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"Indiana is getting 62 percent of bets to win the game and cover the generous 14 point spread".

Wow, just wow.

I'm no gambler, but I don't know that I'd give 14. I'll be thrilled with any ole win.
 
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The naysayers will have a problem rationalizing a 45-10 IU win. But they would likely say that UM has given up and that IU still hasn't played anyone.

Nevermind that other teams are squeaking by the same opponents that IU has blasted.

I guess for respect it takes IU beating UM, OSU, and (well, a given) PU. Winning a Big Ten CG would be a bonus.
 
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Also, that was IU's first true test. Not because Michigan is so good, but because that was the first time fate put IU up against the wall and demanded they prove they were the better team. In previous seasons, they would have let UM march down the field for the winning score on the last drive.
Worst performance of the year by far. But still won. Insane to think that if we beat OSU somehow we'll finish the regular season undefeated. I never thought I'd see that in a million years.
 
The naysayers will have a problem rationalizing a 45-10 IU win. But they would likely say that UM has given up and that IU still hasn't played anyone.

Nevermind that other teams are squeaking by the same opponents that IU has blasted.

I guess for respect it takes IU beating UM, OSU, and (well, a given) PU. Winning a Big Ten CG would be a bonus.
IU just showed their resilience.

Hard fought game and won. I have no doubt we beat OSU.
 
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Every single iu team I have ever watched would have lost. Somehow

These guy just play. Past IU teams would have given up after getting down 10-0 last week, and would have given up today when Michigan shut them down and got rolling themselves.

It's still freaking me out about the magnitude of the turnaround. Never seen anything like it any time or anywhere, and could never imagine it happening with IUFB.
 
It’s honestly the jmu kids. They were at the top of the fun belt. Boise state ish. Just put new uniforms on them. Basically augmented a very good team with a culture of winning. The test will be if he can do it from scratch. @UncleMark
 
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It’s honestly the jmu kids. They were at the top of the fun belt. Boise state ish. Just put new uniforms on them. Basically augmented a very good team with a culture of winning. The test will be if he can do it from scratch. @UncleMark
he did recruit (and coach) those guys......

he has an eye for football guys that want to compete
 
It’s honestly the jmu kids. They were at the top of the fun belt. Boise state ish. Just put new uniforms on them. Basically augmented a very good team with a culture of winning. The test will be if he can do it from scratch. @UncleMark

I think he brought in 31 transfers, 13 from JMU. The JMU kids certainly helped set expectations, but our success isn't solely on them. Now that everyone expects to and will get paid, you have playing time and team success to sell. The success has been taken care of, the playing time will have to be managed as well as you can with 18 year olds who think they're hot shit.

Personally, I'd like to see them make HS kids stay two years before getting to transfer and play immediately. A hot shot freshman needs to learn how to delay gratification and work for his playing time instead of running off after his first year. JuJu, I'm looking at you.
 
He built that James Madison team?

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I think he brought in 31 transfers, 13 from JMU. The JMU kids certainly helped set expectations, but our success isn't solely on them. Now that everyone expects to and will get paid, you have playing time and team success to sell. The success has been taken care of, the playing time will have to be managed as well as you can with 18 year olds who think they're hot shit.

Personally, I'd like to see them make HS kids stay two years before getting to transfer and play immediately. A hot shot freshman needs to learn how to delay gratification and work for his playing time instead of running off after his first year. JuJu, I'm looking at you.
I’m fine with them playing right away but yes I agree on staying two years or sitting a year. Coaching and recruiting must be awful now
 
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I think he brought in 31 transfers, 13 from JMU. The JMU kids certainly helped set expectations, but our success isn't solely on them. Now that everyone expects to and will get paid, you have playing time and team success to sell. The success has been taken care of, the playing time will have to be managed as well as you can with 18 year olds who think they're hot shit.

Personally, I'd like to see them make HS kids stay two years before getting to transfer and play immediately. A hot shot freshman needs to learn how to delay gratification and work for his playing time instead of running off after his first year. JuJu, I'm looking at you.
I will say sitting out a year is awful. We had a parade all American freshman transfer in from Rutgers when I was a senior. By the end of that year he grew an entire pot farm in the bathroom of his apartment. It’s a lot to ask a kid
 
I’m fine with them playing right away but yes I agree on staying two years or sitting a year. Coaching and recruiting must be awful now

Playing as a freshman is fine if you've earned it, but demanding it coming in is something else. The mandatory two years would slow a lot of that down I think.
 
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