Took a trip to the NW board
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They certainly have a pretty good team this season, but I think some of their fan base are still living in the past when they were an annual national championship threat back in the days when Moses parted the Red Sea.
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No Husker fan with a brain thinks this. I think it's a good matchup and would actually favor you guys due to our leaky Oline play and our inconsistencies. Line should open with you guys as a - 4 fav.
Read there are 3,000 tickets left. I’d expect we will be pretty darn close, if not a sell out, especially if weather cooperates
Welcome! We try to have civil discourse with the opponent, unless you’re from PU. 😎
IU fans would never do that. 😬
If this game doesn't sell out then we should cancel the program.
Ha, was going to say that sounds strangely familiar. Our bball team was hard to beat 30 years ago.
It’s 3.5 but it is true. I was hoping both were undefeated.
The big question is….
Has anybody visited the GBI board yet?
I’m concerned for them. I think FEMA recently included them also for disaster relief in response to the recent Hurricane Helene?
Lumped them in as part of the government response.
Has anybody visited the GBI board yet?
I’m concerned for them. I think FEMA recently included them also for disaster relief in response to the recent Hurricane Helene?
Lumped them in as part of the government response.
In good times, things are NEVER as good as they seem to be,
and, when things are bad, they are never as bad as we think they are.
For me, our biggest rival is OSU. I set my sights higher than Purdue.
Next step after the sellout is Dolson needs to offer a free beverage to all in the stadium 25 min before kickoff so the Rock is rockin early and those pregame camera shots look impressive to the TV audience.
baby steps
baby steps
Nebraska football fans leaning on history and dismissing IU with our lowly football history. Similar to IU basketball fans (myself included) leaning on history and dismissing lowly Rutgers for how many years in a row now? Only IU football fans truly realize the differences in this IU football team; we've witnessed bad football for years and we've witnessed mediocre football teams who hang in there only to be let down in the 4th quarter. This team is neither of those! I expect a great game with NEB in a couple of weeks and it could go either way. As always, I am for IU2WIN . . . Go Hoosiers !!!
Well the team that took the spittoon away two years ago was happy to have it.
Read about someplace else that has beer for $2 until 30 minutes before game and then switches to regular price. I like that.
I can drink at least two of my own plus a shot in that time and still Be there for kickoff
I think the Bourbon Barrel is a legit trophy game. Thing still sits up in Henke Hall, collecting dust. Get that going again.
It was retired after drinking and driving tragedy …..
“The two teams played for a trophy called the "Bourbon Barrel" from 1987 until both schools mutually agreed to retire the trophy in 1999 following the alcohol-related death of a Kentucky football player. Indianaleads the series (18–17–1).” — Googled … probably from Wikipedia,
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We'll see them in a Bowl game sometime (maybe the Music Bowl or the Citrus Bowl this year) no need to start that up again...
If you want to be surrounded by drunken obnoxious a--h-les drive up to the p u versus IL game this weekend and get your fix... 😎
Personally, I've seen enough Ky fans to last two lifetimes... Let em stay in Lexington where they belong...
That all has to be signed off by Running Ritchie along with any basketball series we do with UK.
He claims that the football series would be too lopsided for the Cats (despite the fact IU holds the series lead by a game) and he indicates fan safety is a major concern for UK in the basketball series. The UK fanbase would get trampled and their alums would lose their only other tooth 🦷 in the chaos.
I would love to see IU & UK hook it up yearly for football. Home and away. Or home and away and then one at Louisville stadium and one at Lucas O. We have the staff now to make it happen.
Yea, UK is probably the closest thing to our 2nd FB rival. I strongly dislike OSU and ND, and also UM, but for obvious reasons those aren't rivalries.
However, we don't get much out of scheduling games with them. The wins aren't special or particularly helpful for our season, and the games aren't easy, especially at UK. Plus as you said dealing with UK fans is inherently unpleasant.
I'm very happy the UK bball games are back -- though I'd like that game in Lucas Oil every year with the 50/50 split. It's the Red River Rivalry game of college basketball and there is nothing else like it. But one basketball game is probably enough UK fan exposure for us every year.
Yep. Once Cig gets the program on reliably solid footing. 1 home and home series with a P4 opponent. And then 2 home games against powder puff teams...
We have ND coming up in a few years. A home and home with Kentucky after them would be cool, and very interesting. Vanderbilt would be fun, I'd definitely make the trip to Nashville for that game if it ever happened.
I went to Idaho (2003-04) for grad school and you got 2 free beers once you were inside after you showed your student ID. Most students came in, drank their beers, and then left.
Not as long as the SEC only plays 8 conference games and we play 9. It's not happening.
There are only 17 trophy games inside of the BT. You can act like it's not a rivalry, but you are wrong. It's just not a big deal to you.
The only other trophy game we have is UK, so how is it that "All of IU's football rivalries are forced, outside Purdue"? You are just throwing out your personal bias at his point.
Maybe they could offer IU students a free beer following the conclusion of the game.
While I don't think or can't seem to believe at least that IU is nearly as good as they look, I do think PU is at bad as they've looked.
Not the football fans or we would still be looking at the 1944& 1945 teams.
Sure...students are going to wait in line for 10-15+ minutes while they all get ID'd for one free beer.
Back in my glory days I would have stood in line for at least an hour for a beer as long as it wasn't Natty Light (probably while drinking contraband Natty Lights).
I don't know KCM, I stood in a LONG line for a free cheeseburger and fries after the Iowa game!!
What students do doesn't always make sense.
Would dig if IU-UK became a Labor Day opening rivalry game. Play it home and home.
One of those cool, early season rivalry games like Backyard Brawl, The Rocky Mountain, the Cy-Hawk, the Iron Skillet, or even the Victory Bell...that adds interest, you can recover from if you lose, but can trampoline you towards a good season with a win.
One of those cool, early season rivalry games like Backyard Brawl, The Rocky Mountain, the Cy-Hawk, the Iron Skillet, or even the Victory Bell...that adds interest, you can recover from if you lose, but can trampoline you towards a good season with a win.
Need to come up with a COOL trophy for the game!
Indiana/Kentucky was a very underrated football rivalry. I wouldn't mind playing Kentucky every other year or something along those lines because it was a damn good rivalry.
Every other year at Cincinnati Bengals stadium would be pretty cool. Pretty much an equal drive. Both programs, I would think, would want to tap in to the Central/Southwest Ohio recruiting areas.
Ohio River Rivalry
Right, but I predict the rest of the season will be a sellout if we beat Nebraska. Certainly, Michigan will be and Washington will too, because we’ll have a chance to be 8-0 and perhaps enter the top 10 in the rankings.
