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Anthony Thompson: Hello, and welcome to "The Anthony Thompson Radio Show." It's me, Anthony Thompson, head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers. And beside me is John Stark, my assistant. Tonight, I will be taking questions from a few lucky fans. So John, who is our first lucky guest?
John Stark: Our first question today is from Timmy, asking, <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message -->"Coach, Indiana has made only 1 Rose Bowl in its history, and that was in 1967. Do you think that your team next year has the potential to make a Rose Bowl run?
Anthony Thompson: Well Timmy, that is a great question. I think in the future, we can be contenders for a Rose Bowl. After a few years in which I have recruited my own players, I think that I can set up a playbook that will dominate opponents, and we will be Big 10 Champions. Next year, probably not. Maybe 2nd or 3rd in the Big 10. 3 or 4 years from now? I think we probably will win the Big 10 by then.
John Stark: Our next question is also from Timmy, asking,"Coach Thompson, are there any steps you are taking to make sure that Indiana remembers deceased former Head Coach Terry Hoeppner?"
Anthony Thompson: I am desperately trying to put him in the Indiana Hall of Fame, even though he didn't coach for very long. He turned the Hoosiers around with his great play-calling and recruiting skills. Some of the stars of the Indiana Hoosiers football team were recruited by Hoeppner. Without his brief tenure at Indiana, we would be struggling to win 3 or 4 games. Thanks to him, we made it to a Bowl Game this year. Also, I am trying to make a "Hoeppner Day," in which fans are allowed on the field and we remember his coaching days. I am currently making a slide show about him so if my wish is granted, I can show it on Hoeppner Day.
John Stark: Our next question is from Packersfan4eva, asking, "You are expected to play Miami in a bowl game. How do you plan to stop them?
Anthony Thompson: To be honest, I haven't scouted the Hurricanes yet. I have no idea what game we will go to, so I am going to wait and see who we play before I start evaluating a team. Say we don't play Miami. I have just spent 2 weeks scouting them for nothing. I don't want to take any chances of that happening.
John Stark: So you have no idea what to do against the Hurricanes?
Anthony Thompson: Correct.
John Stark: Interesting. We will have two more questions, both from Packersfan4eva. It seems that other listeners need to step it up, as we only had 2 people asking questions. Packersfan4eva asks us, "What's the hardest part about recruiting high school kids?"
Anthony Thompson: That's a tough question. To me, I think the hardest part is keeping the recruits happy. Some recruits you can call once every 5 weeks and they stay happy. Others, if you don't call every week, they get angry and will probably turn you down. And sometimes, it takes a while to figure out which guy gets angry and which guy doesn't. If you don't figure it out quickly, you are in trouble.
John Stark: Our final questions, also from Packersfan4eva, asks, "What's your favorite part of being a college football head coach?"
Anthony Thompson: I don't have a favorite part. I love every single minute of coaching, no matter what it is. So I guess my answer would be everything.
John Stark: Well, that's all of our time today. I'm John Stark along side Anthony Thompson, head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers, and you are listening to the Anthony Thompson Radio Show on FM 105.1.