this election. I am concerned about the pubs taking the house on a couple of issues. Most importantly healthcare. It would actually provide an opportunity to dump Obamacare. As sope has found out and many of us who have considerable experience in the healthcare system know it’s a broken mess. At every level. From the cost of insurance to care.

One godsend in this boondoggle has been coverage for pre-existing conditions. I would hate to see us go back to pre Obamacare days and put that worry on so many.

We’ll see

In 22 the GOP didn't perform real well when Trump wasn't on the ticket. A couple days ago, Trump was on the ticket and it was the GOP's best showing since 88? @dbmhoosier is going to love this thread 🤣

I planted a few paw paw trees 3 years ago. They are about 8-9' now. I haven't had one single paw paw yet to eat. I have self-pollinated (don't ask), tell my yard people to stay the hell away, but nothing.
Finally, this year i had 1 single fruit growing out of all the trees, and i watched that motherfvcker every week grow. Since they ripen late summer the stress was overwhelming...then a few weeks ago i noticed a squirrel ate my lone paw paw. Do you know how many things you can make with no paw paws......that is correct, nothing. I have never even eaten one. They very well could taste like shit.

- world ending due to weather policies of Trump

- mass deportation (no distinction between legal/illegal immigrants - i have a high school friend who believes her husband - naturalized citizen of 20 yeRs - will be hauled away)

- Army will be used to quell domestic political opposition

Selling fear

Remembered why I stopped watching cable propaganda networks

Turned it off

I thought it might be fun to have a go-to prediction thread that we can check back on at the end of the season. The exercise is simple; predict the final outcome of the various categories listed below. We can, of course, discuss the predictions throughout the season before we get to the final analysis. Feel free to copy and paste the bolded category titles (and, of course, erase my non-bolded predictions) so that it is easier to follow from post to post. If I am feeling up to it, I might tally up all the choices to get somewhat of a consensus. If you choose to participate, please do so before the South Carolina game. Without further ado...

IU's Final Regular Season Record (not including B1G Tournament): 24-7

IU's Ceiling and Floor for Reg. Season Wins: 26 ceiling, 21 floor

IU's Final B1G Standing: 1st

IU's Final B1G Record: 15-5

IU's Best Player: Malik Reneau

IU's Best Newcomer (freshman or transfer): Myles Rice

IU's Best Defender: Trey Galloway

IU's Leading Scorer: Mackenzie Mgbako

IU's Leading Rebounder: Oumar Ballo

IU's Leading Assist Man: Rice

IU's Leading FT% Shooter: Mgbako

IU's Leading 3pt% Shooter (min. 1 make per game): Luke Goode

IU Players on the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd All-B1G teams: Reneau, Mgbako, Rice

Biggest Win: Sweeping Purdue

Most Disappointing Loss: Louisville

IU's Final Regular Season AP Ranking: 11th

IU's B1G Tournament Result: Lose in championship game

IU's NCAA Tournament Seeding: 3

IU's NCAA Tournament Result: S16

Biggest Pleasant Surprise: IU finishes in the top 4 for B1G defensive 3pt%.

Until after the election. Congrats to all on the winning side. Though my disdain for DT won’t disappear, I recognize the results of a fair election and will respect the office of the presidency regardless of who holds that position. Though never a huge fan of Kamala I will add that it’s nice to see a gracious transfer of power and respect for the constitutional process

The way I read that there will only be one 30 day Portal window... : 12/9/24 - 1/7/25 (this year)
The after Spring Practice one will be no more...

I guess we'll know within the month whether this has passed or not since it's supposed to take effect on December ninth...

Cignetti and Staff proved they can deal with this sort of tight window last year so with a year to prepare there's no reason to believe they shouldn't be able to handle things well again...

The wild card this time is that there will probably only be one or two JMU guys in the mix but we also hopefully won't need more 18 or 19 total Portal guys versus the more than 20 plus we brought in last time around...

We would seem to be well positioned already given that we appear to check every box that a player might want in that situation... The word has to be out there nationally by now...

Reposting an older article that I (unfortunately) recalled watching IU come nowhere near the spread in that game vs. a KenPom 300+ opponent. It appears we may have a new roster, but the same old coach.

There was a mind-numbing moment in the 1ST HALF last night where Indiana managed to not only do the already familiar hockey subbing, but had its entire starting five on the bench (and subsequently blew a lead and kept SIEUEIUE in the game)…

https://indiana.rivals.com/news/a-d...on-and-his-history-with-substitution-patterns

Something to watch for as the year progresses. Is the team playing not only against an opponent, but careless, momentum-sapping rotations…

In other news, Michigan (Dusty May) 101-53 over #207 Cleveland State…

Hope that doesn’t bother anybody

The crowd, the team, the coaching staff, everything was on 🔥 today!! I'm very appreciative that I got to take my family to witness today's absolute mauling of Nebraska.

Cignetti is top shelf!! I'm blown away...not sure what to say.

Is the f@cking man!!! Without his donation of X to the American people none of this would have been possible. Free speech is such a powerful thing. He deserves a HUGE thank you from every American citizen. Everything is about to change for the better.

We could have mcneeley going for 18 and 10 for us while shooting 50% from deep.

At least Mikey saved us from that.

Kent State may be the worst team football this year. They were the worst team in the MAC last year - Cig saw Big Ten starting potential in CJ West. He had high stats for Kent (1st in TFL, 2nd in sacks) but not league leading - and Cig still saw what he could do.

Cig has “football eyes” - a talent you can’t teach, like a RB who sees where the yards will be before they’re there.

met people like lucy who smelled like an onion, but no one named onion.

142,000,000 counted so far (Reuters) - will go up a bit

155,500,000 in 2020

81,283,500 for Biden in 2020

74,223,975 for Trump in 2020

67,768,544 for Harris so far counted (Reuters)

72,475,248 for Trump so far counted (Reuters)

Neither will make the 2020 number

Harris fell shorter

Why?

This deserves its own thread.

I’ll start - was it “8 years of hateful rhetoric/propaganda drove some to stay home“ OR “some demographic in the Democrat Party dislikes Harris” or Door No. 3?

Carlyle played really solid defense and helped a lot with his quickness, but the team is clearly more effective with Galloway in the game. He looks like he may lead the conference in assists this year.

is a f#cking awful candidate. She might have been the only GOP candidate that lost last night. I thought she was ok, but that’s probably because I think she’s hot. She just looks dangerous, in a good way.

quit running the damn half-court offense through him

82-66 IU

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Indiana would really bolster their CFP chances by not just beating UM, but hammering UM. I'm thinking Indiana probably needs style points and a 20+ point victory would obviously guarantee style points.

It would take a small amount of pressure off of the Ohio State contest, IMO. If Indiana thumps UM and Purdue, but narrowly loses to OSU in Columbus, I think we're a CFP lock.

That said, Indiana has plenty enough horsepower to win outright in Columbus. The two common opponents, Nebraska and MSU, played OSU closer than they played Indiana. Nebraska only lost by 4 points to OSU and lost to Indiana by nearly 50 points! I'll guarantee Indiana has the better coaching staff....Cignetti having an off week to prepare for OSU just might be the Hoosier prescription to victory!

What a season for Indiana football!!!

In just a few hours, the 24-25 season begins officially. Here’s to a healthy season, an exciting team that plays hard and together! One that has IU in the thick of the conference race and a deep run in the NCAA tournament!
GO IU!

I don't think there much new here for the normal person but maybe, just maybe, it will open some eyes in the media.

he really likes the SEC, was in Lexington Ky a few years back was chatting with some ladies at the bar, they were wearing ESPN jackets. I said what do you all do for ESPN. They said they were make-up artist and were in town to do Paul's make up for a TV appearance, I wished them luck on what seemed like an impossible task.