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Bryant Haines not going anywhere.

I wanted to create this thread while we’re still operational just because I’m still in shock. We’re going to the FLIPPIN’ Rose Bowl! Flights are booked and game tickets are purchased. See you there.

Sidenote, I personally know the Brock Schott family and he’ll be a Hoosier very soon. Leo HS TE. Highly rated. I don’t think he’ll be our penciled in starter but he’s a big athletic kid that’s focused on be great. Will be cool having him on the team.

For me? No matter what section this topic is in, any discussion of the potential of firing Scott Dolson might be the most ridiculous take imaginable. Why? Cignetti Moren Aird Yeagley Fundraising Even if Devries doesn't succeed (I generally expect he will) the University is far more likely to build a statue for Dolson than ever remotely consider firing him. He has been a major success as AD IMO. I think that this thread should be buried, even after we occasionally lose a hoops game that we arguably shouldn't. But deleting a thread full of opinions that I disagree with is not my place, so carry on. I am glad it's now in the hoops forum, because that undoubtedly is where the fanbase's collective undies are most likely to get into an overreactive knot.

No truer words spoken!

Eat your heart out guys Hopefully the screenshots aren't excessive. Just had to share them going through the 5 stages of grief.

lol -- Credit to this Minny fan for posting this and getting CFB twitter and LSU fans all fired up. Ragebait as the kids call it!

BANG

Nice family shot on IU's home page

Bang.

Being older, stronger, and more experienced has been a big factor in our success this season. We didn't create the rules, we're just playing the game that was laid out. I love this

Running out of words to describe this young man. Large Indiana football contingent has taken over the adidas store in New York, offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan is here, QB coach Chandler Whitmer and group of players including Pat Coogan, Charlie Becker and Carter Smith all here in support of Fernando Mendoza

Mother Marsh also tweeted this pic

Fisch...and I quote "What do you think of that, Paul BaldTrollDumb@$$?"

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6927575/2025/12/30/ndiana-hoosiers-defense-curt-cignetti-coaches-react/ “(Haines) gets all those sacks because he changes the look post-snap,” said a Big Ten running backs coach. “The quarterbacks think, ‘OK, I’m getting pressure, I’m gonna throw it right here, and then realize — ooh, he’s covered. Sack. He sucks to play against. “Their scheme, man, it’s so tough. They had us in a blender. They’re very multiple. They’re so good with fire zones, simulated pressures, do a good job of fitting the run, and Haines does such a great job of breaking his own tendencies. He does some stuff that is like NFL complicated. He does a great job of understanding what he’s put on film, and having a good feel for how you’re going to attack that so he can lay a trap and watch you walk right into it.” There's even a quote from an SEC coach in there.

As far as BFDs go, this is among the B’est of F’n Ds.

Zyn reporting that we’re trying to get Marsh to commit today. And a duo that’s already committed is trying to help. Hoover and Turbo/Schott?

All, As some mods are more and less active, we occasionally feel the need to add a new mod to help keep the board monitored and excellent. With that in mind, please welcome our new moderator to the board, the one, the only, the outstanding @Home Jersey!! @Home Jersey will receive double the salary we give Old Fart… in other words; double-nothing.

If someone would’ve told me in 2003 that IU would make the Final Four in football before basketball did again, I would have petitioned to have them committed. Crazy world.

Brace yourself... It's beautiful.

An early gift from the 60 Minutes feature! “60 Minutes Overtime” extra footage featuring Aiden:

I don't get it. An IU football player won the Heisman tonight. Our football team is 13-0, B1G champs, No. 1 in the country, is the top seed in the CFP and will play in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. Why's everyone getting so worked up about a silly little basketball game? Who cares about basketball!

MENDOZA WINS

Love it!

There are two certainties for me: Cig, Shanny, and Whitmer see Alberto every day and already know if he is going to be their featured heir apparent. If they do not want Alberto to be their guy? They will have a **** ton of portal QB's dying to be the guy at IU.

If Fernando even entertained staying, I suspect Cig would tell him I’d love to have you here another year but ya gotta go and seize this opportunity.

First time ever and he's our coach!

The most amazing IU sports victory of my lifetime

One thing is for sure…Nick Marsh is definitely more open than Marsh Supermarkets.

Baby Megtron and MamaTron.

K Martin and Charlie B poised to be stars soon!

Grim CFP Bye Reaper…

I'm 40 years old. Other than the 2002 Sweet 16 win over Duke, this is the greatest day of my life as an Indiana fan.

Wishing you great bunch of IU fans the very best for the upcoming holidays and for 2026. IUFB and our btb site back up and running smoothly. A great way to end the year.

Feeling very blessed to have had these past two football seasons where we've played multiple "biggest game in program history" ... and again, tomorrow is the biggest game in program history (so far). The way Cig normally responds to those comments "it's the biggest game because it's the next game" gives me confidence in their preparation after a month off. Really hope we put the nation on notice by beating Bama in front of a large IU crowd. Excited, nervous, all that...

IU finished it non conference part of the schedule last night and will enter January 10-3(1-1). They missed out on 2 Q1a games away from home and a winnable Q2 road game. Moving forward they will have plenty of Q1 and Q2 opportunities at home and away. IUs predictive metrics are solid. Average around the 20s. Ius results based metrics are lower around the mid 50’s. Sos- 175 Non con-173 for an at-large team those are respectable numbers. If your non con sos is in the high 200’s or 300 then that could become a problem. IU didn’t do anything to hurt their resume however they didn’t do much to improve their resume either. They did get a win away from home which always helps( at large team usually needs 4 wins away from home to feel safe). They also didn’t earn any Q1 wins up until this point. Good news is that they play in the B1G and will have chances to get multiple Q1 wins. If you were expecting IU to compete with the upper level teams for a B1G title this year then in my opinion you are going to be disappointed. They don’t have the roster this year for that. In my opinion Sparty, Michigan, Purdue and Illinois are a step above the rest this year (Maybe Nebraska but I can’t go that far). IU has 6 games against the top 4 (2 home games). That leaves 12 games against the rest of the league which are more winnable games. Not saying they won’t win against those top 4 but those should be looked at as bonus games. Ius most important games will be against the other teams fighting for an at-large outside the top 4. IU gets Nebraska and Iowa at home and do not have away games against those 2. Those 2 games are probably the most important games on IUs schedule for now. Most on here and nationally said IU making the tourney would be a good start for Devries in his first year. That’s easily still on the table. Reminder even teams that are tourney locks (8-11 seed) always have flaws. 8 seeds are considered teams that are comfortably in the field and not on the bubble however if you look at some 8 seeds resume you are good to see a lot of red (losses). Are losses coming to IU? Yep but in my opinion some wins will be coming as well biggest surprise of the year so far for me IUs KenPom offensive efficiency-56 IUs KenPom defensive efficiency-16

Kind of odd to bring this thread up on a day where our QB won the Heisman trophy and our football team is the 1 seed in the CFP. He saw what Cignetti could be as a HC and what he could do for this program. Also to do this after 11 games of the basketball tenure is ridiculous

Cigs is smokin' ...

Ok, here goes. My old lady has MS, and as we watched his mom the last few weeks, she noticed his mom doesn't even have good use of her arms -- She can't hug her boy. She's going thru a lot, but you wouldn't even know it -- always a smile. If you have the means as we close this year out, here is the link to donate to the cause: https://www.nationalmssociety.org/?donate=2672&utm_campaign=drefy26_eoy_a&utm_source=imt&utm_medium=wa_hero&referrer=imt-3179999-drefy26-eoy-a-wa-hero They have to cure this devastating disease. Thanks

3rd and one with 3:17 remaining. Rolijah Hardy:

Dorns perfromance has been muffled by Wilkerson. I really like his play

If Daley can't go, schematically, Haines and Cig will have his replacement in the best position. We must also remember, we have over a 1/2 dozen All Big Ten players on defense besides Daley. The amazing and factual situation is, the majority of our defense is elected to an All Big Ten Team, meaning there's a high chance that if an injury occurs to anyone on our defense, it's going to be to a star player. This is a product to how awesome our defense is. The reality of the situation is, our defense still boasts the likes of Fisher, Ponds, Kamara, Boykin, Moore, Bones Jones, Hardy, Wheeler, Ratcliff, Ferrell, Sharpe, Landino, Big Tyrique Tucker, etc...I'm still taking our defense over anybody.

Just saw this statement from Purdue ... We stand united with our Indiana neighbors, the University of Notre Dame. Therefore, we have decided to decline any college football bowl game offers that may come our way. BOILER UP!