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Shows you how much Chris is an insider when someone from the staff is asking him how it went Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Dakich is irrelevant when it comes to IU hoops. He trashes Archie and the program every chance he gets. Meanwhile Archie is recruiting the state better than anyone in the last 25yrs., bringing back and getting support from past players, and getting the administration to spend money on renovations. I will trust our sources on BTB over anything he says(regarding IU). DD is the president of his own fan club. Hell, even Benson has said good things about Archie

Week 1 Results Everyone who picked got one right with IU winning. @IUsafety @JHoosier914 @LamarCheeks and @The Ola Depot correctly picked IU to score 34 while @Brass Cannon and @IUc2016 both predicted Ball St to score 24. The aforementioned IUsafety and LamarCheeks tied for the Week 1 win with 132 pts. Rank IU/Ball St Points 1 Iusafety 132 2 LamarCheeks 132 3 Jhoosier914 128 4 Brass Cannon 128 5 The Ola Depot 124 6 IUc2016 124 7 biteoftheapple 119 8 HoosierAloha 117 9 fwgreenway 115 10 brumdog45 115 11 ap2345 114 12 johnsoniu 114 13 mamasa 114 14 ThompsonHoosier 114 15 VO5 114 16 WayneFleekHoosier 114 17 jbell833 114 18 Naturalhoosier 113 19 LIHoosier 112 20 thebigweave 111 21 Me So Hornsby 110 22 JaybobHoosier 110 23 MemphisHoosier 110

Even if it’d be hilarious to hear I’d be disappointed in Archie if he did that. What’s the saying..? Never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Look I am not saying IU was great today or anything, but did anybody watch other big ten games? Nebraska struggled at home against south Alabama. 35-21 Purdue lost at Nevada. 34-21 Minnesota barely beat FCS South Dakota State at home. 28-21. Iowa is only up 24-14 in the fourth as I type this against another MAC school, Miami (oh). No IU wasn’t great. But they were were far from terrible. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Yep the way Archie gets his revenge in my book is to win, win big and then to make it clear to everybody involved in the program is to never give Dakich a single sound bite You’d have staff and players giving interviews to podcasts and fan sites but not Dakich sends a very loud message.

Imagine a scenario where Archie goes on the radio and refers to him as fat dan, bald dan, ugly dan... it’s honest, no bs but it’s immature and disrespectful and there is no reason for an adult to talk to or about a peer in such a manner but dan isn’t above that. Maybe you are at the IU practices or in the homes when these kids are getting recruited but if not, how do you know what you stated about the coaches above? Other than hearing that from fat dan, I’m not sure how you would even come to those determinations Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

People are just ready to get pissed again. This was the most electric offense we’ve seen since Sudfeld/Coleman, and it’s not even close. There was so much wrong with our play today, specifically on defense. A lot also changed this off-season in terms of coaches. We also didn’t see what we know Scott can do, nor did we truly see Sampson James. Overall, lots to improve upon in order to make and win a bowl, but I’m excited by this offense. DeBoer made some great play calls, and thank god we have an excellent kicker. Go Hoosiers. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

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Basically, I see nothing that can't be fixed. Sky's not falling yet.

No, Dan has been critical of Archie from day one and is so immature as to publicly call him Little Archie and go through every staff member making fun of them. He might stop talking **** if we start wining consistently but he won’t have access to the team as people don’t forget Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

You do realize Penix led one of those TD drives last year against Ball State and another TD was an 86 yard punt return for a TD by J-Shun Harris....and that was IU’s 3rd game last year with Ramsey at QB and he put up 24 points and threw for 173 yards sooooo that argument is moot. The D not being to get off the field on 3rd downs was the only thing keeping us from hanging 50+ on them. I don’t know how anybody could want Ramsey in over Penix at this point. We’ve seen what Ramsey can do and what we know is, we can’t win the big games with him, he’s had his chance, time to move on. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Lol @ complaining about the way the offense looked week 1. .. it was sooo much better than we've seen. We scored 34 and didnt play overly well. Eeesh.

Did someone compare Peyton Manning’s colts offense to last years IU’s offense? [emoji52] Also, you all realize this was Mikes first start? In his second drive he did something Ramsey has never done and physically cannot do. Throw the ball 45-50 yards in the air on a line. This offense has a much much higher ceiling than any of the past 3-4 teams. Let’s give it a chance Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

If Archie is successful like we all hope Dan will become irrelevant very fast. Archie doesn’t strike me as somebody to cry about being attacked. But can’t imagine Dan will have the needed access if Archie has success if we are winning titles and he can’t get anybody from the team on his show what good will he be

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If Westbrook makes that catch in the 3rd quarter, we score 25 in the second half. 50's enough anywhere. Tennessee and Purdue would trade places with Indiana in a heartbeat. This offense is very obviously more wide open than a year ago

Chris, how did it go for real? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

That's more like it! IU wins in 2 OT vs Drexel 4-3 in our home opener!

Please take note: This is the 2019 roster news and moves thread; try to keep it generally on track. Much obliged.

The dude even trashes the program when he's calling our games. Plenty of people are capable of being controversial without acting like total dbags. Look at Skip Bayless. He's crazy but he doesn't treat guests like crap. I want us to be successful and the coaches/players to act like Dakich doesn't even exist. That'd be the best revenge.

You are. He’s basically saying how do I look in the Hoosier uniform in a slang form of talking. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Yeah I'm not seeing it either. Our starting running back carried the ball 19 times, averaged 2.5 ypa, and had a long of 7. Against a MAC time. We had 457 yards against Ball State last year, only 17 fewer than this year. One more first down than this year. If anything this shows that the offense putting up good numbers against ball state doesn't mean much.

Personally, I think you have bad taste. He’s a brat. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I'd just like to say that as far as Penix vs Ramsey it isn't even close. Penix absolutely has the upside that Ramsey doesn't and therefore he gives the team the best chance I believe. Now I will say that Penix needs to work on accuracy and at times taking a little off of his throws and putting some air under others. Those things can be worked on. Overall I thought he looked good. Other facets of the team do not seem to be very good to start the season. Justus saved IU's @$$ Sent from my Pixel 3a XL using Tapatalk

You and Hoosierfan are really going all out on hating this performance. Kind of weird really. Can you admit that this offense has far greater potential and that Ramsey is not capable of everything Penix did yesterday? If not, we won’t agree. I’m hopeful and eager to see what happens over the next few weeks. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Lol gotta love the evidence. Cant wait to hear the excuses. I’m sure it will be Ramsey’s fault somehow

Again.. it was sooo much better. And they'll execute better moving forward.

Lol you have yet to really make any true points. But yes just say we don’t all understand. More exciting =\= better We scored fewer points and committed more turnovers. 1 is the most important stat in the game and the other is pretty darn important as well. If somebody wanted to say the offense was a wash, sure I could see that. But it’s absurd to say it’s better because it’s more exciting.

Well, we won. So... see you next week. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Please tell us how an offense that had 59 more yards and 8 more points against Ball State than we averaged last year throughout the entire season was "soooo much better than what we've seen". The offense put up 554 yards against Penn State and 487 against Purdue last year. We're supposed to be impressed that we put up some points against a below average MAC team?

We didn't finish drives.. but man 150 yards rushing and we couldn't run between the tackles. Insane. The utilizing Whop.. and Hendershot. It was fantastic. Big time upgrade from what we've had design wise. We will execute it better and my goodness.

Count me in the automated strike zone camp, there are still other calls the umps would have to make without worrying about human error screwing that one up. Watch a low pitch get called a strike on Aaron Judge just because it'd be at the knees for an average player; that's just one example why it's needed.

Penix made one bad mistake. Other INT, a receiver tripped. Another deep TD flat dropped, or 18 would have been 25. As it stands, he accounted for 393 yards of offense against a team that obviously wanted to take away the run. In his first game as a starter, and redshirt freshman coming off an injury? I have no idea why people would be as negative as they have been. Penix can do a whole lot more than Ramsey can. Thus, the team can go a lot farther with him, as long as he matures and grows into the role. One game (which could have been much better from a numbers standpoint) does not a season make.

All that needs to happen here? Kid needs to spend 5 minutes with Victor Oladipo and this deal's closed.

Only one interception was Penx's fault. The other was on Fryfogle who slipped and threw off the route. I have no idea how you can possibly watch that play and say that INT was on Penix.

Well if IU starts winning then Dan will stop complaining unless there is shady stuff going on behind the scenes. Then he won’t. A lot of the criticism he had last year about the program were the same as other people. People just freak out when Dan says it. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I saw Purdue was up by two touchdowns with about 10 minutes left and thought nothing of it after that. I had no idea they lost until yesterday evening when I read this thread. Rough week for Gregg Doyel. First Luck, and now this.

Dynamic a better word? The Ramsey/DeBord offense was so limited. This offense is well rounded, and I’m hoping they tighten things up as the season progresses. New QB and new OC - I’m giving them the benefit of the doubt that they will improve. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

#22 = Dean Garrett; Damon Bailey; Jimmy Rayl; Archie Dees. I could live with that.

So because Penix beat a Ball State team that won 4 games last year by a whopping 10 points he's suddenly the savior that can win the big games for us? I don't know which game you were watching, but we were nowhere near hanging 50+ points on them. It was not the defense's fault that we didn't do that. People are really trying hard to convince themselves that this year is going to be different.

Expect A LOT more of this throughout the season lol Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

He’s just demonstrating how much he cares and his no BS attitude. This is straight forward and real. You all are fools. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

We must be watching different games. Not taking that sack at the end of the half, that bomb, scramble capability. I'm not handing him the Heisman, but far from disappointing.

Locked!

Ok, this just happened. My wife comes down the stairs and tells me she wants to go out for brunch. NOW! I remind her that the Hoosiers kick off in a few minutes. Her response? “Honey, it’s IU football. It’s just going to piss you off.” So it’s off to brunch I go. The things I do for love.

We can ALWAYS relish in Purdue flops... Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

3 year extension, $54.5 mn. Eric's buying. https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27503241/sources-rockets-gordon-reach-545m-deal

Start 10-0?!? And people on here that think IUFB can win 7 games are delusional, sure...