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Mendoza commits to IU

Much better runner. Probably a better NFL prospect. If he has a good season he could go to the NFL.
Threw for just over 3000 yards and he looks to be much more athletic than Rourke and can take off and run when the pass coverage breaks down. Rivals and 247 have him as a 4 star portal prospect. He’s a good one.
 
It is, but I know where they can find a bunch of NIL dollars not being invested properly to help out.....
Our tailgate friend is a past president of the I Association and told my son at the CFB playoff that Football NIL money is exploding , girls basketball is almost nothing and men's basketball is rapidly declining. Can't wait to see the finished roster.
 
Threw for just over 3000 yards and he looks to be much more athletic than Rourke and can take off and run when the pass coverage breaks down. Rivals and 247 have him as a 4 star portal prospect. He’s a good one.
I'm a homer fan, but I am very hopeful in the Cig QB system his stats will jump quite a bit, especially since it sounds like Cal was a pretty dysfunctional program with a poor OL. We all know Cig's track record with QBs...
 
Our tailgate friend is a past president of the I Association and told my son at the CFB playoff that Football NIL money is exploding , girls basketball is almost nothing and men's basketball is rapidly declining. Can't wait to see the finished roster.
I would have preferred to hear that ALL sports at IU were exploding in interest, NIL & ability.
 
I'm a homer fan, but I am very hopeful in the Cig QB system his stats will jump quite a bit, especially since it sounds like Cal was a pretty dysfunctional program with a poor OL. We all know Cig's track record with QBs...
What I'm most excited about is he appears to still be a passing oriented QB, but has much more ability and athleticism, than Rourke (and even Jackson probably), to extend plays and make plays off script. Looking back, that was probably our single biggest weakness as a team this year. Riley Leonard is a mediocre passing quarter back...he controlled Indiana for stretches with his ability to escape pressure, then pick up the third downs with his legs, or more often with little short passes just beyond the sticks. Leonard is probably a much better runner than Mendoza will be, and it helps when your OLine is as good as NDs... but if Mendoza can save us a couple sacks, and pick up a third down or two every game with his legs, especially at Oregon/PSU... our offense might even get better than it was this past year.
 
Shows the character of the young man we are getting!

I'm sure he's got good character. But after crying that they beat Stanford and also states they are bowl eligible, and how hard they worked together for it, he bailed on a bowl against UNLV and wasn't on the roster. He missed the final game of the season due to illness. so maybe that had something to do with it too, don't know.

CFB today it's all brotherhood. Except when it isn't. I can't blame him. He wouldn't have been even taking visits until last thursday or Friday. Chairs he was interested in may have filled up, plus less time to negotiate.

I feel pretty good he'll help the guys bond, like Rourke did, though, judging by that emotion.
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I'm sure he's got good character. But after crying that they beat Stanford and also states they are bowl eligible, and how hard they worked together for it, he bailed on a bowl against UNLV and wasn't on the roster.

CFB today it'$ all brotherhood. Except when it i$n't. I can't blame him. He wouldn't have been even taking visits until last thursday or Friday. Chairs he was interested in may have filled up, plus less time to negotiate.
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He went into the portal because of drama with his dumba$$ coaching staff. He also couldn’t go into the portal and play. Why question his character when you could question our own the same way.
 
He went into the portal because of drama with his dumba$$ coaching staff. He also couldn’t go into the portal and play. Why question his character when you could question our own the same way.
We had guys stay, then portal. Why do you say he couldn't? Did they have to enter before his game?

I think he has character. Yeah, I was out of line a bit. Not ripping him as much as I thought I remembered him skipping the bowl. Just don't know who cares much about bowl eligible anymore. But he mentioned it.
 
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We had guys stay, then portal. Why do you say he couldn't? Did they have to enter before his game?

I think he has character. Yeah, I was out of line a bit. Not ripping him as much as I thought I remembered him skipping the bowl. Just don't know who cares much about bowl eligible anymore. But he mentioned it.
Hell no. You can’t wait on an insignificant bowl game. How stupid and it’s insane if you expect guys to do that. It’s not the character it’s the damn circumstances and rules. They have a few weeks to figure out where they will be. Staffs need to know as well. It’s like speed dating.
 
I would have preferred to hear that ALL sports at IU were exploding in interest, NIL & ability.
Same. But if we had to pick one it’s FB, which is the only sport that can really help our athletic dept revenues. If FB is healthy, it can generate revenue that helps other sports.

Btw I don’t see any signs MBB will have an issue given Cook and Simon’s interest. Maybe small donors are down, how could they not be, but our whales love MBB.

WBB is disappointing to hear, that program has upside and is well run.
 
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