A Neu day: How Mike Neu stayed positive through the struggles and found success
TUCSON, Ariz. — Mike Neu woke up on his 50th birthday and had a flight to Tucson, Arizona.
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Mike Neu woke up on his 50th birthday and had a flight to Tucson, Arizona.
Making history is nothing new for Ball State Football in 2020.
Ball State Men’s Basketball (4-3, 2-0 MAC) were without head coach James Whitford due to an illness not related to COVID-19, but it didn’t matter.
Turnovers.
“Resilient”
In 2017 Ball State Football (5-1 MAC) went 2-10 and didn’t win a game in the Mid-American Conference.
Throughout the first four games of the season Ball State Men’s Basketball (3-2, 1-0 MAC) has been led by either redshirt fifth-year guard K.J. Walton or senior guard Ishmael El-Amin.
The last time Ball State won the Mid-American Conference West Division was in 2008 when the Cardinals went undefeated in the regular season and lost in the MAC Championship to Buffalo.
After Ball State Men’s Basketball (1-2, 0-0 MAC) lost 85-64 to Michigan Dec. 2, head coach James Whitford knew the defense was a long way away from where it needed to be.
K.J. Walton wanted to do something outside of the box.
Ball State Men’s Basketball (0-2, 0-0 MAC) is now 1-10 all-time against Michigan (3-0, 0-0 Big 10). After an 84-65 loss to the Wolverines, the Cardinals remain winless.
Ball State Football (3-1 MAC) didn’t have senior running back Caleb Huntley due to injury against Toledo (2-2 MAC). They were without their lead rusher who just a week ago set a school record with seven straight 100-yard rushing games — the same running back who has scored 13 touchdowns in seven games.
Ball State Men’s Basketball (0-1) started off its 100th season with a 74-73 loss to Northern Kentucky (1-0), and it mirrored what happened almost exactly a year ago — a lot of missed free throws and a close game.
It is not about how you start, it is about how you finish.
Whenever Ball State Football (2-1 MAC) needed something to go its way defensively, it didn’t — until it did.
Brachen Hazen’s team is down one point and needs a stop, a score and another stop to win the game.
Miryne Thomas did it all.
For Caleb Huntley, it is more than just a football game.
There is the old saying, “You live and you learn.”
“This is the only thing we want,” redshirt senior quarterback Drew Plitt said. “We just want to win a MAC Championship.”