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Oh that heat, good thing we are not in the SEC our fans would melt.
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I was hoping for better. But the fans hearing great expectations on the forums are a small portion of who they need to attract.
Win and it'll get good. The year after finally beating a big name at home, Penn State, it started good.
I don't think it'll affect recruiting much at all. The attendance has been enough with it's sadness in the past that coaches who knew how to recruit did OK. Now it's the NIL era which will spread recruits around, and Cig and staff know how to recruit. And Dolson and co have put in upgrades. Indiana has a ton to sell, if they regularly get just moderately better than Saturday, and they will.
I think recruiting is going to become darn good with some success. Fans and atmosphere will help, yeah. But they have a lot to sell.
I thought Wedig was excellent in run blocking, FWIW.
He must have some holes, he had some trouble staying in the starting line at Wisconsin, although he was a cog. You wouldn't think pass blocking would matter as much as road grading for them though.
The hope is Bostad is what he needs to round out his game. He must think it'll help. Glad we got him. Good to hear he did well on the run, the run grades were good as a line.
The hope is Bostad is what he needs to round out his game. He must think it'll help. Glad we got him. Good to hear he did well on the run, the run grades were good as a line.
You can have the nicest store in town, but if what you're selling is sub par you won't have many customers and good people won't want to work there.
I was certainly concerned about the number of times there was insta-pressure Route had to dodge. I couldn’t tell live whether they were sending the house or why, but it definitely happened multiple times.
Clearly this is bad customers and bad employees.
Our fans are horse manure, by and large. Make no mistake about it.
Madison and Lexington are both superior to Bloomington these days. And I love Bloomington. Both are also considerably larger than Bloomington as well.
I am part of that fanbase but I stay at the games. Maybe that makes me a “super fan” at a place like IU?
However, I still give no pass to the students. That is purely a cultural thing that must be passed down. Those kids have not been around long enough to experience decades of bad football. Many are out of state kids who didn’t grow up watching IU. Just like the weren’t born when the basketball program was actually any good. This leaving thing is because the weak IU culture tells them that is what to do and is acceptable. Plus, they have zero school spirit. Wisconsin was terrible for most of the time I recall growing up but their students showed up throughout the 70s and 80s and still made it an event.
I’m not even blaming fans for anything. Just calling it out for what it is: the worst fanbase in the conference. Hands down. Win or lose, not very good at all. Take offense to it but unbiased opinions would be that our fanbase is a joke.
The school has a huge graduate base and is pretty generous in monetary support. But live events? Terrible.
We all joke about OSU fans or UK fans for being crass trailer trash but they show out for everything. And, UK was terrible for decades in football and their fans still filled that stadium. And, at a school that was infinitely better in basketball as well. Their live support is phenomenal.
Not sure I totally agree. Hep made an effort to engage the fans and students and it worked. But Cignetti shouldn’t be something he’s not.
How are we selling the sub-par results in basketball for 30 years? Seriously…must be a fantastic smoke and mirrors game there. With a head coach who tells everyone that last year was a “good year” People must be buying that shit hook, line and sinker.
People who constantly think Btown is superior to other campuses live in a bubble.
Btown is great but doesn’t have some monopoly on best city and campus. IU would have much larger crowds if it was the size of Lexington or Madison. As it stands, Bloomington is really nothing more than Bedford with a campus.
I live in Florida and I had to watch the game on tv. Until reading your post I hadn't considered the heat factor. I pass the local high school on my way home every day and I'm amazed to see them out there practicing football (in full gear) in 93 degree heat. Florida football players do this regularly. Although it has been a hot summer in Indiana, or so I'm told, I still think the heat favors the Florida players . . . they are more accustom to it. The wife and I will be flying up for the Maryland game; can't wait to walk the campus, tailgate, and see another IU game. Go Hoosiers !
Ummm, our 2 main RB’s averaged 4.6 and 6.8. Together they got 143 on 26 carries for an average of 5.5. Green got 82 on 5 carries for 16.4. Overall, those 3 got 225 on 31 for 7.2.
We blocked a few somebodies.
If UK football was as historically bad as IU football, their attendance would be crap also.
And let them go 24 years with mostly crappy basketball and see how Rupp Arena would look.
You're not comparing apples to apples.
You are so wrong, but nothing anyone here says will change you remind.
You can walk from Memorial Stadium to anywhere around campus or downtown. Try doing that in Lexington.
The SEC plays a LOT of night games.
Winning is what we're selling. With the facilities to be your best. The campus is a plus.
Packed sellouts, but few wins? Same old Indiana.
Win, and recruiting will be no problem, nor will attendance.
Same discussion, different year.
Most of the people complaining here about attendance weren't even at the game.
Just something else to rag on IU about. Good fans don't constantly bad-mouth their teams/schools.
Kentucky fans >>> Indiana fans all day, everyday. My mom's family is Big Blue fans and I live down here....
Kentucky fans also tend to love football. My cousins on mom's side love Kentucky football. Their support proves this to be true.
Kentucky fans also tend to love football. My cousins on mom's side love Kentucky football. Their support proves this to be true.
We're not selling winning until we put a few on the shelf.
Beat UCLA and the crowds will come.
Kentucky doesn't have another SEC team in their state or Knute Rockne's ghost at another school.
Louisville is no competition in FB, or at least hasn't been.
Again, the comparison isn't apples to apples.
We did, and attendance is still fine.
Kentucky would. They'd be on their 10th coach of that span though.
I don't know how many games at AH you go to, but the balcony rarely gets used unless it's a big game.
That's a lot of seats.
In passing game, Rourke was dodging defenders most every play
Will never forget when I took my son to freshmen orientation and the student
guide said, don't bother with the football program it is a joke.
I was just in Madison a couple weeks ago. I think it's what Bloomington City officials would envision in their dreams. I love living in Bloomington but Madison is on a different level.
Now, I'll take IU's campus over Wisky any day.
Don't remember. Was the attendance good during the Hep years? Hep was definitely a rah rah guy. Coach CIG doesn't impress me that way. Coach Mal wasn't that way either and he had some good attendance. Then again he won some big games. And that's what coach CIG has to do.
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Madison is nicer in some respects, Lexington must be an eye of the beholder thing because I haven't seen it... The Bedford comparison: Uh No...
That’s stupid. My family didn’t go because my 7 year old had a soccer game at 2:30. Should I lose my points over that?
Ha. Us from Bedford come to Bloomington for things to do. Bloomington it is not. 😂
At some point, yes.
I said “at some percentage.” By that I mean if a season ticket holder’s tickets get scanned in as attending like 2 of 8 home games then it doesn’t hurt my feelings.
I’d rather tickets go to people who want to be there and go most of the time vs ones who get season tickets for the FB bonus.
I’m not saying you get punished for making your kids game. And there’s not really a punishment per se, it’s just not getting priority points for buying tickets and not going.
I don't want to see points taken away. But I do think bonus points could be awarded for good attendance. Like this year - get 50 points for going to 4 games. 75 points for 5 games. 100 for 6, etc., etc.
For the record (and they sowed this on the scoreboard Saturday as part of the trivia notes), IU has played UK to most of any non-con opponent in its history. I believe IU has a one game edge on the Cats. UK was about ad futile in the SEC as IU
But the difference?
That university has an expectation of success. They don’t tolerate mediocrity. IU had settled for shit for decades and didn’t demand much. It was our admin that said we need to de-emphasize sports. If the president at Kentucky had said that, they’d be run out of town or face a good old boy ass whipping down there.
And, Rupp would never get to a point that it would lose butts in the seats. 24 years?
They would fire the basketball cosch with IU-like results within 2-4 years.
Your final sentence is completely on point and possibly the most significant of any, on this board, regarding this game!
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