Good move. Schedule an FCS team and take the W.
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Bad move. I would rather see other D1 teams.Good. Stop scheduling stupid shit like this series and the Cincinnati series.
Take a page out of Michigan's playbook on non-conference scheduling from now on.
Would you rather have a bowl team or a marquee non-conference opponent that fans still won't show up for?Bad move. I would rather see other D1 teams.
One Power 5 team or other D1 team always. if we get to a bowl all the more sweet. Michigan has played Washington, Notre Dame twice , Colorado St, SMU last 4 years (covid yr doesn't count).Would you rather have a bowl team or a marquee non-conference opponent that fans still won't show up for?
IU isn't MichiganOne Power 5 team or other D1 team always. if we get to a bowl all the more sweet. Michigan has played Washington, Notre Dame twice , Colorado St, SMU last 4 years (covid yr doesn't count).
2021 Michigan played bad P5 and 2 good MAC teamsOne Power 5 team or other D1 team always. if we get to a bowl all the more sweet. Michigan has played Washington, Notre Dame twice , Colorado St, SMU last 4 years (covid yr doesn't count).
Well the OSU eye test says we have promise.I don't get the hang up on this. If Indiana beats Louisville half the fan base will say Louisville is a nobody that doesn't mean anything.
I would rather see the the marquee non-conference opponent. I certainly enjoyed watching the Hoosiers beat top 20 Missouri on the road. Of course they lost the Bowling Green the same year and as I recall they ended up in New York in the Pinstripe Bowl.Would you rather have a bowl team or a marquee non-conference opponent that fans still won't show up for?
Washington, Oregon, USC, UCLA will be our new "fun" teams. IU needs some wins, not "fun" team losses before the conference schedule. I just don't get why people care who we play when we've benn a bottom feeder for...EVER!This is risky dink. Does it really matter if we win two games or three in the non-conference if we're incapable of winning three in the conference? Why schedule cupcakes to HOPEFULLY get to play an interesting exhibition contest when you could guarantee an interesting ACTUAL contest?
Think how many awesome games we could see and places we could play. We're either going to be good or we won't. What is our goal if bowl games die? Mine is to watch Indiana in every power four/five stadium. I am so grateful to have seen us play at Oregon, Missouri, Kentucky, Navy, Virginia (twice) and Wake...I'm super disappointed to have missed Utah, Washington, NC State, and UNC by a couple of years. If we're going to lose, play fun teams!
EXACTLY! There's no way on earth CTA should have to buyout crappy assistants, but this falls squarely on him.If there was any poetic justice I know who I would want to have to have reach into their pocket to cough up the money.
It was $1 million to back out.I can't help wondering how much say Tom Allen had in canceling this game. The pragmatist in me says cancel the Louisville game and try to increase the odds of not being fired, and maybe get an automatic one year contract extension if the Hoosiers get to six wins.
Tom Allen is making $5 million a year because we should have a reasonable chance to beat Louisville.
How much will Indiana have to pay to back out of the game? If there was any poetic justice I know who I would want to have to have reach into their pocket to cough up the money.
What good is our win over Indiana State if we can't beat Louisville? What good is our win over Akron if we can't beat Purdue? What's the point?Washington, Oregon, USC, UCLA will be our new "fun" teams. IU needs some wins, not "fun" team losses before the conference schedule. I just don't get why people care who we play when we've a bottom feeder for...EVER!
To that, in conference, UM plays roughly the same schedule as IU except UM gets to play IU and we have to play a CFP contender in UM. So if UM doesn't do it due to the tough schedule, why do we?2021 Michigan played bad P5 and 2 good MAC teams
Washington (4-8)
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
2022 Michigan played 3 really bad teams
UCONN
Colorado St (3-9)
Hawaii
2023
East Carolina
UNLV
Bowling Green
A CFP contender isn't exactly killing themselves in the nonconference schedule.
Haha You think calling us chickens is offensive? We're a pretty self-deprecating bunch. We want a better opponent and will find one out of the FCS.Thank you so much for the $1,000,000 chickens.
The point is in either scenario you just outlined, IU isn't going to a bowl; however, if IU beats ISU and Louisville, then beats PU in conference, they're going to a bowl. We have had seasons where we won enough conference gsmes to get us to a bowl but since we played a tough nonconference schedule, we didn't make a bowl. We are trying to build a program from the bottom up. The best path to doing that is to string a decade of bowl appearances together. That helps with recruiting and eventually, after we're consistently winning, we can worry about playing the toughest schedule we can.What good is our win over Indiana State if we can't beat Louisville? What good is our win over Akron if we can't beat Purdue? What's the point?
I'm not opposed to the move but probably should have waited one more week
You're unhinged on this topic. Calm down.What good is our win over Indiana State if we can't beat Louisville? What good is our win over Akron if we can't beat Purdue? What's the point?
You have a solid point.I'm not opposed to the move but probably should have waited one more week
Do you think playing Indiana State makes us a better team? Creates a better atmosphere? Generates any real benefit to us?You're unhinged on this topic. Calm down.
What's the tough message, exactly?I know the original intention was to cancel without a buy out. Unlikely outcome I guess because uL is now going to have to pay some team to come in.
I understand the move but would have sucked it up and played. This sends a tough message to the team.
If it gets you another win, which gets you additional practices at the end of the year and then gets you another game against a good team, then it's worth it.Playing lesser programs doesn’t make us any better, even if it guarantees a slightly better record. We’ve been trying this formula for years and somehow believe it will have a longer term beneficial impact. It never has, but we can’t seem to shake the mentality. It’s one of the reasons mediocrity flourishes.
If beating ISU gets us the magical 6th win for bowl eligibility, then yes.Do you think playing Indiana State makes us a better team? Creates a better atmosphere? Generates any real benefit to us?
“If” always underscores the supporting argument, which is a tip off that it may not be as beneficial as it seems. As for perpetuity, we’ve been doing it for decades, with limited short and no reall long term success.If it gets you another win, which gets you additional practices at the end of the year and then gets you another game against a good team, then it's worth it.
Ideally it's not done in perpetuity.
As we’ve seen, however, bowl eligibility hasn’t ever led us to building a sustainably successful program. This is a shortcut with perceived but generally unrealized benefits, and it’s never been a substitute for the fundamentals of actually creating a winning football program.If beating ISU gets us the magical 6th win for bowl eligibility, then yes.
it worked for bill snyder at Kstate. transfers and a cupcake schedule.As we’ve seen, however, bowl eligibility hasn’t ever led us to building a sustainably successful program. This is a shortcut with perceived but generally unrealized benefits, and it’s never been a substitute for the fundamentals of actually creating a winning football program.
If we get a Bill Snyder to lead us, our results could be similar. But shortcuts don’t work if you don’t have the right guy.it worked for bill snyder at Kstate. transfers and a cupcake schedule.