Season ticket sales way up

[PackTheRock]

Up from low 20k to mid 30s.

‘Phenomenal’: Indiana football's season ticket sales for 2025 reach historic levels

Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti urged fans to 'Pack the Rock' in his first season, the fanbase is already making plans to do just that for 2025.

www.heraldtimesonline.com

 

[Tammany Hall]

That is great news!!! People are buying in and we need the revenue.

 

[td75]

They should be

 

[red hornet]

Scott Dolson has been around a long time & he said the season ticket sales are the best he's seen!!

 

[OpenWheels]

'It's a basketball school'

Now I hope that's true. As well as football!
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[IUNorth]

DO NOT LEAVE if they end up going 8-4, or even 7-5.

We played 3 games last year against teams that I'd categorize as B10 contenders...let alone CFP contenders... and we went 1-2. And looked very shaky in the 2nd half of the one win (Michigan).

This year's team could be just as good as last years, and still go 8-4. At Iowa, Oregon, and Penn State is no joke.

 

[Tammany Hall]

DO NOT LEAVE if they end up going 8-4, or even 7-5.

We played 3 games last year against teams that I'd categorize as B10 contenders...let alone CFP contenders... and we went 1-2. And looked very shaky in the 2nd half of the one win (Michigan).

This year's team could be just as good as last years, and still go 8-4. At Iowa, Oregon, and Penn State is no joke.

I know what you mean, but perhaps that's a bit harsh. The two losses were about the hardest road games a team could play. Plus you've got to give some credit on the margin of victory vs. the mediocre teams.

I know Cig wouldn't like this but I feel 8-4 is still pretty good and keeps us on the "improvement trajectory" we want to be on. 7-5 would be a bit disappointing, but not the end of the world and it just means we have more to prove in '26. Big picture I want to see IUFB established as a team that is often ranked in the top-25 (inching into that top 1/3 of the B1G). I know the team is expecting more than me!

 

[Hoosiers Rising]

DO NOT LEAVE if they end up going 8-4, or even 7-5.

We played 3 games last year against teams that I'd categorize as B10 contenders...let alone CFP contenders... and we went 1-2. And looked very shaky in the 2nd half of the one win (Michigan).

This year's team could be just as good as last years, and still go 8-4. At Iowa, Oregon, and Penn State is no joke.

I think if we played those games earlier in the year things would have been different IMO. Lack of depth, especially on the OL hurt us late. Not saying we win those games for sure but we would have looked better. Tougher games up front this year and I like our chances.

 

[IUgradman]

DO NOT LEAVE if they end up going 8-4, or even 7-5.

We played 3 games last year against teams that I'd categorize as B10 contenders...let alone CFP contenders... and we went 1-2. And looked very shaky in the 2nd half of the one win (Michigan).

This year's team could be just as good as last years, and still go 8-4. At Iowa, Oregon, and Penn State is no joke.

Those three games were against teams loaded with 4 and 5 star talent. Two of those teams played for the national title. IU was never going to compete against that level of competition in year one.

 

[The Watson]

I know what you mean, but perhaps that's a bit harsh. The two losses were about the hardest road games a team could play. Plus you've got to give some credit on the margin of victory vs. the mediocre teams.

I know Cig wouldn't like this but I feel 8-4 is still pretty good and keeps us on the "improvement trajectory" we want to be on. 7-5 would be a bit disappointing, but not the end of the world and it just means we have more to prove in '26. Big picture I want to see IUFB established as a team that is often ranked in the top-25 (inching into that top 1/3 of the B1G). I know the team is expecting more than me!

I said something similar a few weeks back about an 8-4 outcome. It’s quite possible, and I think a lot of folks recognize that. That said, I also mentioned how this is a very important year to show last year was no fluke, since that’s how most of the nation viewed it.

We play exciting football, the kind kids like to play. Continue to build quality depth, go 9-3 or 8-4 while avoiding “bad losses” - and we could be positioning ourselves for a sustainable program changing run - in the nick of time.

 

[Chriselli]

I said something similar a few weeks back about an 8-4 outcome. It’s quite possible, and I think a lot of folks recognize that. That said, I also mentioned how this is a very important year to show last year was no fluke, since that’s how most of the nation viewed it.

We play exciting football, the kind kids like to play. Continue to build quality depth, go 9-3 or 8-4 while avoiding “bad losses” - and we could be positioning ourselves for a sustainable program changing run - in the nick of time.

Flukey is winning a lot of one score games. Beating the brakes off of everybody isn't flukey.

 

[red hornet]

Heard the INDIANA-Illinois game is S.O.? Anyone confirm. TIA.

 

[Hoosier Clarion]

Flukey?? 

 

[TMFT]

Heard the INDIANA-Illinois game is S.O.? Anyone confirm. TIA.

I just checked on the site and there are still plenty of green dots (I.e., open seats) on the seat map. I would expect a sellout though once you figure in visitors, walk up crowd, and/or giveaways/gimmicks.

 

[Eppy99]

Curios how this stacks up vs the other big ten teams from a percent sold standpoint. Not sure if there’s a resource that has compiled this information. I would have to think at the top of the conference would be:

OSU
Michigan
Penn State
Wisconsin
Oregon
Iowa?

Beyond that I have no clue.

 

[Tammany Hall]

Curios how this stacks up vs the other big ten teams from a percent sold standpoint. Not sure if there’s a resource that has compiled this information. I would have to think at the top of the conference would be:

OSU
Michigan
Penn State
Wisconsin
Oregon
Iowa?

Beyond that I have no clue.

I don't know the details, but I believe all those schools except perhaps Wisky (they're down with a weak home schedule) will sell out all their games very easily this year.

One comp to us is Illinois -- a historically bad team (I know they had a few good years) that is doing better now. They've sold 34K season tickets so far this year... similar to our levels at this point in time.

It will be interesting to see where our ticket sales are a week or two after they open up to the public on July 10th. The interest in IUFB is definitely growing, but the IUFB fanbase as we know was pretty darn small historically.

 

[IUNorth]

I know what you mean, but perhaps that's a bit harsh. The two losses were about the hardest road games a team could play. Plus you've got to give some credit on the margin of victory vs. the mediocre teams.

I know Cig wouldn't like this but I feel 8-4 is still pretty good and keeps us on the "improvement trajectory" we want to be on. 7-5 would be a bit disappointing, but not the end of the world and it just means we have more to prove in '26. Big picture I want to see IUFB established as a team that is often ranked in the top-25 (inching into that top 1/3 of the B1G). I know the team is expecting more than me!

For sure...but for the Nebraska and Purdue performances, there were others that were a possession or two away from going very differently.

FIU game ended up being a larger margin than the overall competitiveness of the game would have indicated.
Maryland, NW, and Washington were all iffy in to the 2nd half.

Even the MSU game was iffy early on until their QB got dinged up.

Not trying to dismantle everything they did. Just trying to temper some expectations. We sounded a little bit like this after Allen's historic Covid year. "10 wins or bust!" type stuff... Cignetti has proven himself to be a very good college football coach, so I seriously doubt we're due for hurtling crash back down to reality, like we got under Allen. But 7-5 to 8-4 finishes, consistently over a 4-5 year stretch, would still make Cignetti the most accomplished coach in IU history.

And this years schedule has 3 VERY tough road games baked in to it. Anything better than 8-4, could be a better coaching job than Cig did last year.

 

[Tammany Hall]

For sure...but for the Nebraska and Purdue performances, there were others that were a possession or two away from going very differently.

FIU game ended up being a larger margin than the overall competitiveness of the game would have indicated.
Maryland, NW, and Washington were all iffy in to the 2nd half.

Even the MSU game was iffy early on until their QB got dinged up.

Not trying to dismantle everything they did. Just trying to temper some expectations. We sounded a little bit like this after Allen's historic Covid year. "10 wins or bust!" type stuff... Cignetti has proven himself to be a very good college football coach, so I seriously doubt we're due for hurtling crash back down to reality, like we got under Allen. But 7-5 to 8-4 finishes, consistently over a 4-5 year stretch, would still make Cignetti the most accomplished coach in IU history.

And this years schedule has 3 VERY tough road games baked in to it. Anything better than 8-4, could be a better coaching job than Cig did last year.

Someone has a case of self-imposed limitations! Shameful!

 

[IUgradman]

For sure...but for the Nebraska and Purdue performances, there were others that were a possession or two away from going very differently.

FIU game ended up being a larger margin than the overall competitiveness of the game would have indicated.
Maryland, NW, and Washington were all iffy in to the 2nd half.

Even the MSU game was iffy early on until their QB got dinged up.

Not trying to dismantle everything they did. Just trying to temper some expectations. We sounded a little bit like this after Allen's historic Covid year. "10 wins or bust!" type stuff... Cignetti has proven himself to be a very good college football coach, so I seriously doubt we're due for hurtling crash back down to reality, like we got under Allen. But 7-5 to 8-4 finishes, consistently over a 4-5 year stretch, would still make Cignetti the most accomplished coach in IU history.

And this years schedule has 3 VERY tough road games baked in to it. Anything better than 8-4, could be a better coaching job than Cig did last year.

IU was never threatened in the FIU game and was dominating Michigan State when their QB got hurt. You can look at any number of teams and see close games. Georgia beat Kentucky by a point. Texas beat Vanderbilt by three. Oregon was in a neck and neck battle against Wisconsin.

IU never even trailed until its ninth game. When’s the last time that ever happened?

 

[CC Mac]

DO NOT LEAVE if they end up going 8-4, or even 7-5.

We played 3 games last year against teams that I'd categorize as B10 contenders...let alone CFP contenders... and we went 1-2. And looked very shaky in the 2nd half of the one win (Michigan).

This year's team could be just as good as last years, and still go 8-4. At Iowa, Oregon, and Penn State is no joke.

Michigan then beat OSU the very next week.
We were not going to beat Michigan easily.

 

[IUgradman]

Michigan then beat OSU the very next week.
We were not going to beat Michigan easily.

Michigan beat Northwestern 50-6 the next week then Ohio State the following week.

 

[UncleMark]

FIU game ended up being a larger margin than the overall competitiveness of the game would have indicated.
Maryland, NW, and Washington were all iffy in to the 2nd half.

Even the MSU game was iffy early on until their QB got dinged up.

It's pretty rare for anyone to put a game away in the first quarter, or even the first half. But if you win every period and finish strong, at the end you'll be up by a bunch of points.

 

[Tammany Hall]

Michigan then beat OSU the very next week.
We were not going to beat Michigan easily.

Yea. And we were one or two first half drops from that game being more comfortable. And yea on the other hand UM did have a shot at the end too.

That was our first experience vs. maybe the best or top-3 d-line in the country, and we lost Evans right before the game (though IIRC Stephens played well). Like you said, wasn't going to be easy, but we found a way. Also, we did it with something like 25% the NIL of Michigan.

 

[OpenWheels]

If 'Ifs and Buts were beer and nuts' we may not have had 11 wins and reached the CFB playoffs that only the very best teams reach. But they aren't, and we did.

One game at a time, but this could be a big year too. We know we'll look well coached and play well most of the time though. I expect a strong year! If I have to fall back on 'oh well, at least we looked coached' that's still better than almost everything since the Mallory years.
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[Hoosier Clarion]

Under Cignetti and Staff this certainly is the New IUFB. That's the margin of difference between old and new. Expectations are higher because that's what this outfit foresees and demands in Bloomington. W's are now the mark of the brand against the toughest competition. I'd like to have a Mrs. Franklin's Son for everytime this staff has studied the Buckeye and ND games this offseason. The edge of this cutter is honed on a different kinda stone.