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I’m not sure student surveys are a great measure

If you hire someone for your job that no one else in your industry would hire for their’s, you’re gonna be wrong way more often than you’re gonna be right. Foster wasn’t even getting OC buzz. He was never gonna be a high major HC anywhere else.

50!!! https://youtu.be/3KfRRcc31vY?si=r0vHn9S8YvjlY_wG

I don’t know how they actually measure this because some of these universities let their campuses go to complete H3ll last year before doing something about it, meaning “free speech” was at its apex there until the students got out of hand and the students “free speeching” for a particular cause, a very well coordinated and externally funded cause, were told to chill. IU got ahead of that nonsense and didn’t end up on CNN for three months letting the campus become a mess. That doesn’t mean IU has become a beacon of closemindedness and anti-free speech, but it’s a narrative some folks can now run with.

Most here won’t be surprised to know that I’m a huge Free Speech advocate. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

https://iuhoosiers.com/news/2025/9/10/mens-basketball-hoosier-hoops-on-kirkwood-set-for-october-2 A new event, replacing Hoosier Hysteria, happening on Kirkwood Ave on October 2nd.

At risk of derailing this thread and getting myself banned…I’m sure the demographics of the student body also influence the survey results.

IUMS ranked #1 Holden Brown B1G goalkeeper of the week Collins Oduro offensive player of the week Breckin Minzey defensive player of the week Top Drawer Soccer team of the week

At least UCLA hired him on the cheap (5 years, $15M). IU paid Woodson like he was actually in demand which made it all the worse.

You rang?

Rabjohns is saying that as far as he knows there will still be a scrimmage in Assembly Hall, just without all other HH stuff that has traditionally been a part of that.

I don’t hate the idea of taking it a different direction, but 2 things: 1) Don’t love it on a week night. Somebody from Indy or Louisville taking their 10yo down there on a school night? 2) Not sure about having to rely on dry weather the 2nd week in October.

SeatGeek is now a direct seller on behalf of IU. It’s smoke and mirrors so IU can claim a sell out, and dump large swathes of tickets. Normally I wouldn’t care but it drives up the cost of the tickets due to the 25% buyers fee fans have to pay when buying from the platform. It also had an aggregator tool to allow them to see on other broker platforms like Vivid Seats. There’s zero transparency and it makes it 10x harder for fans to sell their tickets if they can’t go to a game

I think that survey data validity is at an all time low, especially when one is measuring perception vs actual reality and the influence of TikTok. For example, BYU will suspend a student for drinking coffee. I wonder what their position/ranking on free speech truly is? Tying this back to the “topic du jour,” many of these lowly ranked universities have condoned some horrific speech from students and professors alike the last two years. The perception of universities having some standard to quell disruptive protests does not necessarily equate to having prohibitive rules on free speech. In fact, I would say some of the universities ranked around IU have had embarrassingly lax free speech policies. And don’t even get me started on the stats when you break down the skewed political affiliation of professors and invited campus speakers…

We’re still top 25 in the most important ranking

They sell off massive blocks to brokers. All the seats you saw for sale on the IU ticket site will pop up on Seat Geek if they haven’t already

That’s really strange. There were like 3000 tickets left for MSU and UCLA games last week. I’m not complaining, just wondering how they did it.

Super helpful, appreciate the insight my man!

Good read. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/i-can-win-there-the-mindset-that-connects-bob-knight-and-curt-cignetti/

Indeed, it was very offensive.

I hope you're right. IUFB has never had this much support from the very top. She's a pioneer in that way and so far is an integral part to the equation of success.

https://x.com/antbrown0_/status/1965854157023359065 On to the next PG. Attends Archbishop Carrol HS in Washington DC and played on the EYBL circuit for Team Durant. https://247sports.com/player/anthony-brown-46142863/ https://www.on3.com/rivals/anthony-brown-244074/ https://www.hudl.com/profile/23814544/anthony-brown

And Branham

Foster is looking like a disaster but will UCLA really fire the guy after 15 games? I’m guessing he will get until the end of the year but who knows…

That part came from IU writers saying it is on Twitter. The Herald Times guy and Lasley I think.

Sticking this on Kirkwood basically screams "not a family event" to me...and I'm assuming anyone else that's ever been to Kirkwood on a Thursday night. I'm pretty indifferent to Hysteria/preseason events these days, but on the surface this is a very strange direction to go in like five different ways.

But a very small subset would be able to say better or worse than other universities.

They have a week off between New Mexico and Northwestern. Wouldn’t think so but stranger things have happened.

She’s the best president IU has had since John Ryan!

Meh. Pretty elite group of schools there in the Bottom 10, in traditionally left-leaning hubs of the country. Honestly this is kind of a compliment of the student body makeup. To Stu’s point, I’d imagine schools like Auburn, U Mississippi, Liberty, SMU are near the top of this list. Just a guess

Of course. I’m not attacking you, and this is an interesting data point for the university. I’d much rather hear about how IU is managing today’s campus life through message boards than on national TV.

^^1,000,000%^^ Having been around those Boston campuses on that list, I can confidently state that those ‘“less free speech” campuses largely are the ones that push hard at the limits of free speech (and that’s their prerogative). Whereas my kid at University of Florida is on a campus where almost no one pushes at limits, and therefore those UF kids don’t feel restricted.

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Fun! Oduro has been great this season. I don’t think he came off the field vs Notre Dame. At that position that’s incredible. Previous years we would get out possessed even in a lot of the games we won. This years team is better at controlling the ball. Also willing to quick strike. So far, so good. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners mobile app

His brother is the same way. I'm assuming the family is pretty outgoing in general, which really helps in front of a camera. Both of them played at Miami Columbus and were exposed to the press there as well.

IU isn't willing to pay as much as Louisville or Kansas and they feel pretty good about someone else right now.

Welcome back to 2017/2018 IU Soccer as a legit national contender as one of the top 5 squads in the country. It's been too long. This Notre Dame game is a bellwether for how serious the Hoosiers are about getting back to the College Cup and maybe winning a title without divine intervention like in 2022. Test past! Getting back to Cary, N.C., for another College Cup will very likely be attempted the easy way, with at least two home games, if not three, and likely only one heavyweight battle coming in the Elite Eight. Doesn't mean you get that far, as happened in 2019. However, they will almost certainly get two home games in the Round of 32 and the Sweet 16, where they are the clear favorites. Similar to 2017, where 2016 saw longtime veterans gone, and the season was basically a birthday present waiting to be unwrapped. 2025, after 2024, is similar, with the talent of new players coming in vs. ones departed taking the squad to a whole new level from solid to elite. In 2017, it was Trey Muse, Mason Toye, Griffin Dorsey, and Justin Rennicks replacing Colin Webb, Grant Lillard, Richard Ballard, and Tanner Thompson, to go with veterans coming into their own in Andrew Gutman and Francesco Moore, among others. It's not that the losses are not big. It's just the replacements are even better and move the team to a whole new tier. Similarly, now in 2025, you lost JT Harms, Tommy Mihalic, Samuel Sarver, and Patrick McDonald. However, the veterans are coming into their own in Collins Oduro, Josh Maher, and Alex Barger, with newcomers in Palmer Ault, Jacopo Fedrizzi, and Colton Swan being even better than their predecessors, unlocking a whole new level not seen in several seasons.

Great start to the season all things considered. With Michigan the only other big ten team even getting votes let’s step on their throats at home this Saturday and start our conquest of the big ten

Just like last year, the press didn't believe what we were doing. It just adds fuel to the chip in that locker room. I'm all for it. Plus, we'll get our chances to change the entire narrative. We play 3 schools in top 10.

iPhone camera for me but one our guides has great equipment that I’ll receive post-trip. 100 ft from the lions and hippos; REALLY close at times to other animals. Very glad the mama elephant that was pissed at us and ten feet from our open air Range Rover decided to turn back. Leopard had an impala up in a tree having a violent lunch 25 feet from us. African sunset with the Mrs:

Looked like a serious championship contender for the first time tonight, which was good to see. Hopefully, it continues, and the team can play well all year in what is shaping up to be an extremely weak Big Ten.

Pleased enough with this start. Talent is there this year without question. Gotta get some things figured out. I’m reeling a bit where my son lost their first game of the season last night 0-1 after outplaying the #1 team all game. Bit bummed. PS- our team is 3-1-1 now and hopefully get a rematch in sectionals or regionals for the revenge game. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

Hey can you help me out with this screenshot? Under the school names, there are two numbers separated by a hyphen. Purdue's starts with 1 followed by a 10 and then under Indiana, it's 10 followed by 1. Why are they backwards?

Wait, I'm a little confused. Are you referring to the game during which we ran a successful fake punt to our fav defensive lineman while up 38-0?

Since Gov. Braun has been running things there have been some major changes regarding his power. He's able to remove and appoint IU Board of Trustees members. So far he's replaced 6 trustees with 6 conservatives. He's also been on record saying he wished IU is better aligned with what the school up north (lost to IUFB 66-0) was doing. Braun is a school up north (lost to IUFB 66-0) grad. He's got a lot of power at the moment. Just google "braun iu trustees" if you want to learn a little more about the current state of things. Just a friendly reminder, IUFB, 66-0.

Really couldn’t care less. Keep her around for as long as she can keep Coach Cig around.

Luckily I'd say there's no need to be too hopeful. There's basically 0 chance any action gets taken because of these allegations IMO

Lame. Witch-hunt. Plagiarizing isn’t ideal, but this is a nonstory if not for politics. And leads me to believe Indiana U can’t get out of its own way in many respects. Sent from my iPad using BtownBanners

IMO nobody will care / remember in two weeks and nothing will come of this. Yawn