He's heard a strong rumor that the B10 has rescinded that penalty for his targeting call vs UCLA.. Can't remember when a ruling like this favored IU!

He's heard a strong rumor that the B10 has rescinded that penalty for his targeting call vs UCLA.. Can't remember when a ruling like this favored IU!

Kind of a fun way to look at things. IU now claims land in S. Florida, SoCal, So Illinois & So Indiana.

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Has anyone posted the clips of the targeting calls vs UCLA? Thank you.

My grades for BT teams relative to expectations to date.....

1. Indiana...A

2. USC... A. Everyone thought the D would be better, but what a job by the former UCLA DC. I expected the O to be what it is.

3. Illinois...B+. I have to give props to Illinois for that Kansas win, although I thought it somewhat of a fluke. I think Kansas beats them 8 out of 10 even when played at Illinois. But Altmeyer is a really good QB and BB has them playing hard, although the talent level isn't real high. I would expect the grade to drop here as the year goes on. In particular, I think Nebraska beats them by 14 at Neb this WE.

4. MSU...B+. I don't think MSU will be good, but they don't look like a bottom 3-4 BT team. The Maryland win on the road was a good one, and they had the shutout yesterday against PV. The 1st game v. FAU wasn't impressive, however.

5. Nebraska...B. I think the Colorado win is an overrated one, but they have not disappointed. They look solid.

6. OSU...B. As advertised. Is the QB good enough against top-flight competition?

7. Rutgers...B. They've taken care of business against 2 weak teams. Again, solid. The ex-MN QB is not good, but is an improvement over last year.

8. PSU...B-. The WV game was a good one, but the BG win was alarming, both on O and on D.

89 Maryland...C+. They blew the MSU game at home, but came back with a solid road win at Virginia. Billy Edwards at QB is better than expected. They have some talent. Coaching??

10. Minnesota...C+. Bad loss to UNC at home, but something of a fluke. Ex- NH QB is about as good as expected. Two shutouts v. bad teams by a combined 75-0. The defense is feisty, and they have their TB back. Row the Boat can coach. I expect their grade to go up.

11. Oregon...C. Very nice win v. Oregon St on the road after two disappointing efforts. Gabriel is as advertised in this O. But doesn't look like pre-season expectations will be met.

12. NW...C. Really about as expected. Duke game could have gone either way. They play hard, but have no stars, even small ones.

13. Washington...C-.. As expected, an immense talent drain from last year. They beat Washington St at least 6/10 at home tho. Just a lot of penalties. Coaching seems pretty mediocre to me....not bad, but not all that.

14. Michigan...D-. Just amazing that they start a walk-on QB, especially one with no talent. And the back-up is apparently worse. So far they've been undisciplined on both sides of the ball. They have no really good WRs. They may lose 5-6 games.

15. Iowa...D-. Should have beat ISU, obviously. Yesterday was also a bad effort. KF won't give up on CM, and the fans are going nuts about it. He is one stubborn SOB. As bad as the O is, it's better than last year. The OL is better and K. Williams is a stud TB. Biggest problem is the D, although looking stout 90% of the time, is giving up some back-breaking long passes.

16. UCLA...F. Foster looks completely lost. Hawaii game was also bad.

17. Purdue...F. I've probably watch some or all of 1000 college football games in my life. I've never seen a worse effort than Purdue against ND in that 1st half in what was advertised as a big game.

I'm not sure we have a single 1st team ABT guy on this team, but we have an amazing # of solid/good/very good players who are productive, and the team is better than the sum of it's parts. I say 'amazing' because to bring this group of players together in year 1 is unreal.

Remember that guys on this forum doubted that the JMU could cut it......I thought they could but I don't know if I've ever seen a team were so many transfers came in and played to their talent level....

What a waste of visual space to utilize above and around the octagon.

After walloping teams with empty stadiums and depleted COVID rosters, we were saddled with CTA for 3 miserable years. If 2020 hadn’t happened we would have cut ties sooner and CCC may have still been way off the radar for a P5 school. Thank you COVID for giving IUFB fans hope

Super impressed by the significant improvement of IU’s running backs and receivers. The RB’s run hard and protect the ball, and do a good job of pass blocking. The receivers (including TE) have had very few drops and made several tough catches. Major props to Cig and his staff, they are doing a great job.

Moves PU visit up to this weekend. Stay tuned

Many IU fb fans set the bar for success as a bowl game season. Even the AD apparently was willing to accept a bowl game appearance as the mark of success.
My expectations of an IU fb team is first to be competitive. Second is to be aggressive on both sides of the ball and hard hitting on defense. If we can stay mid pack in the B1G every year and occasionally in the top 5 that is my minimum. If we do all of the above we should hover around the top 25 every season which is my goal.
It’s too early to say we’re there after only 3 games but it LOOKS LIKE we’re on the right track to be where I want IU football to be.

I am sure more than rhe one vote we received last week. I am gonna have to get plugged in again on who our competition is for votes, as we hopefully move up in them.

I am thinking 25 votes this week since we were a Saturday late game on NBC.

That fans of teams IU beats (and others) say IU must be cheating.

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We hear a lot about how words open people up to violence.

“You’re denying trans existence” they say

“This makes the Haitans vulnerable”


People have attempted to kill
Trump now twice in the same summer. Will Democrats moderate their words?

Or are they completely and utterly FOS?

Moving up Purdue visit to this next weekend.

Sounding like he’s close to committing somewhere.

Where was he this weekend? I’m not following recruiting as closely this cycle.

Writing this while flying back from the game.

Our seats were at the 35 behind the IU bench. IU fans were numerous (to me it looked like several thousand, really a great turnout!), loud and engaged from the opening kick. Someone on the board had mentioned something new for UCLA this season, with students (“The Den”) lined up behind the visitors’ bench to create an intimidation factor. There was no intimidation factor. They stand at least 50 feet behind the bench, there’s a hedge in between, and whatever noise they were making was easily drowned out by the loud IU fans singing the fight song, celebrating first downs and otherwise cheering.

UCLA fans are mostly friendly and chill. The Rose Bowl staff was extremely courteous and helpful, and our group got a smile and a “welcome to the Rose Bowl” as we entered.

Concessions are numerous and varied and are located in an open-air setting in the oval surrounding the seating area, not in some narrow, dank concourse.

The stadium is in a beautiful natural setting with large trees rising above the east stands and the San Gabriel Mountains visible from many sections. Really spectacular sky as the sun was setting, despite quite a bit of haze yesterday.

We walked the 1.8 miles back to our hotel after the game. Half an hour later we headed out for dinner and some other stops including a very crowded Kings Row. Pasadena has a great vibe, is a rarity in LA County in that it is very walkable, and the streets were filled with happy Hoosier fans. Hated to leave but much more good football to look forward to this season!

Go Hoosiers!

From the miserable colts season incoming. This team stinks.

Don't just look for the best coach, but also one that can bring 13 good players with him

Just a coincidence I'm sure. 😡

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that doesn't take anything away from how competent our program looks and how thoroughly we won a conference road game.

I was waiting for this 'test' before getting my hopes up, but this win, paired with Maryland looking 'meh' thus far, has me juiced about a potential battle of 6-0 teams on October 19th. At minimum, the Maryland game should have some juice to it for our fans and we should have a nice crowd (that stays the whole game). Let's just hope that's not a noon kickoff.

Special teams is still a mystery, IMO. Not sure we'll know much about that aspect of the team until Maryland and beyond.

Looks like Dolson can do okay if Buckner allows him to.

The working class will be in the food stamp line with these inflated prices.

Fvck you, Kamala and go IU football!