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While 13 members were throwing trash at their TVs when Michigan State kicked a meaningless field goal in the final moments, I was on my knees in front of the TV praying.  That was followed by yelling and dancing around the room.  My wife wanted to know if I bet on the game.  I said, "NO", then she wanted to know why was I so excited.  I replied with a big grin, "I got a 25 point bonus."  She looked at me like I had lost my mind.  Some things you just can't explain.

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That chicanery at the end cost several folks a potential perfect game.
@LamarCheeks wins the Michigan St game with 174 pts, just one off perfection, getting IU's score right along with @Dhop @Gahoosierfan @RaceToTheTop and @steubenhoosier. @BottomLine @johnsoniu @Scotty R and @WayneFleekHoosier got MSU's score right. 
The aforementioned BottomLine and @Demo are tied for the overall lead through 7 games.
Also, an honorable mention to @Stuhoo for a low score to end all low scores. Just 999,942 pts off of 2nd to last. (Note: I take all predictions posted seriously)

  Overall       Game 7   Rank 2025 IUFB Points   Rank IU/Michigan St Points 1 Demo 708   1 LamarCheeks 174 2 BottomLine 708   2 Gahoosierfan 147 3 TTT 706   3 Dhop 147 4 OGIUAndy 701   4 RaceToTheTop 146 5 AZ Hoosier 684   5 steubenhoosier 146 6 johnsoniu 684   6 BottomLine 143 7 steubenhoosier 682   7 WayneFleekHoosier 143 8 LIHoosier 664   8 Scotty R 140 9 MemphisHoosier 662   9 johnsoniu 139 10 cthomas 662   10 Naturalhoosier 119 11 Rico 661   11 Rico 118 12 LamarCheeks 660   12 rcbowla 117 13 RoadRage 658   13 Old Friend 117 14 mamasa 653   14 RoadRage 116 15 Napleshoosier 649   15 Class of '66 Old Fart 115 16 IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy 649   16 Demo 115 17 WayneFleekHoosier 645   17 Hoosierfan1901 115 18 jmsgws 643   18 Napleshoosier 114 19 Dave from Dayton 638   19 IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy 114 20 Henryville Hoosier 637   20 TadQueasy 114 21 RaceToTheTop 637   21 AZ Hoosier 113 22 Naturalhoosier 631   22 Average 47-10 IU 113 23 thebigweave 630   23 jmsgws 112 24 AH 1971 627   24 MemphisHoosier 111 25 Home Jersey 623   25 LIHoosier 111 26 DChoosier 619   26 Jeff Flabjohns 110 27 IUHoosierJoe 618   27 taco corp 108 28 taco corp 615   28 AH 1971 105 29 VPC 612   29 IUHoosierJoe 105 30 Hoosierfan1901 601   30 VPC 105 31 ALASKA HOOSIER 595   31 mamasa 104 32 rcbowla 593   32 OGIUAndy 103 33 Class of '66 Old Fart 592   33 cthomas 100 34 Jeff Flabjohns 587   34 Josh 100 35 Josh 582   35 DChoosier 98 36 TadQueasy 569   36 thebigweave 98 37 Scotty R 546   37 TTT 98 38 Stuhoo 538   38 Home Jersey 97 39 Old Friend 509   39 Henryville Hoosier 94 40 cbp4iu 367   40 Dave from Dayton 92 41 Gnet550 241   41 Stuhoo -999850 42 Gahoosierfan 147         43 Dhop 147         44 HoosierReb01 116         45 KNOBYDOX 108         46 Iufan71 103         47 realTomCrean 92        

While 13 members were throwing trash at their TVs when Michigan State kicked a meaningless field goal in the final moments, I was on my knees in front of the TV praying.  That was followed by yelling and dancing around the room.  My wife wanted to know if I bet on the game.  I said, "NO", then she wanted to know why was I so excited.  I replied with a big grin, "I got a 25 point bonus."  She looked at me like I had lost my mind.  Some things you just can't explain.

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While 13 members were throwing trash at their TVs when Michigan State kicked a meaningless field goal in the final moments, I was on my knees in front of the TV praying.  That was followed by yelling and dancing around the room.  My wife wanted to know if I bet on the game.  I said, "NO", then she wanted to know why was I so excited.  I replied with a big grin, "I got a 25 point bonus."  She looked at me like I had lost my mind.  Some things you just can't explain.

While 13 members were throwing trash at their TVs when Michigan State kicked a meaningless field goal in the final moments, I was on my knees in front of the TV praying.  That was followed by yelling and dancing around the room.  My wife wanted to know if I bet on the game.  I said, "NO", then she wanted to know why was I so excited.  I replied with a big grin, "I got a 25 point bonus."  She looked at me like I had lost my mind.  Some things you just can't explain.

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I’ve felt the same way, but this is a new era and you can throw out the history books. Soft parity has finally arrived in college football, and if you’re “in the club” conference/financially, which IU definitely is, then you have a decent chance at being competitive more often than not. We should be viewed as an underdog from an NFL standpoint and not an 83-20 CFB schalacking standpoint. 
If Zander Diamont and Tevin Coleman can lead 2014 OSU in the 4th at the Shoe, then this team can go into Autzen and win.

At 77, I've seen a lot of bad IU football. These past two years have been a revelation about what can be. Honestly, I don't think we are quite there yet, but we are on the cusp. Keep giving Coach Cignetti the resources he needs to build IU football and we will compete with andand at the top tier of college football. Cig is that good. We are good enough now that we can win on any given Saturday. Maybe this next one. Maybe not. But if we stay with the process, we will get there.

I'm 78-years-old and I've been an Indiana fan for my whole life.  Graduated from IU in1969.  Youngest daughter was graduating class of 2000.  Grandson, a high school sophomore, weighs 265 and growing and and wants to play for the Hoosiers.  For the last year and a half iu has been on a streak and I, along with everyone else, have been chearing them on.  But secretly, in the back of my mind, I've been saying to myself that this can't continue.  After all we are only Indiana and Indiana sucks at football. At some point the bubble is going to burst and we are going to sink back to our rightful level.  That is what years and years of losing does to you mentally.
But guess what.  These young men that put on the cream and crimson on Saturday don't think this is a bubble.  They believe in themselves and their coach.  They believe they can beat anyone.  The doubt isn't there in their minds, like us old codgers. While across America the experts are looking for the bubble to burst Saturday, I don't think the the players are buying into that thinking.
We can lose this game.  But we can also win it.  If IU is hungary and our recievers can get open we will win this game.
 
Indiana       5 TDs = 35                                    Total  35
Oregon        3 TDs = 21     1 FG = 3                Total  24

I'm 78-years-old and I've been an Indiana fan for my whole life.  Graduated from IU in1969.  Youngest daughter was graduating class of 2000.  Grandson, a high school sophomore, weighs 265 and growing and and wants to play for the Hoosiers.  For the last year and a half iu has been on a streak and I, along with everyone else, have been chearing them on.  But secretly, in the back of my mind, I've been saying to myself that this can't continue.  After all we are only Indiana and Indiana sucks at football. At some point the bubble is going to burst and we are going to sink back to our rightful level.  That is what years and years of losing does to you mentally.
But guess what.  These young men that put on the cream and crimson on Saturday don't think this is a bubble.  They believe in themselves and their coach.  They believe they can beat anyone.  The doubt isn't there in their minds, like us old codgers. While across America the experts are looking for the bubble to burst Saturday, I don't think the the players are buying into that thinking.
We can lose this game.  But we can also win it.  If IU is hungary and our recievers can get open we will win this game.
 
Indiana       5 TDs = 35                                    Total  35
Oregon        3 TDs = 21     1 FG = 3                Total  24

I'm 78-years-old and I've been an Indiana fan for my whole life.  Graduated from IU in1969.  Youngest daughter was graduating class of 2000.  Grandson, a high school sophomore, weighs 265 and growing and and wants to play for the Hoosiers.  For the last year and a half iu has been on a streak and I, along with everyone else, have been chearing them on.  But secretly, in the back of my mind, I've been saying to myself that this can't continue.  After all we are only Indiana and Indiana sucks at football. At some point the bubble is going to burst and we are going to sink back to our rightful level.  That is what years and years of losing does to you mentally.
But guess what.  These young men that put on the cream and crimson on Saturday don't think this is a bubble.  They believe in themselves and their coach.  They believe they can beat anyone.  The doubt isn't there in their minds, like us old codgers. While across America the experts are looking for the bubble to burst Saturday, I don't think the the players are buying into that thinking.
We can lose this game.  But we can also win it.  If IU is hungary and our recievers can get open we will win this game.
 
Indiana       5 TDs = 35                                    Total  35
Oregon        3 TDs = 21     1 FG = 3                Total  24

I'm 78-years-old and I've been an Indiana fan for my whole life.  Graduated from IU in1969.  Youngest daughter was graduating class of 2000.  Grandson, a high school sophomore, weighs 265 and growing and and wants to play for the Hoosiers.  For the last year and a half iu has been on a streak and I, along with everyone else, have been chearing them on.  But secretly, in the back of my mind, I've been saying to myself that this can't continue.  After all we are only Indiana and Indiana sucks at football. At some point the bubble is going to burst and we are going to sink back to our rightful level.  That is what years and years of losing does to you mentally.
But guess what.  These young men that put on the cream and crimson on Saturday don't think this is a bubble.  They believe in themselves and their coach.  They believe they can beat anyone.  The doubt isn't there in their minds, like us old codgers. While across America the experts are looking for the bubble to burst Saturday, I don't think the the players are buying into that thinking.
We can lose this game.  But we can also win it.  If IU is hungary and our recievers can get open we will win this game.
 
Indiana       5 TDs = 35                                    Total  35
Oregon        3 TDs = 21     1 FG = 3                Total  24

I'm 78-years-old and I've been an Indiana fan for my whole life.  Graduated from IU in1969.  Youngest daughter was graduating class of 2000.  Grandson, a high school sophomore, weighs 265 and growing and and wants to play for the Hoosiers.  For the last year and a half iu has been on a streak and I, along with everyone else, have been chearing them on.  But secretly, in the back of my mind, I've been saying to myself that this can't continue.  After all we are only Indiana and Indiana sucks at football. At some point the bubble is going to burst and we are going to sink back to our rightful level.  That is what years and years of losing does to you mentally.
But guess what.  These young men that put on the cream and crimson on Saturday don't think this is a bubble.  They believe in themselves and their coach.  They believe they can beat anyone.  The doubt isn't there in their minds, like us old codgers. While across America the experts are looking for the bubble to burst Saturday, I don't think the the players are buying into that thinking.
We can lose this game.  But we can also win it.  If IU is hungary and our recievers can get open we will win this game.
 
Indiana       5 TDs = 35                                    Total  35
Oregon        3 TDs = 21     1 FG = 3                Total  24

I'm 78-years-old and I've been an Indiana fan for my whole life.  Graduated from IU in1969.  Youngest daughter was graduating class of 2000.  Grandson, a high school sophomore, weighs 265 and growing and and wants to play for the Hoosiers.  For the last year and a half iu has been on a streak and I, along with everyone else, have been chearing them on.  But secretly, in the back of my mind, I've been saying to myself that this can't continue.  After all we are only Indiana and Indiana sucks at football. At some point the bubble is going to burst and we are going to sink back to our rightful level.  That is what years and years of losing does to you mentally.
But guess what.  These young men that put on the cream and crimson on Saturday don't think this is a bubble.  They believe in themselves and their coach.  They believe they can beat anyone.  The doubt isn't there in their minds, like us old codgers. While across America the experts are looking for the bubble to burst Saturday, I don't think the the players are buying into that thinking.
We can lose this game.  But we can also win it.  If IU is hungary and our recievers can get open we will win this game.
 
Indiana       5 TDs = 35                                    Total  35
Oregon        3 TDs = 21     1 FG = 3                Total  24

I'm 78-years-old and I've been an Indiana fan for my whole life.  Graduated from IU in1969.  Youngest daughter was graduating class of 2000.  Grandson, a high school sophomore, weighs 265 and growing and and wants to play for the Hoosiers.  For the last year and a half iu has been on a streak and I, along with everyone else, have been chearing them on.  But secretly, in the back of my mind, I've been saying to myself that this can't continue.  After all we are only Indiana and Indiana sucks at football. At some point the bubble is going to burst and we are going to sink back to our rightful level.  That is what years and years of losing does to you mentally.
But guess what.  These young men that put on the cream and crimson on Saturday don't think this is a bubble.  They believe in themselves and their coach.  They believe they can beat anyone.  The doubt isn't there in their minds, like us old codgers. While across America the experts are looking for the bubble to burst Saturday, I don't think the the players are buying into that thinking.
We can lose this game.  But we can also win it.  If IU is hungary and our recievers can get open we will win this game.
 
Indiana       5 TDs = 35                                    Total  35
Oregon        3 TDs = 21     1 FG = 3                Total  24

If we lose, I'll take the hit. Not picking against our guys.
Cigs - 31
Waterfowl - 17

us- 52
Them- 21

I figure the Hoosiers left at least 28 points on the field last Saturday.  Coach Cig can't be happy about that and I look for improvement this week - or else!
I have some feeling for the Owls since I grew up a Seymour Owl, but not much.  Figure they should be good for about 6 points but I can't imagine them hitting two field goals.  So I'm going to pick them for a TD.
I hope fewer stops on the goal line and fewer dropped TD passes this week.  Seven scores feels about right.  I'll make that 5 TDs and a couple of FGs.  Worried this could turn into the 2024 Western Illinois game.
Hoosiers     5 TD = 35      2 FG =6     Total = 41
Owls             1 TD = 7                           Total = 7

Congratulations to cbp4iu for being the first to hit the TRIFECTA (bonus for picking the winner , bonus for picking a score correctly, and bonus for being top dog for the week).  Yes, I have a horseracing background.