lol. 2 time World Series champ.I said "we" have never had gameday. We certainly want someone who is nationally known. Might as well have Jordan Hulls on.
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I said “they” don’t need more air time. People already know who those two are. Now a real IU athlete gets his. Be happy for him or don’t be I guess.I said "we" have never had gameday. We certainly want someone who is nationally known. Might as well have Jordan Hulls on.
Will Smith, pitching for the Royals. Has a 6.53 ERA and has 3 World Series rings. Couldn't pick him out of a lineup if my life depended on it. Weird stat to choose. If you are going to choose a 2 time all-star, choose Oladipo.
Yeah, you said "they" in response to my statement, where I said "we". Hence why I called it out. People already knowing who they are is the exact reason why it makes sense to have them. There are more notable athletes than a non-HOF baseball player considering the limited college baseball audience. It's not about being happy for him, he is doing fine and good for him! But this isn't a shrine Schwarber day, it's a celebration of IU football. My entire point was we have a chance on a national stage to hype up our program and that is the best we can do. You can try to justify it but it's *yawn* of a pick.
Well maybe IU pushed this one. Maybe those you are pushing said no….i am happy with the selection. I mean he played for IU baseball but was also a good football player that could have played in college. He knows football.
Meh, you are way off base and out on left field. Schwarbs while not an MVP was a valuable piece on both teams. And Vic would have been a fine choice also. This is for us and I could give less than a crap if Betty in Vermont doesn’t know who he is.
If you ask your wife and kids and they don’t know who he is, then you’re not a very good Hoosier fan
By the way, the school doesn’t choose who does the guest picker spot. ESPN chooses with some collaboration.I said "we" have never had gameday. We certainly want someone who is nationally known. Might as well have Jordan Hulls on.
I needed confirmation...but the Red River Shootout games were really the only GameDays I can remember for noon games (3:30 this year, though).
That said...given this setup...I firmly believe the last hour of the show this week, given our noon start, will be either where the Fox setup was last week on the field, or up on the deck behind/next to the band on the north end.
I think I read they would be moving inside the stadium at 11:30, Tough decision for kids who want to get on Game Day but also good seats for football. Heard some kids are camping out.
So I was in Btown today and saw them setting up by the stadium. Dinner at Nicks and some ESPN guys were shooting some film there. They sat and talked to us for about 15 minutes. We were giving them food recommendations, etc. Most of them hadn’t been to Bloomington before but were very complimentary and excited to be someplace different. I asked if Lee was with them and they said he’s probably in bed. ( this was at 7). I also asked about the double decker bus. He was really surprised I knew about it, asked me who my contacts were, and called the other people over to tell them we knew about it. Can’t remember who first mentioned that. Victor? Anyway a really fun conversation and nice guys.
No, I'm not. I yawned just listening to you explain your perspective. It makes sense why you like it.
Gotta move move it inside for the final picks. Good intel. 👍
Well to each his own I guess. You are right I am a boring old fart but I am absolutely giddy about all of this. I have been waiting for a long time. Let’s just hope it all goes well. Go Hoosiers!
Out of curiosity, to try and get a ballpark read on the broader public reaction to Schwarber, we can look at the number of views each of the nine guest pickers this year have received on GameDay’s guest announcement post on X/Twitter.
In the half a day or so since the announcement, Schwarber's views (1 million+) already exceeded three of them (Dawn Staley, Michael Phelps, Blake Shelton). He'll most likely pass Johnny Manziel today. I can't really predict how many more views are coming, but he'll end up between #3 to #5 out of nine on announcement post views.
Not bad... IU isn't exactly the biggest FB program around to drive views. And the vast majority of the comments are very positive. We seem to be in good shape with our guest picker.
In the half a day or so since the announcement, Schwarber's views (1 million+) already exceeded three of them (Dawn Staley, Michael Phelps, Blake Shelton). He'll most likely pass Johnny Manziel today. I can't really predict how many more views are coming, but he'll end up between #3 to #5 out of nine on announcement post views.
Not bad... IU isn't exactly the biggest FB program around to drive views. And the vast majority of the comments are very positive. We seem to be in good shape with our guest picker.
Was he trying to say Schwarber isn't recognizable? I'm not going through and trying to find his original post, but if he is....well, he isn't very bright. And not only do I agree about your opinions on Betty, I'm pretty sure she doesn't watch gameday anyway.
Lmao! Yeah, they're clicking to view it because they're thinking, "who the hell is this?"
Nope. I said he isn't AS recognizable as the others. I'm not anti-schwarber but most any non-baseball fan wouldn't have a clue who he is. That's just facts.
Wrong. He's already 4th in Likes out of the nine guests, and it hasn't even been a full day yet since he was announced. People like the pick.
IU has a lot of alumni, my guy. Bama, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Clemson...etc., couldn't care less about their gameday or picker, that's just called a Saturday to them. Your logic is flawed.
I've got the data, you're making stuff up -- like those huge FB fanbases don't follow every detail of what's going on.
Thanks for crapping all over a thread on one of the most positive events to happen to IUFB.
ESPN isn’t in the business of just randomly picking guys. They like ratings too. I’m still not understanding this emotional response from you. If they thought or could’ve gotten those other two then they would have.
Not emotional, just speaking facts. I'm sorry this is so offensive to you. You'll get over it.
Confirmed...the last hour will be from inside the stadium...same location as Big Noon was last week in front of the band, so get in there early 👍
Also, McAfee's doing his show today from Noon-3 "from the rooftop", so tune in to ESPN for that. 😄
Also, McAfee's doing his show today from Noon-3 "from the rooftop", so tune in to ESPN for that. 😄
It was Kraft, not Victor with the double decker bus info. How do you think they will utilize it?
Using it to bring 1979 players to the Gameday footprint. It will be recorded, because it's happening at 8:30am. Not sure if IU will also use it at some point, maybe when they intro that team during a break or at halftime.
Maybe not the best but it's pretty damn good. Schwarber was a huge part of arguably the biggest WS win this century. In one of the largest markets in the country. Now he is a key piece on another very good MLB team in one of the largest markets in the country. I would gather he is as well known or more well known than Vic. On Twitter Vic has 355k followers and Schwarber has 398k. Cuban has by far the most for someone who is IU connected it looks like.
Thanks, Stadium looks great and McAfee has been very complimentary of everything IU.
Thats my thought process. The reason I say Vic is because the NBA is more popular than the MLB and he was on Dancing with the Stars. Who is more talented in their respective sports, it's not even close, Schwarber is well ahead.
To me, it’s probably for the best that they DIDN’T select a former IU basketball guy.
Why?
IU is labeled as a “basketball school.”
This is football’s spotlight moment.
Why bring in a guy from the basketball program to simply feed into that stereotype even more?
A former baseball star is pretty neutral in the scheme of things.
They should have Gruden wander up on stage at some point carrying a Chuckie doll with Halloween coming up. That would be pure entertainment.
Everyone would be wondering why Gruden was there and then he reveal he was the ball boy for IU football and his dad was an assistant coach. It would certainly open some eyes.
Great interview with Cig…quite a long segment. It’s nice that he is a no nonsense guy but still interacts well with media.
Schwarber nice interview now. They are putting Cig towels on all the seats, not just the students.
Did I see that correctly? Are they putting white towels on the seats for a Red out?
Looking forward to seeing the whole stadium with towels.
