The OTP site has been rebranded as the Cardinals football University State Ball, solely focused on Alan’s two passions. Kentucky State Ball and football catch-all blog, OTP, decided to brand themselves as a special attention-grabbing puppy. Alan and RV decided to write about college football and waste some time in a simple way, thus giving birth to this site in July 2008.
Hooray for us. We have now created this fancy new site, and we have covered many games in the universe of college football. We have been connected to some of the giants in the field, and our blogging course crashed tremendously. However, this first year for OTP was a roller coaster ride, covering both the ups and downs for both the teams and the site.
OverThePylon.Net extends a warm welcome to you. Spectacular things happen when news, viewpoint, and absurdity are combined. It should serve as your ultimate destination for news and information provided by the most enthusiastic supporters if you are a fan of the Ball State Cardinals. OTP is not merely a repetition of official statements or summaries of games. Along with news and updates that our readers would find valuable, OTP aims to incorporate unique analysis and perspectives.
Your One-Time Password (OTP) Staff…
Alan, Editor in Chief: The resident post creator and sarcasm czar, Alan provides the day to day operations, marketing, and public relations for OTP. Alan’s been a guest on CFB Weekly, ESPN Radio, numerous opponent podcasts, and has helped OTP get linked to by nearly every major college football blog and even ESPN. Alan completed a master’s degree in higher education and a bachelor’s degree in marketing and economics from Ball State University, and while on campus contributed the weekly column “It’s All Greek to Me” for the Ball State University Daily News. He was awarded the 2010 Graduate of the Last Decade award from Ball State and currently resides outside Lexington, KY. 
Jason Brewer, Multimedia Coordinator: Joining OTP in the summer of 2013, Jason Brewer provides the day to day operations of multimedia endeavors at The Pylon. Whether that’s video production, site branding, producing the OTPcast, or the like, Jason ensures that the website has an adequate amount of pop and shine to deliver the best BSU news on the web. Jason is a 30-something graduate of the Ball State University Business school in 2005 and has worked primarily in traditional media. He has served as Director of Internet Development for Kicks96-FM and WHON-AM in Richmond, IN, sales for WRQC-FM and WARO-FM in Ft. Myers/Naples, FL and currently is the Creative Services Editor/Producer for WEVV-TV in Evansville, IN. Jason admits he’s not as much of a “Saturday football” guy but you can still find him blindly giving out picks against the spread on the Straight Cash Homey picks as well as on the OTPcast. Follow him on Twitter (@brewerjason), or YouTube (www.YouTube.com/brewerjason). 
Edge, Senior Writer: Edge has certainly carved his niche out with his musical genius and statistical prowess. Additionally, and especially nice, is Edge is literally moments away from Scheumann Stadium. You know, in case we need to check if it’s still standing or if Stan Parrish is trolling around outside looking for aluminum cans or copies of Lembo’s playbook. During the season you’ll see contributions like Life on the Edge or the Rock and Roll Report Card grading the Cardinals for their on-field performance. Edge holds a master’s degree in information and communication and a bachelor’s degree in information technology with honors from Ball State University. He lives in Muncie with his wife and daughter and rocks out on occasion. RV, Contributor Emeritus: The person who registered OTP and began the site well before anyone knew it was out there. RV also strong-armed Alan into being the managing editor . Occasionally RV will make his way around to posting, but working full time and being a Notre Dame fan recently makes that difficult. RV is currently a shipping logistics expert, but originally planted his roots in the Fighting Cardinals with Alan and Edge in the early ’00s. Feel free to contact him for help shipping loads, or just to make general “load” jokes. Lord knows the rest of us do. While lacking the journalistic credibility or couth to consistently contribute to OTP, he remains an integral part behind the scenes.
FAQs…
We were certainly competent, but as a collective, we did not bring any BSU to the job. Our ability to do the job is vouched for by the wall of paper on this site. Whether it is influenced by another BSU or not, all of us associated with this site have fun. Really? Yes, really!
KentuckySportsRadio or ASeaOfBlue are the go-to sites for UK-related content. We have discontinued coverage of UK Georgia and Florida, as we do not have any interest in competing for national or conference titles. These two teams rarely intermingle, so we rarely cover them. However, it’s an odd mixture that he leaves RV with Notre Dame along with UK and BSU. Frankly, Alan wanted to cover teams that he loved, and that’s a very simple answer to why Kentucky is interesting.
Occasionally, a bolt of lightning hits unexpectedly, but similar to certain aspects of life, it wasn’t something any of us anticipated to gain momentum. To be completely honest, after initiating ours, we discovered a handful of others here and there, all of which have since dissolved. We had been following several other blogs and pondered why there wasn’t a blog dedicated to BSU, so why not create one ourselves?
How can I contact you guys? Do you need to let us know anything about advertising on the site or dropping an email to com [dot] gmail [at] overthepylon?