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[EvansvilleHoosier88]

The games today are helping our PR cause. Especially OSU teeing off on on UT. I wonder how McDonough will feel about his BS diatribe after the SEC gets teed off on.

 

[CraigHo]

Cig has me believing...I expect a winning season and a bowl.

I think we build on this season and in a few years...we'll see Cig's best IU team...and it will be one where when we face ND or OSU or Alabama, etc. It's billed as a clash of the Titan.

I expect 10 wins. And we play well usually against Penn State in general. And Oregon will have a new team…..We won last time in Eugene. Haha

 

[Sonap]

And we are at Iowa

 

[BayernFan]

13 million is top 15. Of course that's only money that's on paper. The SEC and other big programs are still paying under the table I'm sure.

The Tennessee QB was paid $8 million.

 

[EvansvilleHoosier88]

I expect 10 wins. And we play well usually against Penn State in general. And Oregon will have a new team…..We won last time in Eugene. Haha

The beauty of Cig is that we will win the ones that we are supposed to and that will keep us in bowl contention year after year. Can we get to Iowa or Wisconsin status?

 

[CraigHo]

The beauty of Cig is that we will win the ones that we are supposed to and that will keep us in bowl contention year after year. Can we get to Iowa or Wisconsin status?

His offense will get us a lot of wins, and our defense stood firm even in games where our offense wasn’t going well. They gave us more than a chance lastnight. I’d build my case around the fact that Coach Cig built this team in a month essentially. Give him some time and we will compete against everyone.

 

[EvansvilleHoosier88]

His offense will get us a lot of wins, and our defense stood firm even in games where our offense wasn’t going well. They gave us more than a chance lastnight. I’d build my case around the fact that Coach Cig built this team in a month essentially. Give him some time and we will compete against everyone.

I’m a believer. My statement was purely complimentary. I think he will have us winning 7-9 games annually with the occasional big year. Again, attaining Iowa and Wisconsin success for 20 years is a reasonable goal. I have critiques for last night, but my support for CCC is unwavering.

 

[Bucket Getter]

I’m a believer. My statement was purely complimentary. I think he will have us winning 7-9 games annually with the occasional big year. Again, attaining Iowa and Wisconsin success for 20 years is a reasonable goal. I have critiques for last night, but my support for CCC is unwavering.

Your point is valid, but I doubt CCC sees it that way at all. I believe he has much loftier goals than Iowa or Wisconsin. Truth be told, he might’ve already passed them. I’d bet he’s targeting OSU and Penn State.

 

[MichaelRR]

Herein lies the problem… in order to make people feel like we belonged, we abandoned all the reasons why we belonged. If the goal was brand protection then we have failed completely on top of losing the game. Give me a team that loses by 40 on the road by forcing the other team to make plays versus a team that looks absolutely shellshocked and scared to compete. Our brand has now taken on a five minute diatribe by the announcers explaining why we didn’t belong in the game and shouldn’t belong there in the future. It had Lane Kiffin dunking on us for a national audience. And despite what we know, there is nothing about last nights game that provided any evidence to the contrary because we were too scared to put any evidence out there. Our brand is light years ahead of where it was six months ago, but I worry about a quarterback like Mendoza seeing our refusal to open things up.

I know that I am coming off highly negative, and I assure you am not one of these guys falling fans that I’ve been shaking my head at all morning. I remain confident what we have looking at, but I am just confounded by what we put out last night.

Okay, first off I am a Purdue grad that hasn't followed collegiate football for a lot of years until this season. BUT The ND game and coach Cig's approach to it were VERY reminiscent to what happened at Purdue and to Tiller once they had some success going to the Rose Bowl. After that game, it seemed Tiller and his staff played more to keep it close and steal one rather than going out having fun, throwing it all over the field, and playing loose and aggressive with no worries about how it looks.