There's kind of a surreal aspect to all of this. We've gone from worst to ?????
In other contexts that might be considered slumming, or trolling.
Yeah, I’m trying to think of anything like this in my entire sports life, both football and basketball, professional and college and baseball and high school! So easy to remember all the times we were expected to be good and were not. But it’s so fun to have had absolutely zero expectations and be doing this. Looking forward to the Nebraska game. It’s going to be huge and Bloomington should be on fire. Hope the weather cooperates. One rain game was enough.
This is beginning to remind me of the ‘67 season. Every week we kept thinking it was bound to end there but they just kept winning. Of course the games were a lot closer that year, so there is that difference.
I suspect we will with people turned away. Neb will bring by far the most visiting fans this season 4-5K I would guess.
'67 was before my fandom but '88 was close with 8 wins and a tie. They had three L including a one pt loss at ILL and a bad loss at home to Sparty IIRC. '87 was as good incl the win in the rain to Mich and a sobbing whining Bo
A lot of tickets sold yesterday. Eyeballing it there are maybe 2.5K seats left with two weeks to go, so it will sell out a several days before the game.
With their team colors those drone shots will look all IU in a sea of red.
The good thing is they'll wear red too... so it'll look like they're all IU fans. Good day to take some marketing photos, assuming the weather cooperates.
20%? Seems high, especially since they already played nearby (@Purdue). I'd be shocked if they have anywhere close to that many.
Good, I probably estimated too high on this one. Their showing at PU was pretty strong but not that strong.
I'm sure there's plenty of Nebraska fan demand to fill 11-12K worth of seats. Hoping there aren't enough IU fans looking to make a buck for them to get that many though.
Replaces the typical Ohio State-filled stadium photo
Long range forecast is 70* and sunny. Can’t wait.
We are a 100% a legit team that has a legitimate chance to get to 10 wins. The rest of the games save Purdue could go either way. I had us for 7 maybe 8 wins depending upon how MSU and Nebraska evolved. Nebraska is a damn good team with a GREAT defense that is tricky to play --mostly because of their 3-3-5 look and how difficult it is to pick up and read players--it just isn't a defense people see frequently.
IU is a very good football team as we will find out how good in the next few weeks. That isn't just opinion but based on metrics that show IU is in the top 3 of teams.
Is there an update on Walker? Great week to have a bye.
No-- and coach doesn't provide updates other than the hour before the game "who is out" list. But, players and their parents talk...
I hope, even if we lose a game or two, heck even 3, that we don't lose too much of the energy that's building.
If you sleep on MSU they'll get you. Aiden Chiles is not only a walking turnover, but also a developing and high-potential QB to make plays out of nothing. By the time we go up there, he will have close to a full season under his belt and they will certainly have the POTENTIAL to be dangerous.
That's a rivalry game for a traveling trophy. No way that game is less interesting to Coach Cig and the players (or to me). They stole one from us in Bloomington last year too. Time to take the Brass Spittoon back home to Bloomington. Might be the only away game I attend this season since they suck and tickets should be cheap. NU tix were pricey last weekend.
Obviously...but compared to the home games, and OSU... it is "less interesting"...
A buddy of mine is former high school in Indiana and coached at several colleges. He watched the UCLA game and was texting me about our players and his exact comment was "the JMU guys are better than than the UCLA guys and Rourke has to be a top 10 QB"
Oh I doubt Cig looks at any of this the way most fans do. He's probably focused on the first set of drills they're doing today at practice, and how he can make sure the team perfects them.
They’ve pretty much operated this way, their fanbase, since joining the conference. Thought they would dominate right out of the gate.
We are "Indiana"...its fair for them to be confident, in my opinion. Just like its fair for me to be confident we'll beat a 5-1 or 6-1 Nebraska team, because they've largely been awful the last few years...and I really haven't watched them play at all this year, so I have no clue how good they actually are.
Confidence is one thing. But to sit there and say we arent good is another. I would be ok with them saying Nebraska's Best beats IU's best. Some are saying we are not a good team and it will be a blow out. They forget we have been to two bowls since they last time they went bowling.
