This dude the Colts have is an athlete playing QB. His accuracy sucks!!

https://www.ncaa.com/stats/football/fbs/current/individual/740

Still on the first page in many catagories — often in the top 25.

Except for James Evans … who must not have enough punts to qualify.

Those who followed HS basketball back in the late 90s might remember a player from Evansville named Clint Keown. He was an Indiana All-Star in 1998.

Clint passed away today in an automobile accident.

Went on to play 2 seasons at UE for Jim Crews and then transferred to D2 South Carolina Aiken. He had a standout career there in both basketball and baseball. He played minor league baseball briefly.

The guy was almost larger than life here in Evansville. He became a tremendous prop gambler and poker player. He bet with the likes of Kevin Hart, Nelly, and Tobey Maguire. The stories he racked up doing that were legendary. He once hit 90 out of 100 free throws on roller skates for $50k.

More recently, he became a fantastic amateur golfer - a game he didn’t pick up until his 20s. One of the best players in the area.

Apparently he was over in Robinson, IL to play golf with a friend. RIP to a local legend.

First, let me be clear I'm not pouring cold water on IU's fast start. The best any team can ever do is beat the teams they're scheduled to play and we're a perfect four-for-four to date. I was happy to be able to attend the UCLA game and be a part of IU's win in that iconic venue. I still think that was a key game and an important road win over a conference opponent with some good players. Our team looks disciplined, focused and fast, and Coach Cig and the staff are doing a nice job.

That said, all of this talk about a 10 or 11-win record and a berth in the CFP is very premature. The teams we've defeated have a combined record of 3-11. One of them, Western Illinois, hasn't won a game since 2021. Today's Sagarin ratings rank our strength of schedule nationally (including all D1 schools - - FBS and FCS) as 194th. We have yet to beat a very good team.

Our next opponent, Maryland, is the best team we will have played so far. They're 3-1, losing only to Michigan State on a last-second FG. Maryland's three wins include a W over a good Virginia team at Charlottesville.

This Saturday's game will be an important test and give us a much better idea as to whether IU is truly an upper echelon team.

Go Hoosiers!

In years past Indiana teams would buckle and fold like a cheap card table when we had some injuries and we would hit the meat of the schedule. Too many times we would see 4-5-6 game losing streaks that just took the life out of the season. Somehow I'm getting the vibes that CCC is not going to let this happen under his watch. Looking forward to see how this team responds to the B1G challenge.
Go Hoosiers!
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Will a win over Maryland push them into the Top 25?

I haven’t watched Maryland play this year, but it appears the entire offense is Tai Felton (600 receiving yards).

He had 130 yards and 3 TDs against us last year.

Seems like that matchup may be the key to the game. If we stop him I think the game could look like our first 4. If we don’t this will be a tough game.

Maybe it’s just me but I think it’s absurd that the halftime show included a tribute to Caitlin Clark. I’m glad Zach Edey didn’t sign with the Pacers so we wouldn’t see him recognized as well. I can’t imagine the IU women’s team was supportive of this but who knows.

He looked to have a solid leg yesterday, and didn't put any of them out of bounds, but still.

We had one kicker severely limp off the field against WIU and miss two games,
and Quinteiro was literally carried off the field yesterday after trying to walk.
That's a position where you can genuinely expect to have no injuries at all in a season,
yet we've already gotten two that look to be severe.

Don Fischer, Buck Suhr and John Herrick:



TV: Big Ten Network

I think the analysts picking IU are prolly just Ohio State fans that want to belittle Michigan. As an older IU fan, I'm just patiently waiting for the eventual letdown. CFP PICKS AFTER WEEK 4.

But for now, im enjoying the ride.

This is on Fan Duel.

Maryland is pretty good, I thought it might be closer to -6.5. Huge game for us, looking forward to it.

#15 in NCAA, 5th in Big Ten

https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/group/5

2nd in efficiency for Big 10. 9th in NCAA

https://www.espn.com/college-football/fpi/_/view/efficiencies/group/5

Record still projected at 9-3

I'm watching the Kansas State/BYU game and BYU just scored on a 90-yard punt return, but the returner almost blew it by releasing the ball at the goal line. He just barely broke the plane of the goal line when the ball was released while celebrating the play. How many times has that happened in football where releasing the ball just short of the goal line negated a big play?

Is their schedule set or are they going week by week?

It's 17-17 with the game in Death Valley at LSU.

I like how this team flies to the ball. This team focuses on tackling, and gets a guy down.

Our prior regime focused on stripping the ball and gave up extra YAC and easier first downs, keeping drives alive.

???

Any idea why?

A friend of mine had an extra ticket and wanted to know if I might be interested in going to IU v Nebraska. Once he assured me IM Hipp no longer plays and is collecting social security I agreed to go. Guess we will see if the magic lasts until then.

Cig is the real deal. He deserves more fan support. My boys took me to the game today and it was disappointing to see so many empty seats.

Apologies if there is another thread, I didn't bother to check. Good night.

From Post Game Notes: https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2024/9/21/football-postgame-notes-vs-charlotte

• Indiana starts a season 4-0 for the eighth time in program history. The last 4-0 start came in 2020, with others in 2015, 1990, 1986, 1985, 1967 and 1910. IU started four other seasons with 3-0-1 records (1988, 1945, 1898, 1897).

• Curt Cignetti is the only Indiana head coach to start his head coaching tenure with a 4-0 record.

• Indiana's 202 points through four games are the most in any four-game stretch in program history. The previous best was 183 points in 2015 (Week 11 through Bowl).

• The Hoosiers are the first FBS team to eclipse the 200-point mark in 2024.

• IU scored 50-plus points in multiple games in the same season for just the seventh time in program history.

•The six rushing touchdowns mark just the third time since at least 1996 that IU has scored six-or-more rushing touchdowns in multiple games in a single season.

• With just 256 yards of total offense allowed versus Charlotte, the 2024 defense is the first since at least 1996 to allow fewer than 300 yards of total offense in four straight games.

• Charted 500 total yards of offense for the second time this season (Western Illinois, 9/6). It is the first time since 2019 that Indiana logged 500-plus yards of offense in multiple games.

…better beef up those offensive and defensive lines if they want to compete in the B1G.

How embarrassing for USC to lose a game to a Michigan team that passed for 32 yards.

Michigan better figure it out because what they did today isn’t going to work against the majority of the league.