You got yer US Constitution.
You got yer Executive Branch.
You got yer Legislative Branch.
You got yer Judicial Branch.

You got yer state Constitution.
You got yer Executive Branch in a state.
You got yer Legislative Branch in a state.
You got yer Judicial Branch in a state.

You got Marbury v Madison that says ”The federal Court interprets the law and the Constitution. that’s why we are here.”

So now you have states putting questions on the upcoming ballot, which - while worded different - in effect say, “Dear Voter - please read the Constitution and vote yes or no - tell us if it does or does not provide/protect a right to abortion.”

Can a state legislature or a group of petition signers “legally” get such a question on the ballot, cut the courts out of the interpretation role, and use this process to interpret a Constitution?

Yes, to some extent in some places it will depend on language of the state Constitution, and without reading 50 of them, I guess it is possible for this process to have been written into a Constitution. Moreover, it would be, um, “controversial?” to suggest that “The People” have no such DIRECT role in “helping” a court and/or legislature in interpreting a Constitution. (they have multiple indirect roles - letting folks who write and interpret a Constitution, but to vote on what it means? Can a voter Constitutional interpretation be, urp, UN-Constitutional?

Could Lincoln free slaves through a war power that the Constitution did not specify? He thought he could. He did it. He felt it was “approved” by voters who kept him in office the next election, but there was no “ballot” asking voters to say “Does the Constitution allow a President to issue an Emancipation Proclamation?”

Will such a ballot ever be treated as anything but advisory? Will The People, in their righteous indignant ignorance rise up against a ruling that says “STFU, your court will tell what this means - your job is electing and lobbying your elected?

I was hoping the new lights would be able to do an LED light show like Alabama, Georgia, etc, but there was nothing special. I probably would’ve never even noticed there were new lights if I didn’t read about it. Seems like the in stadium atmosphere will always be lame.

At 1:38 of final drive Illini called for too many men on field. I was listening on Illini Radio in car at this point. Ref mic didn’t work. Just watched the play b4 that and the subsequent play. Didn’t look like IU subbed in (but maybe I missed someone off screen). Illini clearly had some 14-15 guys on field. So penalty should have stood. Did I miss something??

Also on last drive Carpenter’s snaps were often low. Haven’t watched full replay, but Were his snaps that low all night?? If so, that’s an issue.

Illini D was as good as advertised, but IU’s D played well too it looks like. Reviewing stats, looks like Hiller and Bell need to step it up in the run game, but good to be 1-0.

Yesterday’s victory was brought to you by the transfer portal. At least 14 played.

The defensive depth brought in allowed the Illini only 3 more points after the early Illini 3rd quarter TD
This depth was key while Cam Jones went to the locker room.
Linebacker and DL by committee looks like a plan this fall
Newcomer Tevis, lined up at DT, had two monster stops

2021 Transfer DJ Mathews had a big game too.

2022 Parker Hanna was a D II LT … held up at RT after Bedford left the game … looked better than Caleb in pass pro to me

Transfer Portal Additions (since 2021 fall camp)

1. CB – Jonathan Haynes (Ole Miss)
2. DT – Patrick Lucas (Ole Miss)
3. DL – LaDarrius Cox (Ole Miss)
4. LB – Bradley Jennings, Jr. (Miami, Fla.)
5. WR – Emery Simmons (North Carolina)
6. RB – Shaun Shivers (Auburn)
7. RB – Josh Henderson (North Carolina)
8. DE – JH Tevis (California)
9. QB – Connor Bazelak (Missouri)
10. LB – Jared Casey (Kentucky)
11. LB/DE – Myles Jackson (UCLA)
12. OT – Parker Hanna (West Texas A&M)
13. WR – Andison Coby (Tennessee)
14. CB – Brylan Lanier (Alabama)
15. DB – Louis Moore (Navarro C.C.)

from INDIANA — Box Score Tackle Chart … There were 10 IU TFLs to Illini 6
# Name
4 Cam Jones
21 Noah Pierre
44 Aaron Casey
23 Jaylin Williams
1 Devon Matthews
0 Dasan McCullough (sixth most tackles)
92 Alfred Bryant
19 Josh Sanguinetti
5 Bradley Jennings Jr
31 Bryant Fitzgerald
9 Brylan Lanier
8 Jared Casey
3 Tiawan Mullen
47 JH Tevis
41 Beau Robbins
51 Patrick Lucas Jr.
99 Nick James (lots of DL played)
10 Myles Jackson
17 Jonathan Haynes
16 Jordan Grier
94 Demarcus Elliott
91 LeDarrius Cox
50 Sio Nofoagatoto'a
88 AJ Barner
7 D.J. Matthews Jr.

How many freshman played int game Friday night? Just curious as it feels like we are starting to build a solid amount of depth.

Giving the hogs more than they want

McFadden and Hendershot made the final cut, today.

From https://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/active-nfl-players-by-college/indiana/90728

After hearing how Tamar Bates shot in the fan fest I am beginning to think this team's success will depend on Tamar being able to hit open shots and become the scorer we thought he was when he came in last year. We have not addressed the shooting issues from last year with a transfer so the solution will have to come from within. We know Kopp can shoot in practice but seems to have trouble hitting them when the pressure is turned up during the game. My hot take is Big Ten title and sweet 16 run depend on Tamar finding a shot and becoming a scorer. If not Tamar then where does the production come from?

It is the season-opener for Indiana as it welcomes in Illinois to Memorial Stadium.

Illinois comes in at 1-0 after a win over Wyoming last week.

Indiana is looking to improve on a 2-10 year last season.

Game kicks off at 8 pm ET on FS1.

1 Alabama (bye, 8-9 winner)
9 Georgia
8 Cincinnati

5 Texas A&M
12 Coastal Carolina
4 Notre Dame (bye, 5-12 winner)

3 Ohio St (bye, 6-11 winner)
11 Indiana
6 Oklahoma

7 Florida
10 Iowa St
2 Clemson (bye, 7-10 winner)

What happened to our student section after halftime? Granted we didn't play well, but that is a poor look for support of this football team.

On paper Indiana should win this game. It's at the Rock, Illinois has had one winning season in the last 10 (3 in 19) playing the Big Ten West, and looking at the last five recruiting classes it's a clean sweep. I looked at Rivals and 247 and Indiana won all five classes according to both. IU also had double the four star recruits. Illinois is no juggernaut on offense and defense should be the strength of this Hoosier team. With the return to the vision zone and in all likelihood more aggressive play calling on D, this defensive group should keep Indiana in a lot of games all year.

Illinois is inexperienced in the interior of their offensive line so it would not surprise me to see Coach Allen test them with some A Gap blitzes and some stunts early. (Remember the Double A Gap blitzes under Womack?)

If Indiana can keep Illinois from getting north of 175 yards on the ground that would bode well for them. RB Brown is going to get some yards but make him earn everything - nothing cheap. Clean tackling in Game One is always a concern.

Isaiah Williams is their most explosive WR from what I've seen but I trust our secondary to keep him from going off too much.

It's nothing earth shattering but this game will probably come down to Line play and turnovers. Can we keep their run game in check and get pressure in passing situations? Can our Offensive Tackles (Bedford and Haggard) keep Illinois from getting pressure off the edge? Can our interior OL get some push and establish a running game? Will there be some diversity in the run game or are we just going to run inside zone for two yards all night? Illinois runs a 3-4 so some good interior runs early will establish some play action opportunities later on. And from what I've seen Indiana RB Shivers may relish the opportunity for some physical inside runs.

Illinois has a pretty good secondary so I will be curious to see if our WRs can make some plays against them. They will have to or it could be a long night. And of course the elephant in the room is who will be throwing the ball? Whoever it is just take care of the ball and don't try to do too much. If Illinois starts to get aggressive with blitzes hit them with a screen or slip TE Barner in where the LB blitz came from. Sometimes I think we make offense too much rocket science, take what is there. Who cares about being the smartest guy in the room, go with what works.

If I remember right Illinois missed a couple field goals last week so if he misses again early it could get into his head and be a factor in what will likely be a close game.

This is a big game and a great opportunity to create some positive momentum going forward. Go Hoosiers!

dude didn't complete the catch before he rolled out of bounds. Pretty easy and obvious call. Plus, the ref didn't blow the whistle so it was anyone's ball as they scrapped for it. It was 100% the corect call. Tandon Doss says hello.

Story here.

Illinois 24
Indiana 27

Go Hoosiers!

Very impressed by Camper and Matthews

actually think that’s a really good WR room.
Talent there

Cam is one tough hombre. When he returned after his injury, it was noticeable how the defense picked up because, like me, they thought his injury was horrid. If he stays healthy, he could be team MVP.

If we hadn't "taken the points" and choose to go for a 4th down, we would not have been in the position to win in the end.
Not giving up sacks was huge. Maybe our running game is on the backs and not the hogs.
DB making plays is refreshing.
OB play didn't beat us, but it could.

The former Hoosier football player took over for Buck Suhr as the color commentator working with Don Fischer.

Don occasionally gets lost and doesn't remember what down it is or sometimes even who has the ball. Rhett Lewis worked very well with Fish and it certainly did not seem like it was their first broadcast together.

Most notable to me was in the last half minute of the game when the Hoosiers got down to the one yard line and Fish said they've got to spike the ball. And Lewis just flat out said no.

Fire Hiller (last December)

Way too many huddles to confer and slowed the game down big time. And that mysterious no call on the final drive when clearly the ref had given Bazelak the ok to snap the ball and Bazelak had the ball snapped to catch Illinois with too many men on the field. And then no one told the white hat that his mic wasn’t working as he “explained” the blown call. Finally in fairness, that was a catch by the Illinois receiver in the end zone. Didn’t game back to Indy until 2:30 last night. FS1 time stoppages and ref huddles sucked!