And going down to the Washington game with 2 buddies.

Anyone else picking up tickets to remaining home games this week??

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.

--Bama at Wisconsin

--Washington St. at Washington

--Oregon at Oregon St.

--ND at Purdue

--Indiana at UCLA

--Maryland at Virginia


Some comments:

--Overall, not a big WE for watchable games.

--Bama at Wisconsin could get ugly for Wisconsin. I think the transition from Barry Ball to LF has been more difficult than expected.

-- I feel like ND at Purdue is a real wild card. Just about anything could happen. If Purdue does beat ND, it could be the beginning of the end for MF.

--IU playing in the Rose Bowl. So interesting. For most BT fans probably the 3rd most interesting game this WE.

--Maryland loss at MSU was really a bad one. Their coach needs to win this one. Interest in the program has not recovered since they left the ACC.

--Washington at WSU--Rivalry games are always interesting. Washington stadium is a cool place.

--Oregon v. OSU--Oregon ripe for an upset?

Independence.

I was thinking about the gist of this when I ran across this add that sums up my thoughts about this election.

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We begin with the fact that just a few months ago, Harris was the least popular VP in history and there was serious talk urging Biden to dump her. Prior to that, she couldn’t even manage to get out of the starting gate in the 2020 Democratic primary. Now she will likely be the next president.

How did this happen?

We saw it in real time.

This election is not Trump v. Harris. It’s The System on the one hand, and the people on the other. The System is big government, big media, social media, big tech, big education, big NGO, and big corporate all working in simpatico. Not too long ago, these institutions operated as a self correcting check and balance. Now there isn’t. We have policy without meaningful review or accountability. Thus we have an impossible fiscal situation, third world conditions, bad education for those who need good education the most, violence, drugs, and the rest. There is no other reasonable explanation for the meteoric rise of Kamala in just a couple of months other than The System pushing her. She hasn’t changed. The System changed our view of her.

On the other hand we have Trump. He certainly has baggage. But he also has a striking number of positive policy initiatives that ought to be important, but aren’t. He has a self- destructive behavior pattern. But more importantly, The System exploits, exaggerates, and even lies about him, leaving The System’s chosen candidate without an effective opponent.

I like independence. I wish we had a different champion than Trump. But we don’t. Kamala is too high of a price to let The System in.

Watch the Matrix. Are we living the prequel?

Damn, that’s a butt kicking. IU FB looking real good

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-football-pff-grades-snap-counts-and-notes-from-win-over-maryland/

On the season, Cooper is graded as the fifth-best receiver in the nation among those with 25 targets.

For the season, Rourke grades out as the eighth-best passing QB among those with 100 dropbacks.

Through five games, Indiana’s overall PFF grade is No. 4 in the nation, behind only Miami, Fla., Ohio State and Ole Miss. Their overall offense is tied for fourth, and their overall defense is ninth.

The pass rush is where Indiana really stood out. The Hoosiers totaled an eye-catching 25 QB pressures, including five sacks, three hits, and 17 hurries. Linebacker Jailin Walker had the top overall score, with four hurries. Fisher was right behind him, and Mikail Kamara, five pressures (a sack, two hits, two hurries) and James Carpenter with three pressures (two sacks and a hurry) also received very good marks.

On the season, Kamara grades out nationally as the sixth-best pass rusher among those with 100 pass rush snaps.

Get your ass in a seat, goes for me, too. CCC is the real deal. Go Hoosiers!!!!!!

Hey all, figured I would check in. I haven't been following super close like I used to but I have watched most of the first two games. At the end of the day it's the games that matter and most of the chatter ends up being noise.

Coach Cig has definitely grown on me. I guess a 77-3 win will do that lol, but seriously, my initial impression of him was that he is kind of a jerk tbh. But from the in-game interviews I've seen he seeks like kind of a cool dude. Maybe I misjudged? More importantly, watching this 24 offense you immediately see that touch of class that is closer to DeBoer than say DeBord or Sheridan. (BTW I almost fell out off my chair when I saw Sheridan is the OC at BAMA. I had no idea...I defended Sheridan more than most but he landed Alabama???)

To be fair western illinoi is really bad. I would have probably predicted like 55-6 for the score. As always I caution against being too reactionary but definitely some positive signs. From what I gather the offense is detail-oriented and is predicated on efficiency and getting the ball out fast, which I'm always a fan of. Rourke is accurate and has hit on several deep balls that were absolute dimes. So you have dink-and-dunk with the ability to create some calculated explosive plays. Throw in some TE utilization and DH is a happy camper. Why every OC in the history of the world hasn't incorporated TEs into their schemes is beyond me but I digress... Zero INTs through two games is great to see. Take care of the pig skin!

But then you have balance too with a nice looking run game. 278.5 rush yards per game is obviously skewed at this point but if they can keep it north of 150 per game defenses have to respect that. Which opens up opportunities through the air. I think like 11 different Hoosiers toted the rock last night - I don't ever remember seeing that many ball-carriers. Again it's western illinoi but some of the down field / second level blocking by the o-line last night...chef's kiss. That was one of the issues during the CTA era, ineffective blocking at the 2nd level.

I've noticed some physicality too. That hit where I think it was a safety cleanly pounded the WIU receiver where it was going to be a catch but he jarred it loose before possession was established... Then Ellison on the first rushing TD, he took the contact to the WIU defender 3 yards into the end zone, love to see that mentality.

Hopefully someone else can chime in and break down the defense. Obviously I can see the stats (which again are suuuper skewed at this point but still quite enjoyable to look at):

5.0 ppg
32.5 rushing yds / g
119.0 passings yds / g
151.5 total yds / g (vs IU's 557.5 ypg 🤯😂)

Aiden Fisher looks like a beast. Tackling has been good. Heck I don't even know what scheme they run...looks like a base 4-3? I'm assuming he mixes in other looks?

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Next up: UCLA at the Rose Bowl? Yes please!!

…better beef up those offensive and defensive lines if they want to compete in the B1G.

How embarrassing for USC to lose a game to a Michigan team that passed for 32 yards.

Michigan better figure it out because what they did today isn’t going to work against the majority of the league.

Has put up 53 points @ UNC in the first half.

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On tomorrow's announcement?