TMFT said:

Along the same lines, I've banned Jr. from participating in the "Hoosier Daddy" chants the students do.*

I told him that first, it's not especially classy. Second, this isn't basketball and antagonizing people in a game where it's not terribly hard to injure an opponent on purpose with a cheap shot is poking the bear. Third, and most importantly, we've not been nearly good enough for nearly long enough to be dicks about winning.

*asterisk because he often ditches me to join the student section. So I can't vouch for what he does when he's in there. I'm pretty sure he's joined a frat by now. Precocious 10 year-old.

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Cornicator said:

You can poo poo whatever you want, but Nebraska will have the best defense Indiana has faced this season by a mile,

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cosmickid said:

"If you looked carefully enough, you could find some smart Dems pushing back on this by saying that the party would be better served by not having a divisive primary where a Bernie-like candidate could once again perform well enough to cause a rift. And I think there was something to be said for that."

In at least 124 yrs no sitting WH party that is not running an incumbent has been able to retain the WH after a contentious Primary/Convention. HRC came closest and a large part of why she ultimately lost was defecting Bernie Bros in the Blue Wall voting Trump,3rd party or staying home.

No matter how someone feels about Lichtman's keys, history says it would have been disastrous for the Dems to hold an open convention...

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CC Mac said:

I was reading some comments on Facebook from fans about this game.
Someone mentioned it will be a tough game and others were laughing at the notion.
I know I’m not talking about the posters on here but a lot of new fans that have decided to join this ride have it in their heads that we have turned into Ohio State overnight.
Another said we own the Big Ten now 🤦‍♂️ I’ve been going to games for over 50 years and I’m enjoying the hell out of this but let’s not get too carried away with the crazy talk.
Again,I know I’m not talking about y’all on here,we have a good bunch of posters on here.
We have been through a lot of lean years,I think something big is in the works this year and beyond.

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Victorbmyboy said:

I guess alumni big d$&es just dropped bags this weekend. Anyone hearing this? Great sign for keeping this train rolling.

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h20pls said:

I'm guessing this is Holts Cafe of which...you speak of...*

Unconditionally the best tenderloin sandwich I've ever had...and I've been eating them for 50 years

Holts Cafe | Bedford IN

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*quite intentional grammar police.

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outside shooter said:

Of course not. No way he could pass the background check. McDonalds won't hire convicted felons.

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crazed_hoosier2 said:

I've already made this point at the WC, but it's worth making again.

I wasn't active here last year. But I started saying in the summer of 2023 or so that the influential Democrats (primarily the Obamas, the Clintons, Pelosi, and Schumer) should get to work ASAP on getting Joe Biden out of the race. He was already demonstrating bad signs and it seemed a very reasonable guess that those would only get worse with time. It can be surprising how quickly those symptoms can progress. And that's exactly what they did.

In retrospect, it was smart to schedule that debate in June. But it was still too late, really -- not to change candidates, but to change to the best candidate in the best way.

If you looked carefully enough, you could find some smart Dems pushing back on this by saying that the party would be better served by not having a divisive primary where a Bernie-like candidate could once again perform well enough to cause a rift. And I think there was something to be said for that.

But the flip side is: that means they have to hitch their wagons to Kamala Harris....who, when she was a regular candidate herself and despite a pretty nice money haul, didn't even make it to the first primary contest in Iowa before dropping out. It would be like Republicans maneuvering in a way that forced them to go with Gov. Scott Walker.

I don't know if a candidate like Shapiro or Whitmer would've won the nomination in a regular primary. We can only speculate. But I do suspect that, if Dems had nominated either one of these, they'd stand better chances to win than Harris currently does.

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crazed_hoosier2 said:

Well, their point about it being staged is not just the part about him working, but the drive-thru customers being vetted supporters...the store was actually closed to the general public.

However, I don't think that's at all surprising either. The Secret Service would never allow random people come within inches of a protected individual without having first gone through a security screen.

The Secret Service doesn't need any more egg on its face than it already has.

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ChicagoFineForNow said:

Did you think he was just going to throw on an apron on and hop in during the middle of a regular shift?

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CC Mac said:

I was reading some comments on Facebook from fans about this game.
Someone mentioned it will be a tough game and others were laughing at the notion.
I know I’m not talking about the posters on here but a lot of new fans that have decided to join this ride have it in their heads that we have turned into Ohio State overnight.
Another said we own the Big Ten now 🤦‍♂️ I’ve been going to games for over 50 years and I’m enjoying the hell out of this but let’s not get too carried away with the crazy talk.
Again,I know I’m not talking about y’all on here,we have a good bunch of posters on here.
We have been through a lot of lean years,I think something big is in the works this year and beyond.

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red hornet said:

Will be going to that game as my brother-in-law lives in Midland. From what I understand there is a huge continent of Indiana fans attending. Now back to the here & now, focus on the next game.

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Pryght said:

A 12 minute scrimmage is a pretty small sample size.

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frikkenfrakken said:

Yeah, that makes sense, especially because if OSU takes a second loss in conference, it gives us cushion in the standings.

Also, I checked up on this yesterday...if Northwestern loses 7 or 8 more games, they pass us on the losingest football team list. That would be nice. I think the earliest they can catch us is next year.

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