00:15:22,900 --> 00:15:24,900 The breadsticks are also excellent as well. 272 00:15:24,900 --> 00:15:28,500 So you get you get some Breadsticks at switchyard. 273 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:31,000 You pair it with a beer. That's a pretty good evening 274 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,800 out. And it also carries out very 275 00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:37,400 well. Also Cafe, Pizzeria and old 276 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,600 favorite one that I kind of feel like Cafe Pizzeria has had a bit 277 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:47,400 of a Renaissance from a recognition Factor over the 278 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:49,300 course of the last five or six years. 279 00:15:49,300 --> 00:15:52,600 I often times felt like I was one of maybe 2 or 3 people total 280 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,800 that. I knew that that liked Cafe 281 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:56,500 Pizzeria and went to it regularly. 282 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:02,300 But to me, it is as good of an Exemplar of the Indiana style of 283 00:16:02,300 --> 00:16:04,700 pizza that Bloomington has. It's got its own kind of unique 284 00:16:04,700 --> 00:16:07,500 Twist on it, but it's consistently good. 285 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:12,200 Our good friend of the Pod IU artifacts is a big proponent of 286 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:17,500 the double do order which I highly recommend checking out. 287 00:16:17,500 --> 00:16:22,500 I am still myself a single do guy, but I also like the double 288 00:16:22,500 --> 00:16:24,400 do variety. Just like a little bit of a 289 00:16:24,408 --> 00:16:27,400 thinner crust. So, you know, you The other 290 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,700 trappings of the traditional Indiana style, the crumbled 291 00:16:30,700 --> 00:16:35,500 sausage in particular, switcher or excuse me, Kathy Pizzeria has 292 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:37,000 that in Spades. So I would recommend checking 293 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,600 that out the other one and this is a new entrant is DaVinci 294 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:43,700 DaVinci. And and I'll also throw Austria 295 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:46,000 Rago in there as well. If you haven't been to either of 296 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:50,700 those locations, I'd recommend those DaVinci is located at 3rd 297 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:55,600 and Washington and they have a nice menu in in total that 298 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:56,800 focuses on a variety of different. 299 00:16:56,900 --> 00:16:59,100 Current types of Italian food, but their pizzas really well 300 00:16:59,100 --> 00:17:01,700 done. It's not big. 301 00:17:01,700 --> 00:17:06,099 These are, you know, probably I would say nine inch pizzas, 302 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:11,900 maybe 10, inch pizzas, there. They've got the Wood-Fired Brick 303 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:14,800 Oven set up which makes for a really tasty pizza and it's a 304 00:17:14,808 --> 00:17:17,700 different type of experience from the more traditional pizzas 305 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:22,800 that you've probably ordered in town and Austria, same sort of 306 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:24,800 deal. There crust is a little bit 307 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,200 puffier and I'd say they're topping setup is More 308 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:31,100 conventional but it's still done in a Wood-Fired stove. 309 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:33,400 And again, it's a little more personal size. 310 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,600 Although it's gonna get pretty big when you try to eat the 311 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:38,800 whole thing. So any of those options are 312 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:41,000 really good in town. It's hard for me to pick an 313 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,800 absolute favorite because they're all a bit different and 314 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,300 what they bring to the table and I'd recommend you check them all 315 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:48,500 out. One other category. 316 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:52,900 I wanted to hit. Is starters in town. 317 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:55,700 We go back and forth. Sometimes about what our 318 00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:58,000 favorite starters are in Bloomington. 319 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:04,400 So a few that have been either consistent favorites or have 320 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:06,800 become new favorites here. Over the course of the last year 321 00:18:07,500 --> 00:18:10,400 over Big Woods, the pulled pork nachos. 322 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:13,500 That's to me, that's become almost like the signature dish 323 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:16,500 at Big Woods whether you're here in Bloomington or whether your 324 00:18:16,500 --> 00:18:18,700 Nashville or whether you're up in Indianapolis. 325 00:18:19,300 --> 00:18:24,600 Just a really Solid and very consistent, appetizer that eats 326 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:26,300 like a meal. I've, in fact, I will order that 327 00:18:26,300 --> 00:18:30,600 sometimes as just a meal sticking in the chips category, 328 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:34,500 a very simple delivery, but one that always hits the spot at 329 00:18:34,500 --> 00:18:37,600 Social Cantina. The chips played a used to be a 330 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:40,100 chips and salsa flight and it still kind of is. 331 00:18:41,700 --> 00:18:44,000 But instead of getting for Salsas now, you're getting a 332 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:49,300 queso and guacamole along with a green sauce and a red sauce, and 333 00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:53,600 the seasoning that Goes on those chips is always like they eat 334 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:56,700 very well by themselves. Let's say so you can either eat 335 00:18:56,700 --> 00:18:59,000 them by like that or in tandem with the sauces. 336 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:04,600 The other one I'll mention is the dirty tots at fat Dan's 337 00:19:04,600 --> 00:19:08,100 which are a and an accomplishment every time you 338 00:19:08,100 --> 00:19:13,200 actually finish those they are my wife just walked in from the 339 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,600 kitchen and bow down to those. Those are those are her favorite 340 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:18,500 in town. But if you like tater tots and 341 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,600 you like pulled pork and you like, Hot sauce and you like 342 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:25,500 cheese all at once. That's definitely the order that 343 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:27,100 I would recommend. One other thing. 344 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:32,500 I'll throw in, probably the best individual meal that I had this 345 00:19:32,500 --> 00:19:35,300 year is actually a tie in Bloomington. 346 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:41,200 The first is the the Fried Chicken and Waffles at Southern 347 00:19:41,200 --> 00:19:45,100 Stone. That was we saw that pop up on 348 00:19:45,100 --> 00:19:49,400 the Bloomington Foodies Facebook group and we were immediately 349 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,500 intrigued because it looked it had the right look to it. 350 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:54,800 You kind of you get it used to seeing the pictures of these 351 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:55,700 things. You're like, yeah. 352 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,200 I think that's going to check out flavor-wise and wow, did it 353 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:04,200 ever just just an excellent Ensemble of the chicken and the 354 00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,400 the hot honey that goes with it. So I would recommend that if 355 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:08,900 you're a fan of fried chicken at all. 356 00:20:08,900 --> 00:20:12,400 It's not something I eat every day, but a good fried chicken. 357 00:20:12,700 --> 00:20:16,200 Is a hard thing to find. Sometimes something that isn't, 358 00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,800 you know, just mass-produced. This is really cooked with care. 359 00:20:19,300 --> 00:20:22,900 So big thumbs up to Southern Stone on the Fried Chicken 360 00:20:22,900 --> 00:20:27,000 option there and then the other one, the to me the most 361 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:31,000 consistent restaurant in Bloomington, and the one that I 362 00:20:31,008 --> 00:20:35,600 think has, maybe the best array of small touches that make the 363 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,800 overall experience. Great for our anniversary dinner 364 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:42,900 this year, my wife and I went to Uptown and they had Add a new 365 00:20:42,900 --> 00:20:45,700 steak on the menu item scene, which was the they'll Monica, 366 00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:49,300 which is a ribeye essentially, and just prepared excellently. 367 00:20:49,300 --> 00:20:53,400 And we both had the same steak order and just cooked to 368 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:56,300 Perfection really done in a proper manner. 369 00:20:56,700 --> 00:21:00,500 So that was, those are the two meals that stuck out to us the 370 00:21:00,500 --> 00:21:02,500 most throughout the course of the year in town. 371 00:21:02,500 --> 00:21:05,700 So hopefully that helps some of you in terms of if you've, 372 00:21:05,700 --> 00:21:07,800 you're not living in Bloomington, but you're 373 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,800 traveling back at some point, perhaps, these will give you 374 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:14,100 some options that you might I have not thought about 375 00:21:14,100 --> 00:21:16,200 otherwise, so thanks for the question. 376 00:21:16,200 --> 00:21:20,300 Dave at some point. We will do a food like a drink. 377 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:25,100 I got beer and and cocktail podcast and talk a little bit 378 00:21:25,100 --> 00:21:27,600 more about that space but we'll save that for the new year. 379 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,600 Another question this one from Andrew Elliot any new album 380 00:21:32,600 --> 00:21:35,700 recommendations and and actually Andrew and I saw each other 381 00:21:35,700 --> 00:21:38,600 outside of concert in St. Louis about five years ago. 382 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,100 So I appreciate him writing in I gotta say this was kind of a 383 00:21:42,108 --> 00:21:43,800 weird. Year for me and music. 384 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:50,800 In terms of, it takes new music. Some time to hit me sometimes, 385 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:55,000 and, and I try not to make any Final determinations on albums 386 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,100 after until like about a year sets in. 387 00:21:57,100 --> 00:22:01,700 So, I'm still honestly digesting a lot of the newer music that 388 00:22:01,700 --> 00:22:04,000 came out throughout the course of twenty, twenty one. 389 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,700 So maybe I should be giving my 20 20 reviews. 390 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:08,800 Now that we're at the end of 20 21, I should have thought of 391 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:12,200 that ahead of time, but a couple of albums that did stick out the 392 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:16,000 new War on Drugs album, it's different from the previous War 393 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,900 on Drugs albums, by a pretty significant margin, but I really 394 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:24,500 enjoy the creativity and the overall sound that, that group 395 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:28,100 is able to get. And so I'd recommend checking 396 00:22:28,100 --> 00:22:32,700 that album out and just it's a different kind of experience. 397 00:22:32,700 --> 00:22:35,400 And many of you, maybe never listened to War on Drugs before 398 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,800 period, so would recommend them and then on more of the rock, 399 00:22:40,500 --> 00:22:44,700 kind of indie rock pop side. The Ducks limited another 400 00:22:44,700 --> 00:22:47,400 interesting album that I like that style of music almost like 401 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,400 a power pop or sort of thing in places. 402 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,100 So those would be the two things that I would recommend now, but 403 00:22:52,100 --> 00:22:55,200 they'll be a lot more as we go through. 404 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:59,100 I think these next couple of months, as I'll finally have 405 00:22:59,100 --> 00:23:02,900 some time to really form. Final, conclusions on things. 406 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:08,900 Let's see, a couple of other questions that we had just over 407 00:23:08,900 --> 00:23:12,300 all of Craig Davis, asked making pork. 408 00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:15,700 Ellie burnt ends. When do you typically pull off 409 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:17,200 the heat? So if you haven't had these 410 00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:20,800 before, I'd recommend it pork belly, chop it into small 411 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:25,600 pieces, and there's a whole array of things you can do. 412 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:29,300 But you can put these, you can actually do these in the oven, 413 00:23:29,300 --> 00:23:31,400 or on the stove top. You don't have to do them in the 414 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:35,100 smoker. But if I think doing them in the 415 00:23:35,100 --> 00:23:36,600 smoker, probably makes the most sense. 416 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,700 And if you going to do them in the smoker, I normally aim for 417 00:23:39,700 --> 00:23:43,000 about four to four and a half. Hours. 418 00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:48,000 And it's a it's an interesting process because you need to 419 00:23:48,000 --> 00:23:53,100 season the the pork belly cubes basically first. 420 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:56,400 And then you want to make sure you've got some wood in there. 421 00:23:56,400 --> 00:23:58,500 You're going to you're going to smoke for a couple of hours and 422 00:23:58,500 --> 00:24:00,400 then you're going to coat and barbecue sauce and then smoke 423 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:03,000 for a couple more hours. The nice thing about doing these 424 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,200 is they're going to be done kind of whenever you want. 425 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:10,400 A lot of, it's just a personal preference on how cooked the 426 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:14,400 meat is and what the overall. Consensus on the texture is, as 427 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,200 far as the people that are eating in your house. 428 00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:21,200 I like mine a little bit more on the having a little bit of a 429 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:24,300 tougher exterior because it contrasts well, with what is 430 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:30,400 normally a pretty loose, you know, mouth feel on the inside 431 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,400 with things. But you might want yours a 432 00:24:32,408 --> 00:24:34,300 little bit on the, the less cooked side. 433 00:24:34,300 --> 00:24:35,900 You might want them even more cooked than that. 434 00:24:35,900 --> 00:24:39,400 So, I would say start checking out about the four hour mark, 435 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,800 never be afraid to take a sample or two and just make sure that 436 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,700 it's where you want it to be. And if you're doing them through 437 00:24:46,700 --> 00:24:49,500 an alternate methodology. It's kind of a similar sort of 438 00:24:49,500 --> 00:24:51,500 deal. I just think the smoker is 439 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:54,100 probably it gives you the best flavor and it's honestly kind of 440 00:24:54,100 --> 00:24:56,300 the least amount of work. There's a little bit more prep 441 00:24:56,300 --> 00:24:58,400 at the beginning, but all things considered that's probably the 442 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:04,700 easiest way to go about it. Couple of other questions that 443 00:25:04,700 --> 00:25:08,300 got tossed, our direction, we did have some additional 444 00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:13,300 questions that came in. As far as the way that 445 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:17,100 everything is set up from the standpoint of football. 446 00:25:17,300 --> 00:25:19,400 Not a whole lot has changed on the football front since we 447 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,000 talked last week, and we've had a couple of other questions 448 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,100 about, you know, what is a reasonable record for next 449 00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:28,800 season for an expectation perspective. 450 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,900 This was Evan deal asked his question. 451 00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:38,100 And, you know, I think look as our friend Martha, the mop lady 452 00:25:38,100 --> 00:25:42,800 posted on Twitter. It's, it's hard unless you're 453 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,700 just one of those people that's given over to unbridled optimism 454 00:25:45,700 --> 00:25:49,000 at every opportunity, with your sports teams. 455 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:52,800 It's hard to look at the offseason, it Indiana's had and 456 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,300 say, oh I'm expecting them to jump right back in and have 457 00:25:55,300 --> 00:25:59,400 seven or eight wins next year. They've certainly made a lot of 458 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,500 good strides in recruiting. Is anybody that's debating that 459 00:26:02,700 --> 00:26:06,100 At, but the idea that those recruits are going to be ready 460 00:26:06,100 --> 00:26:10,900 to contribute. Right away is probably overly 461 00:26:10,900 --> 00:26:12,300 optimistic. I would say. 462 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:15,600 And I just haven't seen enough transfers in the key areas where 463 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,400 the team had trouble last year to feel like anything more than 464 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,100 maybe a 4 and 8 or 5 and 7, season is a realistic record 465 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:26,800 because I just again, you could see freshman having an impact, 466 00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:32,000 but I always worry about freshman having to deal with the 467 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,400 physical. Pounding of being in the Big Ten 468 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,100 that that's where you get injuries. 469 00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:40,000 That's where you get guys realizing that, wow. 470 00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:41,600 They've got a lot more learning to do. 471 00:26:42,300 --> 00:26:45,500 There's a lot more film study to do and if you look at the roster 472 00:26:45,500 --> 00:26:48,200 that's coming back. It's a lot of question marks in 473 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,300 a bunch of different areas. So it's an easier schedule. 474 00:26:51,300 --> 00:26:55,300 But you also get the sense, you know looking at the way that a 475 00:26:55,300 --> 00:26:58,000 team like Maryland went out and wipe the floor with their bowl 476 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,700 opponent for instance and you're like, you know, that's that's 477 00:27:00,700 --> 00:27:02,300 going to be a problem potentially. 478 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:04,900 Year Rutgers is going to potentially be a problem next 479 00:27:04,900 --> 00:27:07,000 year. So at this point, you know, 480 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,200 maybe things will change, but as I end 2021 for the football 481 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:14,200 team, my emotions on them. I'm not very optimistic about 482 00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:15,400 next year. Hopefully that changes. 483 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:17,600 I'm sure. I'll I'll dope myself up on 484 00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:22,100 optimism before the before Summer Camp starts and we get 485 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,000 back into the swing of things leading into the season. 486 00:27:24,000 --> 00:27:25,900 But right now, yeah, not so much. 487 00:27:26,300 --> 00:27:29,900 Evan also asked Big Ten record, expectations. 488 00:27:29,900 --> 00:27:32,500 And also how does Indiana suddenly have a pipeline of 489 00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:35,300 School talent. I covered the record question 490 00:27:35,700 --> 00:27:38,300 last week. I said I think twelve and eight 491 00:27:38,300 --> 00:27:42,000 maybe 13 and 7 was a reasonable expectation. 492 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,400 I still feel that way. Big Ten is just a mess. 493 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,800 There's so many imperfect teams right now. 494 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:53,000 I mean, you need look no further than Michigan losing last night. 495 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,100 Not just losing by a little bit but losing by a pretty 496 00:27:56,100 --> 00:27:58,600 significant margin to University of Central Florida. 497 00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:02,500 That Michigan teams got problems and you. 498 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,800 Look up and down the roster of things with the Big Ten and the 499 00:28:05,808 --> 00:28:09,400 various teams. I think everybody expects the 500 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:13,600 Purdue Boilermakers to be good. I think they're not going to be 501 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:17,500 as good as many people are expecting just because I while 502 00:28:17,500 --> 00:28:18,900 they're certainly a very good team. 503 00:28:18,900 --> 00:28:23,300 I don't see them being a team that's going to threaten to go 504 00:28:23,300 --> 00:28:26,600 like, you know, 18 and 2 or 17 and 3 in conference. 505 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:31,400 So, you know, I look at Indiana and I say they are so they're 506 00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:36,900 firmly in the middle. Of the the overall set up in the 507 00:28:36,900 --> 00:28:39,700 conference. And I think they'll be slightly 508 00:28:39,700 --> 00:28:42,600 better than average because I think their schedule will play 509 00:28:42,600 --> 00:28:48,500 out as such and I am to some degree still. 510 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:51,500 Keeping my fingers crossed that they figure out a few additional 511 00:28:51,500 --> 00:28:54,800 things and they get, try Galloway back and he's healthy. 512 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:57,500 I think there's a really good chance of this team may be 513 00:28:57,500 --> 00:28:59,200 slightly. Exceeding my expectations. 514 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,900 But as of now, I'm going to stick with the 12 and 8 in the 515 00:29:02,900 --> 00:29:05,400 conference because I think that will easily get them back into 516 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:07,400 the NCAA tournament. And that's ultimately the most 517 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:15,100 important thing for this year. 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Again. 535 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:14,900 It's the power rank.com / AC, you can Check out that right 536 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:17,000 now. And so I'm I'm hoping you go 537 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:19,200 check that out. It's a really good newsletter 538 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,400 and some really good information whether you're wagering on 539 00:30:21,408 --> 00:30:23,700 sports or whether you just want to understand how things are 540 00:30:23,700 --> 00:30:28,000 going in the Sports World on the college side, especially so be 541 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,900 sure to check that out. Last question. 542 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:33,900 I want to tackle. I'm actually going to jump back 543 00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:38,400 to a couple of questions that we got on Facebook. 544 00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,900 We do have a Facebook account. By the way, if you want to check 545 00:30:40,900 --> 00:30:43,300 us out you just search, Crimson cast on Facebook. 546 00:30:43,900 --> 00:30:47,900 And you'll be able to locate us there, but we had a long 547 00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:52,000 question from Jonas more who actually wrote in on Christmas 548 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,900 Day. Jonas, saying it's first time 549 00:30:55,800 --> 00:30:58,200 reaching out, but he's been listening to the podcast for a 550 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,500 while. So he had some interesting 551 00:31:01,500 --> 00:31:05,100 statistical observations that, we've maybe touched on a little 552 00:31:05,100 --> 00:31:08,000 bit in pieces on the podcast before. 553 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:11,700 But I wanted to go ahead and you know, we'll we'll just kind of 554 00:31:11,700 --> 00:31:13,200 lay them all out. In this case. 555 00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:16,400 Ace. So to summarize. 556 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:24,000 From 2019 to 2021 with records of 8 and 4 6 & 1 & 2 and 10 and 557 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,700 that excludes bowl games on the 2019 and 2020 Seasons. 558 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:32,800 IU is 2 and 14 against teams with winning records or Bowl 559 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,500 eligible teams. So 6 & 6 are better and then 560 00:31:35,508 --> 00:31:38,100 they're 14 and 1 against teams with losing records. 561 00:31:38,600 --> 00:31:42,100 The two wins against winning teams were against Wisconsin 562 00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:44,200 last year and then Western Kentucky this year. 563 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:48,500 They're only lost to a losing. Non bowl-eligible team. 564 00:31:48,500 --> 00:31:51,400 During that time was to Rutgers this year, who finished five and 565 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,000 seven. And I have of course as many of 566 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,800 you know Rutgers actually ended up in a bowl. 567 00:31:55,800 --> 00:32:00,500 It took a cancellation by one team and permission by the NCAA 568 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:03,000 to allow Rutgers to go to the Gator Bowl, but they're in it. 569 00:32:04,900 --> 00:32:07,800 So they are actually, they technically will not count in 570 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:09,800 the statistic because they ended up in a bowl game. 571 00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,100 So, anyway, he says, I thought that was fascinating and 572 00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:14,400 curious. If you guys have any thoughts 573 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,700 with a really worse this year, or did they just not improve? 574 00:32:16,900 --> 00:32:18,900 In the previous years. I think we'd all agree. 575 00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:20,500 They were terrible. The last three games, but they 576 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:25,100 were competitive and all the other games even up to the the 577 00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:27,700 game at Michigan, which could incidentally was where they were 578 00:32:27,700 --> 00:32:29,400 knocked out for a Vulcan tension. 579 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:32,600 So interesting thought and you know, this has been bandied 580 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:35,300 about quite a bit. This idea that a lot of people, 581 00:32:35,300 --> 00:32:41,000 the trump card for the Tom Allen era, not being a good one as 582 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:41,400 well. Tom. 583 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,200 Allen hasn't beaten any teams with winning records or they 584 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:46,700 beaten one team with a winning record. 585 00:32:46,800 --> 00:32:49,000 Record as the case may be, I guess it's to now. 586 00:32:49,100 --> 00:32:52,300 Well now there's now it's too so I'm I'm hoping that that 587 00:32:52,300 --> 00:32:55,000 narrative kind of goes away because I think what you'll find 588 00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:00,100 is for a lot of teams like Indiana, you frankly are going 589 00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:03,300 to pick up the vast majority of your wins against teams that 590 00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:06,100 don't have winning records and you're probably going to 591 00:33:06,100 --> 00:33:10,400 struggle against teams that do have winning records and look. 592 00:33:10,500 --> 00:33:15,500 I think that overall you take a team like, for instance, 593 00:33:15,900 --> 00:33:18,900 Michigan State. This Here and you kind of go 594 00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:23,200 down the list of games that they won and most of their wins were 595 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:27,500 against teams that had losing records or were right around 596 00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:30,700 500. And most of the winds that they 597 00:33:30,700 --> 00:33:33,500 picked up the, obviously, the Michigan game was a notable 598 00:33:33,500 --> 00:33:37,200 exception. It wasn't like they had, you 599 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:40,100 know, of the, of the what 11 wins or ten wins that they had 600 00:33:40,100 --> 00:33:42,300 on the season. It wasn't like of the tan. 601 00:33:42,300 --> 00:33:44,900 Like five of them are, six of them were against top-notch 602 00:33:44,900 --> 00:33:46,600 competition and five were against. 603 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,300 A mediocre competition. You generally pick up a lot of 604 00:33:50,300 --> 00:33:54,600 wins against teams that just don't win a lot and this is why 605 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:58,100 scheduling so important. It's also why for Indiana being 606 00:33:58,100 --> 00:34:02,100 in the Big 10 East is a constant challenge because you're always 607 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:07,100 going to have four teams, maybe five that are going to be at 500 608 00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:10,000 or better. You do need to win those games. 609 00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:13,800 No question, but I think the idea that IU or the Tom Allen is 610 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,699 somehow unique in that, they haven't won a lot of games. 611 00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:21,400 Against top level competition. It's probably not that big of a, 612 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,600 of a finding. I think what you'd find again is 613 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:28,400 that that is consistently how it works across most of college 614 00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,199 football where I think Alan needs to get better as they have 615 00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:35,100 to start picking up some scalps, as our friend and co-host. 616 00:34:35,100 --> 00:34:39,500 Got Caulfield says, because that's ultimately what gets 617 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:44,199 people excited about your football program and whether 618 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:47,800 that's scalps in the regular season, Talked about /, do a lot 619 00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:50,699 with that, you know, they were able to beat Ohio State in that, 620 00:34:50,699 --> 00:34:54,600 that big game a few years ago, or, you know, this past year, 621 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:59,200 they're able to knock off Iowa. And then, of course, they just 622 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,900 had that remarkable bizarre kind of silly Music, City Bowl, 623 00:35:03,900 --> 00:35:08,500 victory against Tennessee. It's those sorts of wins that 624 00:35:08,500 --> 00:35:12,200 really galvanized the fans and let you look at Indiana, you 625 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,800 know, the the winds that galvanized the fans, the most 626 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:18,700 during the 2020 season where the winner Penn State brand name and 627 00:35:18,700 --> 00:35:20,500 the win against Michigan. Also a brand name. 628 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:22,100 I guess you could also say Wisconsin. 629 00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:26,400 It's to some degree. A bit of an accident that Penn 630 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,500 State ends up with a losing record in that season because I 631 00:35:28,508 --> 00:35:32,400 think if they'd played a normal, you know, 12 game season, they 632 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,500 would have probably ended up as a seven or eight win team that 633 00:35:35,500 --> 00:35:39,400 year, but the reality is that's not what happened. 634 00:35:39,400 --> 00:35:43,900 And for Indiana, it becomes a situation where you have to 635 00:35:43,900 --> 00:35:46,500 settle, you increase your talent and you have to be able to go 636 00:35:46,500 --> 00:35:48,700 in. Ooh those sorts of games and 637 00:35:48,700 --> 00:35:52,100 pick up wins, and I guess I'll push back a little bit on the 638 00:35:52,100 --> 00:35:55,200 idea that maybe Indiana didn't get worse this past year. 639 00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:56,800 Maybe just everybody else got better. 640 00:35:57,200 --> 00:36:00,000 I think both happened. I think Indiana got worse and 641 00:36:00,100 --> 00:36:03,000 the other teams got better because if you think about 642 00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,200 Indiana's football season in totality, they had as we've 643 00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,900 talked about on this podcast, one of the worst offenses in the 644 00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:15,500 history of the 14-team Big Ten and just from a point scored 645 00:36:15,500 --> 00:36:18,400 perspective from a yard. Perspective, it was a putrid 646 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,900 offense. That is a huge step back from 647 00:36:20,900 --> 00:36:22,400 what they had done the previous year. 648 00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:25,500 And defensively, they had a step back. 649 00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:29,700 You know, that everybody was concerned about turnovers not 650 00:36:29,700 --> 00:36:32,000 being replicable, but it wasn't just the turnovers. 651 00:36:32,500 --> 00:36:35,200 It was also the inability to make stops at Key moments. 652 00:36:35,300 --> 00:36:40,200 And then that evolved into right around the time that they lost, 653 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,200 the chance of Bulge ability that evolved into just not being able 654 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:46,100 to make stops period. And, you know, when you whether 655 00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:48,100 it's the Whose game or the Minnesota game? 656 00:36:48,100 --> 00:36:51,300 Or the Purdue game? Indiana looked absolutely 657 00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:54,300 exposed the further that the season wet. 658 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:56,800 And I think if they're special teams in there as well, Indiana 659 00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:00,700 just took a bunch of steps back and unfortunately, for Indiana, 660 00:37:00,700 --> 00:37:03,300 this happened simultaneously to Maryland. 661 00:37:03,300 --> 00:37:06,700 Taking a small, step forward, Rutgers taking a big step 662 00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:08,200 forward. Michigan State, taking a big 663 00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,700 step forward and Michigan, taking a big step forward as 664 00:37:11,700 --> 00:37:13,700 well. So it's not nothing happens in a 665 00:37:13,707 --> 00:37:15,600 vacuum. And I guess that's a key point 666 00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:20,100 to think about, In, you know, but Indiana by any metric. 667 00:37:20,100 --> 00:37:23,400 Just wasn't good enough and it wasn't a situation of well, we 668 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:25,000 stayed the same and everybody got better. 669 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:28,100 It was this case of everybody got better and Indiana got 670 00:37:28,100 --> 00:37:30,100 worse. So that's got to be addressed as 671 00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:36,500 we go into this upcoming year. So, anyway, I think that's gonna 672 00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:39,100 actually wrap it up as that was a pretty long question. 673 00:37:39,100 --> 00:37:42,500 We appreciate you writing in, like, is the last one, I'll 674 00:37:42,500 --> 00:37:44,600 tackle. This was from Ghost of a ghost 675 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:48,100 and this something applies. I think to both football and 676 00:37:48,100 --> 00:37:51,200 basketball, what has made you the happiest about this team? 677 00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,100 And what would you ask for for Christmas? 678 00:37:53,100 --> 00:37:54,800 For them? This was obviously written 679 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,600 before Christmas, but let's we'll set it up in a New Year's 680 00:37:57,600 --> 00:38:00,500 resolution for both IU football and I, you men's basketball. 681 00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:05,400 So, for IU football, what's made me the happiest about the Is 682 00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:10,200 there does still appear to be a spirit of hey we're doing 683 00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:12,100 something special and different here. 684 00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:14,900 And even if the results on the field aren't showing it. 685 00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:18,800 I do like how there is a positivity that has remained 686 00:38:19,100 --> 00:38:22,200 among the coaching staff and and at least among some of the 687 00:38:22,200 --> 00:38:23,900 players. I don't know if that actually 688 00:38:23,900 --> 00:38:26,300 translates into anything tangible. 689 00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:30,700 But when that works it is a it's kind of a special sauce that is 690 00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:33,800 fun to see, and it does kind of warm your heart. 691 00:38:34,500 --> 00:38:37,600 The however, my New Year's resolution for the football 692 00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:39,700 team. The thing I would ask of them is 693 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,600 to stop thinking that that kind of positivity is going to pay 694 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:46,200 the bills. At the end of the day. 695 00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:49,800 This team really needs to rethink how it approaches a 696 00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,300 bunch of different areas. And I think you could make an 697 00:38:52,300 --> 00:38:58,200 argument that 2019 and 2020 both had unique events that led to 698 00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,800 them being better than they should have. 699 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:06,300 Been 2019 was a Really talented offensive coordinator. 700 00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:10,200 Figuring out how to take some imperfect pieces and use them in 701 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:13,700 a way that generated a lot of wins and 2020 was kind of a 702 00:39:13,707 --> 00:39:17,800 perfect storm, sort of situation that allowed Indiana to take 703 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,900 advantage of some teams being down the weird situation 704 00:39:20,900 --> 00:39:26,100 regarding covid and their own ability to, finally, get over 705 00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:30,300 the hump in a couple of games. But neither of those situations 706 00:39:30,300 --> 00:39:33,100 is going to be exist in 2022. At least. 707 00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:35,800 We hope that they do at least. The these though the covid thing 708 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:39,500 we hope isn't existing then. So what Indiana needs to do 709 00:39:39,500 --> 00:39:43,500 football-wise is get a lot more serious about details. 710 00:39:43,500 --> 00:39:47,600 Get a lot more serious. About the little things that win 711 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:50,400 games, the other one of the complaints early on in the 712 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:51,800 season. And I think something you could 713 00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:55,200 point to the Syracuse or skews the G Syracuse game, the 714 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,800 Cincinnati game, the Michigan State game, even the Western 715 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:00,900 Kentucky game which they want, but it was very close. 716 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:04,400 Is this team is, is still in year. 717 00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:08,400 Five of the Tom Allen era struggling with small details. 718 00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:11,000 Whether it's penalties, whether it's blocking schemes, whether 719 00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:15,500 it's technique, especially from receivers and, and, and things 720 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:18,300 of that nature, they're just there has to be more attention 721 00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:20,900 to detail, and that's something that is as much on the players 722 00:40:20,900 --> 00:40:22,800 as it is on the coaches. But ultimately, it's the job of 723 00:40:22,808 --> 00:40:25,800 the coaches to get the players, doing what they need to do. 724 00:40:25,900 --> 00:40:29,200 So need to see more of that and really need to see. 725 00:40:29,500 --> 00:40:34,200 I think a full re-evaluation of game management. 726 00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,800 From top to bottom, you know, when plays are getting called 727 00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:41,300 and when timeouts are being used and things of that nature. 728 00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:46,200 It's been, it's been loose for five years and it can make the 729 00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:49,500 difference between winning, four games and winning six, or seven 730 00:40:49,500 --> 00:40:52,100 games next year. In addition, to all the other 731 00:40:52,100 --> 00:40:56,100 factors that are going on as far as what's made me happiest about 732 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,500 men's basketball. I think it's just that it feels 733 00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:02,100 fun. But it also feels serious again, 734 00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:05,700 you know, the is it Been a perfect start to the Mike 735 00:41:05,700 --> 00:41:09,700 Woodson are obviously but it also has been a start to the era 736 00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:13,600 where there's a different energy is an energy that I think for 737 00:41:13,600 --> 00:41:16,700 old-time IU basketball fans. They look at it. 738 00:41:16,700 --> 00:41:19,900 And they say, you know what, this feels like something that I 739 00:41:19,900 --> 00:41:24,200 recognize this, there's a vibe to this IU season, that is 740 00:41:24,200 --> 00:41:27,700 special. And you know, the players are 741 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:31,400 not perfect by any means, but their players that appear to be 742 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:36,000 having fun with each other. Or to feel like they can win 743 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,700 games as opposed to feeling like they're going to eventually lose 744 00:41:39,700 --> 00:41:41,200 games. And that's a big change of pace. 745 00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:46,100 I think that's a positive and you know, the I really enjoy 746 00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:49,800 Mike Woodson's demeanor. I enjoy what he says in press 747 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:53,800 conferences. I enjoy how he interacts with 748 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,900 his players on the floor and I think he's gotten some really 749 00:41:57,900 --> 00:42:02,500 interesting performances so far out of several players that I 750 00:42:02,500 --> 00:42:05,800 had some questions about coming into the And he's also gotten 751 00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:09,300 some, you know, accelerated and advanced performance as out of 752 00:42:09,300 --> 00:42:11,300 guys who I wondered if they'd hit their ceiling. 753 00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,600 Like I didn't know if we were going to get more out of Trace 754 00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:17,200 Jackson, Davis than we got last year and Mike, Woodson has 755 00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,400 gotten that and I think that he deserves a lot of credit for 756 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,600 that for the way that race Thompson's played. 757 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:28,100 There's a lot of small Nuance details that just, you know, 758 00:42:28,300 --> 00:42:30,700 you're still struggling with offense on this team and you're 759 00:42:30,700 --> 00:42:32,800 still going to have moments. I think where this team's going 760 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,500 to not completely know what they're supposed to be doing. 761 00:42:36,500 --> 00:42:39,400 And to me, that's just an artifact of a new coach, a new 762 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,600 coaching staff and new system, but there does seem to be a core 763 00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,700 belief in what the team is doing. 764 00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,800 And so that's what's got me. Most excited. 765 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,000 What I would ask for for them, for for New Year's. 766 00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:54,800 What's the resolution there? You know, I think it's It's 767 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:57,600 both. I think the team needs to just 768 00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,600 remain patient and realize that they're going to get 769 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,400 incrementally better as the season goes along if they keep 770 00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:04,100 doing what they're being asked to do. 771 00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:08,500 And I think my biggest ask is that everybody be more patient 772 00:43:08,500 --> 00:43:12,100 with this team? I think there's a lot of IU fans 773 00:43:12,100 --> 00:43:15,400 who have been burned time and time again over the last 20 774 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:19,200 years by false hope. And now the default reaction is 775 00:43:19,200 --> 00:43:23,300 negative all the time, and there's still a lot of 776 00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:25,400 information. Infighting between IU fans on 777 00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:28,800 social media. There's a lot of recriminations, 778 00:43:28,800 --> 00:43:32,900 the moment, the team loses a game or struggles in a 779 00:43:32,908 --> 00:43:36,400 particular moment in time in a game and I understand where that 780 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:40,600 comes from because I think that the IU basketball fan base, has 781 00:43:40,600 --> 00:43:46,400 been to some degree asked to believe and to perform all the 782 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:49,900 acts of supporting a top-level team, but what they've actually 783 00:43:49,900 --> 00:43:53,500 gotten has been a second or third-tier team in many cases. 784 00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,900 Over the last 20 years. And at this point I think people 785 00:43:56,900 --> 00:43:59,800 are just tired of waiting. I think this is going to be a 786 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,900 team worth waiting for this, is going to be a program worth 787 00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:04,200 waiting for will. They get all the way back to 788 00:44:04,200 --> 00:44:07,000 where people want them to be this year or next year? 789 00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,000 Probably not. But I think already this team 790 00:44:10,300 --> 00:44:15,400 has performed at or slightly above expectations. 791 00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:19,500 And let's be honest, that is better than what we've seen out 792 00:44:19,500 --> 00:44:23,900 of IU basketball, for any of the last five years, so, That in and 793 00:44:23,900 --> 00:44:26,900 of itself is some progress and I'm excited to see how Indiana 794 00:44:26,900 --> 00:44:28,600 is able to continue to build on that progress. 795 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:32,400 And my hope is that there's just some additional patients as 796 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,200 people realize that you're watching a transformation taking 797 00:44:35,200 --> 00:44:37,100 place with the basketball program. 798 00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:39,800 And I think it's going to lead to some really good things down 799 00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:41,900 the line, but it's not going to happen overnight. 800 00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:44,200 Anyway, that's going to wrap it up. 801 00:44:44,200 --> 00:44:48,700 I appreciate everybody who took the time to listen and ask 802 00:44:48,700 --> 00:44:51,200 questions and will continue to answer questions. 803 00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,200 As we move forward. We'll be back with Podcast, 804 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:56,100 probably at the beginning of next week. 805 00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:59,100 As we recap, what happened with IU? 806 00:44:59,100 --> 00:45:02,700 Basketball, obviously UNC Asheville. 807 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:04,300 That game. Got canceled. 808 00:45:04,300 --> 00:45:06,900 Probably not the biggest loss in the world. 809 00:45:07,300 --> 00:45:08,800 Would have been nice to get one more game in. 810 00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:12,100 But Indiana going to just start off the Big Ten season with 811 00:45:12,100 --> 00:45:14,600 about a ten day break. They'll take on a Penn State 812 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:18,400 team that will not have played since early December that game 813 00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,700 taking place on Sunday of this upcoming weekend. 814 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,400 We'll talk about that and we'll cover. 815 00:45:23,500 --> 00:45:25,900 Or any other materials that need to be talked about as well. 816 00:45:25,900 --> 00:45:30,600 Be sure to check out our other friends on the back home 817 00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:34,300 network. You can always check out the 818 00:45:34,300 --> 00:45:38,700 assembly call as they do podcasts after every game. 819 00:45:38,700 --> 00:45:41,600 They also do assembly call radio, which takes place every 820 00:45:41,600 --> 00:45:44,900 Thursday. And so I would check all of 821 00:45:44,900 --> 00:45:48,900 those items out and also check out Tony had Rania on Twitter 822 00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:54,400 and go to IU film room.com., You'll find all of His material 823 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:58,100 and while you're doing all of that, you can also hop on the 824 00:45:58,300 --> 00:46:01,000 premium communities that we have here. 825 00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:05,400 Check out the Discord that that we have here. 826 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,600 You can always check that out through any of the links on our 827 00:46:08,600 --> 00:46:12,300 podcast Pages, whether it's assembly, call or IU, film, Rome 828 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,100 or Crimson cast. So anyway, thanks to all those 829 00:46:15,100 --> 00:46:16,900 folks and happy New Year, everybody. 830 00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:19,600 Really appreciate all of the friendship and all of the 831 00:46:19,600 --> 00:46:22,400 thoughts. And it's always a joy to be 832 00:46:22,500 --> 00:46:26,600 talking about out IU sports, or food or whatever with you, 833 00:46:26,600 --> 00:46:32,700 folks, and I'm always humbled and an honored by your continued 834 00:46:32,900 --> 00:46:35,900 patronage of the podcast and your willingness to kind of 835 00:46:35,900 --> 00:46:38,200 follow us through. As we talk about the things that 836 00:46:38,200 --> 00:46:40,400 we find interesting, and it's always heartening that some of 837 00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:42,500 you find those things, interesting as well. 838 00:46:42,600 --> 00:46:46,600 So anyway, that'll wrap it up for us for 2021 on behalf of 839 00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,300 Scott and on behalf of everybody, that's in the Crimson 840 00:46:49,300 --> 00:46:50,700 cast and back home network communities. 841 00:46:50,700 --> 00:46:51,800 I'm Galen. Klaviyo. 842 00:46:53,600 --> 00:46:55,900 We'll catch you folks on the flip side, bring back the Bison. 843 00:46:55,900 --> 00:46:56,500 So long everybody.