“I was raised in a middle class family.”

It works for Kamala.

“Joy” works for her too. Be joyful for all the fckups that Biden/Harris bestowed upon us.

This is a game that everyone (including me) thinks we'll Win by 30+ but if our players don't play up to their standard and sleep walk their way through this game our magical season bubble might be embarrassingly burst by these guys... They have enough talent to have given North Carolina (@ NC) more than they expected, putting up 20 points while scoring in every quarter...

Hopefully our Team has their focus on this game and not on what could be...,or what could be might flip to never will be (at least not this season)...

And a few familiar names on their coaching staff:

A reflection after the big win over UCLA.

The hype is building. I guess no matter what happens, I love it. But the more guys like MacAfee "glaze" him, to use lingo from my teenagers...The more likely him getting plucked sooner rather than later.

Also...if you watch the clip...look at AJ Hawk's smug typical Ohio State smirk. God I'd love for nothing more than IU to go in and ruin their season later in the year. Like quite a lot more than winning the bucket even.

NT

The Cignetti Plan worked. So far.

Cig brought in a core team and an intact staff. He recruited experience and proven production that had been demonstrated against comparable talent in their leagues. Didn’t shoot for unhappy, non-playing 4-star and 5-star “generational talents” in the minds of their hometowners who chose to ride the Headline Waves to the bench at a “name” school.

This “execution over mind games” built his team quickly into one that could beat a CUSA team solidly, then stomp a defenseless 1AA team.

In our first test against what should have been a team with “better talent,” we still avoided the “mind games” and stomped the heck out of Mind Central in MindGameWood. We were prepared. They were not. Still.

We executed at an incredibly high level and whipped a mediocre, poorly-prepared team in our league opener.

Now we face jet lag and a short week in soft beds for a noon kickoff on a hot day against an AAC team that has not yet played to an AAC standard. They lost to a weakened JMU team, then played pretty well against a rebuilding UNC. We won’t fool them - only UCLA took that bait. I think they have less talent than UCLA.

TCB Saturday. Get to 4-0. Don’t listen to The Rat Poison Sales Team.

Beat Charlotte. Build a small statement-making fan-friendly game-changing dome for the New Pro College Football Era. Oops.

If true, this is wild.

I recall a long time ago a story about a PLO official answering his phone and having his phone blow his head off. A couple of months ago, a Hamas official was blown up in a bedroom in Iran from a bomb planted months earlier. And now, today, there are reports that pagers carried by Hezbollah officials are blowing up in their hands in Lebanon.

James Bond is jealous.

Extreme praise for Coach Cig made it to the MNF broadcast last night (UCLA alum Troy Aikman) and for about a 3-minute segment on the Pat McAfee Show earlier yesterday. Momentum is building, fellas!

Not sure this is legal, but I love the message and this sheriff’s desire to do the right thing

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Here’s a recent example of a credible threat dealt with. The parents should be perp walked into jail too.

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Most of us probably saw these numbers on the IU site.
We were 110th in penalties. That I sort of expected after all the flags against UCLA. Is there a “smart aggression”?
What did surprise me were the red zone stats. Offense 57th and defense 101st. Anyone have an idea of the why?
Special teams was 66th. Maybe brought down by the kickoff man being out?
I ignored the poor 4th down conversion rank. It seems to me that if you are behind and have to go for a fourth and short you may have a good conversion rate but the stat may not mean a good team.

We likely need to be 10-2 to make the playoffs. We could realistically run the table before the Michigan and Ohio State games.

After Washington’s loss in the Apple Cup, everyone before Michigan visits looks beatable. Shit, even the Wolverines are a game we can win in Bloomington.

Would be amazing to have Purdue in town with a playoff birth in the line.

Going to be an amazing season! Now we just need people to show up and pack the place.

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We’re getting national recognition. It helps that Joe Buck went here.

the one that got away

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After three weeks, here's where IU ranks (nationally) in some defensive categories:

• Rushing Defense: 3rd (53.7 ypg)
• Total Defense: 3rd (180.3 ypg)
• Scoring Defense: (Tie) 12th (7.67 ppg)
• 3rd down conversion pct. defense: 17th
• Passing yards allowed: 17th (126.7 ypg)

Red zone D is the only number that jumped out as not good, as IU opponents have scored in all their red zone attempts. It's a deceiving stat, though, because there have been only five attempts and three of the five scores were on field goals.

Don't have time to do offense now but a quick glance suggests some of those stats are eye-popping as well. And here (below) is a quick take on how the Big Ten's Offensive Player of the Week is doing. You won't have to go far down these lists (QBR and Passing Efficiency) to find him.