IU's 2024 Future Total - +5.5 Wins

[IUFANBB]

I know that IU is a big unknown this year, but Vegas seems to think that we can win 3 games outside the non-conference.

While Lindy's & Alton's have us at the bottom - 4-5 win level.

What are the top 3 candidates for a win in conference?

Maryland could take a step backwards losing their QB. Plus, we owe them.

Is Washington going to be vulnerable after losing players & coaches

Purdue is at home, so there is always chance

Nebraska is probably the best of the 4 & would be a tough home win.

@ Michigan State

 

[red hornet]

The New Indiana has a roster full of young men with something to prove. That along with Coach Cignetti & staff winning blueprint will change the culture for the Hoosiers. Why not!

 

[vesuvius13]

I have to think this new IUFB team will win more than 6 games but I am willing to wait and see how they do this Fall.

 

[red hornet]

I have to think this new IUFB team will win more than 6 games but I am willing to wait and see how they do this Fall.

I'm with you that on field performance will tell the tale. I can see the New Indiana being 9-0 going into the Michigan game.

 

[The Watson]

I'm with you that on field performance will tell the tale. I can see the New Indiana being 9-0 going into the Michigan game.

Easy there, big guy 😂. Love the optimism. Hope ur right!

I’d be ecstatic with a better on-field product with coaches who know how to put players in a position to win. CC & his staff still have to prove they can do that at this level and at Indiana. I like the early results, and the momentum is refreshing. Add a winning record this fall and I’ll be a happy camper - and a believer.

 

[Rags to Roses]

I know that IU is a big unknown this year, but Vegas seems to think that we can win 3 games outside the non-conference.

While Lindy's & Alton's have us at the bottom - 4-5 win level.

What are the top 3 candidates for a win in conference?

Maryland could take a step backwards losing their QB. Plus, we owe them.

Is Washington going to be vulnerable after losing players & coaches

Purdue is at home, so there is always chance

Nebraska is probably the best of the 4 & would be a tough home win.

@ Michigan State

Washington could have a rough season. They lost a lot of talent and their head coach. They also have to travel to Penn State & Rutgers (along with trips to Bloomington and Iowa City) over a 6 week period…traveling to the East for games is no picnic, even for NFL teams.

 

[Tammany Hall]

Six wins would be great. If it’s less, that’s okay if it’s clear a system is being implemented and talent just couldn’t quite execute, and “help is on the way” next year.

 

[Jssanto]

I'm with you that on field performance will tell the tale. I can see the New Indiana being 9-0 going into the Michigan game.

I like your enthusiasm, but that really seems unlikely.
In reading between the lines, and some just plain statements, it looks like the staff jettisoned some players that either weren’t good enough or did not want to practice hard or play hard.
The culture shift may well help, especially in close games. But to win we need depth and that is hard to do in year 1.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Just bowl, baby. Just bowl.

 

[Chriselli]

We need to raise the floor again. CKW might have had a ceiling of 7-8 wins due to quarterback roster management and defensive issues, but he raised the floor to six wins, beating Purdue, and playing the big boys close in Bloomington.

 

[vesuvius13]

We need to raise the floor again. CKW might have had a ceiling of 7-8 wins due to quarterback roster management and defensive issues, but he raised the floor to six wins, beating Purdue, and playing the big boys close in Bloomington.

I agree IU needs to raise the floor so we can dream about doing more in future seasons.

 

[Hoosier Clarion]

I agree IU needs to raise the floor so we can dream about doing more in future seasons.

I'm a lean toward 7 W's.

 

[YOTHN]

The schedule is certainly more in our favor than prior years. Way too many unknowns to have any real expectations but I'd never feel satisfied missing the postseason. I am guessing 6 wins but would understand 5. I'd be disappointed to only have 4 and highly question things at 3.

 

[Kelly_32]

I’ll be happy with six regular season wins plus a bowl victory.

 

[IUgradman]

CCC has won immediately at every head coaching job he’s had. I expect the same at IU.

 

[red hornet]

CCC has won immediately at every head coaching job he’s had. I expect the same at IU.

Yea, I'm with you when you're right!

 

[baileyiu]

Anything less than 5 wins will be a major setback! It will severely harm recruiting. 6 or more wins will keep the recruiting momentum on the rise.

 

[Vern Pain]

I feel like 6 wins is there in front of us. I sincerely hope that one of those is Purdue. Beyond that, I really, sincerely hope that IU gets off the bowl loss monkey off their back.

 

[Kelly_32]

I feel like 6 wins is there in front of us. I sincerely hope that one of those is Purdue. Beyond that, I really, sincerely hope that IU gets off the bowl loss monkey off their back.

I know some people downplay bowl game results but I do think it’s really important that this program gets to a bowl and wins it.

 

[red hornet]

I know some people downplay bowl game results but I do think it’s really important that this program gets to a bowl and wins it.

Right, people tend to downplay Bowl losses & jack-up Bowl wins. I'm ready for Bowls especially victories.

 

[Grateful Redbeard]

I just threw $40 on Fan Duel for IU on the over. 🤑 I'm bullish that with 8 home games we can get to 6 wins and a bowl

 

[anon_mya1phvcpf5x4]

I know some people downplay bowl game results but I do think it’s really important that this program gets to a bowl and wins it.

The problem with bowls is that too many players sit out if it's not a playoff bowl.

Keeping healthy for the draft or for their portal prospects is more important than a bowl win.

 

[indy1203]

The problem with bowls is that too many players sit out if it's not a playoff bowl.

Keeping healthy for the draft or for their portal prospects is more important than a bowl win.

The sit out problem was really evident last year.

 

[IUgradman]

The problem with bowls is that too many players sit out if it's not a playoff bowl.

Keeping healthy for the draft or for their portal prospects is more important than a bowl win.

Then IU will just have to make the playoff.

 

[Grateful Redbeard]

The problem with bowls is that too many players sit out if it's not a playoff bowl.

Keeping healthy for the draft or for their portal prospects is more important than a bowl win.

That is a definite problem, but I seriously doubt you'd see more than 1 or 2 guys sit out a bowl game for IU. We don't have a bunch of NFL talent. I believe that this team would cherish going to the Motor City Bowl.

I'd be in attendance.

 

[anon_mya1phvcpf5x4]

That is a definite problem, but I seriously doubt you'd see more than 1 or 2 guys sit out a bowl game for IU. We don't have a bunch of NFL talent. I believe that this team would cherish going to the Motor City Bowl.

I'd be in attendance.

If the team we play in the bowl had a bunch of players sit out, then how much would a bowl win mean other than removing the monkey off our back so to speak

 

[red hornet]

If the team we play in the bowl had a bunch of players sit out, then how much would a bowl win mean other than removing the monkey off our back so to speak

By the next season rolls around nobody will remember the number of missing starters just the score (record book).