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No Formal Team Captains This Year

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/for...u-football-wont-name-team-captains-heres-why/

“Never chosen captains, ever,” Cignetti said. “I put guys out in front of flex and then when we are done they say something to the team before practice then we practice. That might be the same three guys, it might be seven guys on a rotation. That’s the way I’ve done it.”“Never chosen captains, ever,” Cignetti said. “I put guys out in front of flex and then when we are done they say something to the team before practice then we practice. That might be the same three guys, it might be seven guys on a rotation. That’s the way I’ve done it.”
“Captain is a nice term, it was used a while back, to me it’s more important to have a lot of good leaders.”

Cignetti said he chose linebacker Aiden Fisher, running back Justice Ellison and offensive lineman Mike Katic to join him at Lucas Oil Stadium because they represent three distinct groups on his first Indiana roster: a transfer from James Madison where Cignetti came from, a transfer from elsewhere, and a returning IU player.

Every team in the Big Ten had to pick three players to join the head coach in Indianapolis for the annual event. And there’s no doubt Cignetti views the trio he chose as some of the leaders on this 2024 edition of IU football.

Sporting News says 3 BT Teams Won't Go To A Bowl Game In 2024:

Greg McElroy picks NW, PU, & Indiana as Big Ten teams who won't go to the postseason. "If these teams get to a bowl this year, it would be a great accomplishment. If Curt Cignetti can get Indiana to a bowl game in year 1, that would be an incredible achievement."

I'm sure Coach Cig is shaking in his boots.:)

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Republican Slip of the Tongue Poll

Trump and Co and/or a Republican Elected Official will say one or more of the following...

  • The N word

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • B*tch

    Votes: 2 11.8%
  • Dog whistle word/phrase for the N word and/or b*tch

    Votes: 10 58.8%
  • All of the above

    Votes: 3 17.6%
  • None

    Votes: 3 17.6%

This poll refers to anyone in Trump's circle and Republican elected officials. What word(s) will potentially come out of their mouths, if any, over the next 6 months in reference to Kamala Harris?

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Haley for President Question

(Republican voters only) Who would you have voted for if Haley was the Republican nominee?

  • I would have voted for Haley

    Votes: 22 88.0%
  • I would have voted for Biden / Harris

    Votes: 2 8.0%
  • I would have voted for JFK

    Votes: 1 4.0%
  • I would have stayed home

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Honestly, I don't know.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

Republican / Trump voters only.

If Haley had been the nominee instead of Trump with either Biden or Harris as the opposition, would you have voted for her? Honest answers.

If you feel that it would have depended on whether it was Biden or Harris, that's OK. Please respond as such.

It’s hard to spin the “You won’t have to vote in 4 years” comment

I’ve held my nose and voted for Trump twice and am struggling like hell this year because I can’t decide if I hate Trump or the progressive agenda worse. I truly can’t believe this buffoon is what my lifelong party is clinging to. I’m embarrassed to still be a registered Republican but can’t imaging voting for the far left. I need a therapist

IU Football and the New Hope...

CCC and the staff he brought with him seem to know how to conduct practices efficiently. They seem to know how to turn a team around and have it be successful in its first year (based on CCC's history). They obviously know how to get a quiet, confident buy-in from the players in a new situation (with the help of portal guys from the last place they coached at).

I always thought that CTA improved the basic talent-level at IU, but didn't always use/develop that talent as well as he/they could have (partially because they had the usual IU burden of not being able to keep good coordinators).

The Spring Game alone (& the fact that it was openly televised, with no chicanery around that fact involved) gave me hope that this team will be much improved this year.

We will see. The proof is in the pudding...

But I for one have - to mix metaphors - drunk a fair amount of the kool-aid already....🤷‍♂️....👍

Biden Proposed Supreme Court Reforms

First, I have no idea what limited presidential immunity has to do with any proposed reforms of the judiciary itself. This is just a response to a single recent opinion -- and is entirely situational. By that I mean that it's all about Trump and the various legal things that came his way as he ramped up another presidential campaign. Ask everybody at some other period of time, in some other situation, and it seems entirely possible you could get precisely the opposite answers -- depending on who is embroiled in what at that time.

Second, I'm quite sure that judicial term limits would require a Constitutional amendment. The Constitution specifies a number of terms of office. And, of course, the 22nd amendment specifies term limits for presidents -- which didn't exist prior to 1947. Given the absence of terms or term limits for federal judges in the ratified text (it only says good behavior), it seems obvious that Congress lacks the authority to do this by statute.

Again, this is also situational. And, no, it isn't a thing right now because we've determined after 30 years on the bench that Clarence Thomas is a crook. It's a thing right now because Democrats have lost their shit about the opinions being issued by the Roberts court.

Third, a judicial code of ethics may be a little murkier. The lower courts already have one that's imposed by statute -- and administered by the Judicial Conference (which was also created by statute). But the lower courts are entirely a creature of Congress by way of Article I, Section 8. The Supreme Court is its own branch of government. So there are probably separation of powers obstacles here as well -- and it probably explains why the statutory judicial code of ethics has always only been only on the lower courts.

One wonders how Congress would react if the Judicial Branch tried to craft and institute a code of ethics on the Legislative Branch. Congress does this itself -- and for a reason.

Biden, Harris call for Supreme Court term limits

MTV: White Males Suck!

This is about as bad as it gets for the former Music Television Network (when's the last time a music video even appeared on MTV? 1996?)

http://www.aol.com/article/2016/12/20/mtv-draws-criticism-for-hey-white-guys-video/21631850/

"First off, try to recognize that America was never 'great' for anyone who wasn't a white guy," an MTV News employee continued, an apparent reference to President-elect Donald Trump's campaign slogan.

Really? Yet, a black President is in the White House as we listen to this?

Just before a black man declares that “cops weren’t born with blue skin, right? I mean, yeah! They weren’t born blue!”

Oh the irony, which is clearly not understood. He doesn't even seem to care about the fact that his skin is actually brown.

Looks like MBB seat selection starts next Tuesday 8/6....

Emails being received that inform season ticket buyers that they will receive their selection day/time & priority point statement in the mail. I'd bet those letters could be showing up in mailboxes tomorrow and/or Thursday (maybe even today?) and that the online selection system will go live very soon to allow buyers to familiarize themselves with the process.
As an example I got my women's selection time letter & priority points statement in the mail this year on 7/19 2 days after receiving the email informing me that it was coming on 7/17. The letter was dated 7/16 so apparently was in the mail before I received the 7/17 email.
They also encourage folks to check into the online selection system early to familiarize themselves with it so would expect that will go live soon. I got the email telling me that the WBB selection process was live on 7/19. WBB selection started this year on 7/23.

Best of luck to you season ticket buyers and GO HOOSIERS!!!!!!
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No Starting QB Named Yet says SI

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/...ound-indiana-football-now-its-time-to-produce

I think Rourke is in the catbird seat … this staff has a habit of coaching talent up to all conference performers.

“I thought he had a really good spring, a great summer,” Cignetti said. “I sleep better at night knowing I've got a guy like that that's played that many games.”

“I’ve never seen the value of really naming a starter,” Cignetti said Thursday at Big Ten Media Days. “Our first year in the Sun Belt, Todd Centeio came from Colorado State and we trotted him out for the first start of the first game and never named a starter.”

Cignetti promoted competition within that group during the spring and summer months, and that’s not changing.

“I feel really good about Kurtis Rourke,” Cignetti said. “I think Tayven Jackson has improved but needs to keep improving in terms of his preparation and processing and playing quarterback at a high level. I’m talking about the mental part of it and decision making, but he’s made some significant progress. And we’ve got two young guys that we like. So I want to promote competition at every position.”


Rourke joins the Hoosiers with 33 career starts under his belt. He earned All-MAC second-team honors in 2023, completing 195-of-307 passes (63.5%) for 2,207 yards, 11 touchdowns and five interceptions in 11 games. The previous season was his best statistically, as he threw for 3,256 yards, 25 touchdowns and just four interceptions.

Shapiro and Trump agree on this (sorry Kamala)...

Shapiro backs 'aggressive' business tax cuts as Harris campaign vets him for VP


I find it interesting that Shaipro understands that tax cuts work to keep PA companies competitive with other states. So, I assume he understands the same concept works on the federal level versus global competition.

Sadly, Kamala either doesn't understand that concept or just doesn't care. If she chooses Shapiro and they are elected, I hope he can teach her about economics.
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