My wife

[CC Mac]

She likes going to games with me but she not the fanatic that I am….until this year.
I’m retired and I’m in a dead sleep at 7:30 this morning while she is getting ready for work.
She pokes me and asked me who Penn St plays this weekend we really need them to lose another game.
I said they play Purdue and she said well they wont be any help😂

 

[red hornet]

She's now a well-ingrained IU fan Ya gotta love it!

 

[iugradbamadad]

I’m hoping Minny gives the a fight next week on the frozen tundra.

 

[CC Mac]

I’m hoping Minny gives the a fight next week on the frozen tundra.

Yes,that is a possibility,I really can’t see the committee taking more than 3 Big Ten teams but who knows?

 

[h20pls]

She likes going to games with me but she not the fanatic that I am….until this year.
I’m retired and I’m in a dead sleep at 7:30 this morning while she is getting ready for work.
She pokes me and asked me who Penn St plays this weekend we really need them to lose another game.
I said they play Purdue and she said well they wont be any help😂

A decade ago, my wife was a rabid IUBB fan and simply tolerated my IUFB fandom. She didn't really understand football.

Ten years later, she's as rabid and IUFB fan as she is IUBB.

It's not a story of jumping on a band wagon. It's been incremental and tied to her learning the game, really. (No. I did not teach her...I did answer questions when asked. But she really picked it up by herself.)

She's pretty damn fired up this year. lol

 

[Bowlmania]

Yes,that is a possibility,I really can’t see the committee taking more than 3 Big Ten teams but who knows?

Right now 4 of the top 5 teams in the country are from the B1G. That won't remain static through the end of the season but it's not unrealistic to believe 4 B1G teams end up in the Top 10.

This underscores why the OSU game is so enormously important for IU. First, we control our own destiny. Win and we're in the B1G championship and the CFP. Lose close and we're still in good shape. We boost our SOS, don't plummet in the rankings and still, I believe, end up at the party.

 

[Kelly_32]

Speaking of wives, I married into a Michigan family.

My wife wore a IU hoodie during the game Saturday. I sent a picture to her siblings. They were not amused.

 

[kmathum]

Speaking of wives, I married into a Michigan family.

My wife wore a IU hoodie during the game Saturday. I sent a picture to her siblings. They were not amused.

So did I. I don't talk about it.

 

[hookyIU1990]

She's even more of a keeper now!

My wife is from Cali and went to school at Fresno St before graduating from Texas A&M. She had no idea of the rivalry with that school up north. Now, every moronic driver "Probably has PU license plate". It just came naturally.

 

[sluggo69]

Anything in a two piece?

 

[hoosier roadtrips]

My wife and I went the three and a half hours drive each way for most of the home games and many road games for 30 years. She was so looking forward to this season. However, she became very ill in mid August and died Sept 11 without seeing a game. She and my brother who died in 2017 both would have loved this year.

 

[kurt cloverdales]

My wife and I went the three and a half hours drive each way for most of the home games and many road games for 30 years. She was so looking forward to this season. However, she became very ill in mid August and died Sept 11 without seeing a game. She and my brother who died in 2017 both would have loved this year.

that's awful, God bless you sorry for your loss. are you still able to attend the games? have to believe she is there spiritually with you an enjoying the journey

 

[TominDallas]

My wife and I went the three and a half hours drive each way for most of the home games and many road games for 30 years. She was so looking forward to this season. However, she became very ill in mid August and died Sept 11 without seeing a game. She and my brother who died in 2017 both would have loved this year.

That is really tough. I am sure she is looking down and smiling on this year.

 

[CC Mac]

My wife and I went the three and a half hours drive each way for most of the home games and many road games for 30 years. She was so looking forward to this season. However, she became very ill in mid August and died Sept 11 without seeing a game. She and my brother who died in 2017 both would have loved this year.

So sorry for your loss.

 

[hoosier roadtrips]

that's awful, God bless you sorry for your loss. are you still able to attend the games? have to believe she is there spiritually with you an enjoying the journey

I wish I still could attend. The long drive is not a problem, but my back issue just will not allow me to walk that kind of distance to the stadium and then inside.

 

[hoosier roadtrips]

So sorry for your loss.

Thanks to everyone for your kind words.

 

[vesuvius13]

Thanks to everyone for your kind words.

I can't attend IUFB games any more due to disability and pain but feared I was going to lose my wife when she had a heart attack this past summer. She had a three bypass open heart surgery and is doing better now. She never understood my love of IUFB until this season, now she can't get enough of their games. Winning football with an exciting offense and very good defense makes fans of people that were uninterested before. This has been a great season watching games with my wife.

I am sorry you lost your wife and brother in 2017 as you miss out on sharing this season with her.

 

[CC Mac]

I can't attend IUFB games any more due to disability and pain but feared I was going to lose my wife when she had a heart attack this past summer. She had a three bypass open heart surgery and is doing better now. She never understood my love of IUFB until this season, now she can't get enough of their games. Winning football with an exciting offense and very good defense makes fans of people that were uninterested before. This has been a great season watching games with my wife.

I am sorry you lost your wife and brother in 2017 as you miss out on sharing this season with her.

Glad that your wife is doing better.
Hope you both have many more seasons of IU football to watch.