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Quality article on Coogan picking IU. Lots to feel good about: https://x.com/michaelniziolek/status/1971576743787114897?s=46 https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2025/09/26/indiana-football-pat-coogan-notre-dame-transfer-lasting-legacy-cfp-contender/86284502007/

The big question is if Cig waves at the hospital after the 1st quarter or if he gives this face...

Bite me, Paul!

Yep, seems that way. The nice thing compared to last year is our schedule should give us a pretty decent indication early on of what we're working with. Obviously you hope to see improvement as the year goes on too. Last year in non-con, the only P5 teams we played were SCAR, who sucked, and the B4A teams where we got our doors blown off by everyone but a cruddy Providence team missing their best player if memory serves. This year we will play Marquette and Kansas State + scrimmage Baylor by the same time B4A started last year. 31 days til Baylor. 45 days til Marquette. Ready for IU basketball.

Our team is either being terrible underrated or we are not going to be that good this season....at least according to the so called experts!

Per Lasley, Jasai Miles and Nick Dorn are full practice participants. Great news.

@Pagoda there is a really good database of athletic revenue by school that you can find here https://knightnewhousedata.org/. I created a dashboard a few years back that I need to update with new data. Once I do, I’ll share with so you can see athletic revenue. I haven’t looked at the data recently, but I am certainly curious.

Would really love to see Taylor pop so we don’t have to worry about this one going to the wire and not happening.

Some thoughts for what it's worth. This is an interesting topic. Our FB revenue has not skyrocketed yet, and probably will never "skyrocket," though it has increased and should continue to increase pretty nicely and that will make a big difference. Our athletic dept is still one of the smaller ones in the the B1G/SEC, and closer to midsize if you include the B12 and ACC. I'd guess our athletic dept revenue is around #25 in the country, and a lot of the big football schools generate $50M, $100M, even $125M+ more per year than we do. As go iu bb said, the rev share is capped at $20.5M. All the P4 schools fund the $20.5M, but as you can see, it's a larger percent of athletic dept revenue for IU than the bigger football schools. That generally means bigger football schools donors don't have to fund as much of the basic athletic dept operations and they can focus more on NIL. As for basketball, a few things: - On the rev share, most P4 football schools focus 70%+ of it on football, except apparently Kentucky, who is pumping more into bball. In addition, schools without serious football programs (think the Big East) don't reach the $20.5M rev share cap, but they are able to pay some rev share (like $6M to $10M for example), and they pump most of it into basketball since they don't really have football. This has made the Big East and some other bball-only schools much more competitive in bball this year. Not good for us. - NIL is paid on top of rev share, and NIL mostly depends on what rich donors are willing to do. Having sugar daddies helps. We have a few. I'm not sure how true the rumors are of them pulling back. I'm also not sure how much the clearinghouse will limit NIL deals (my guess is very little). Bottom line is I think IUBB is #10-15 in the country in basketball roster payroll. I am quite confident that would increase if CDD shows he can coach here -- our donors would flip out with excitement. IU as an athletic dept is not big, and we don't have unlimited money for football, bball, etc. We've got to make allocation decisions. As far as I can tell, IUBB has enough to succeed, and right now in my opinion pretty much our whole bball program is riding on how good CDD is at his job. Fingers crossed we hired the right guy, from what I can tell I think there is a decent chance we did. We'll know in a few months...

I would bet on Alberto being a starter next season, either here or somewhere else.

I get the argument both ways. As long as a coach is consistently adherent to their plan for roster building I’m down any way they want to go. But for me I think if I’m comfortable with the kid’s work ethic and approach I’m gonna err on the side of talent every time. That means I’m gonna miss on a Walter Clayton sometimes, but if you give me a shot at a Walter Clayton or a Darryn Peterson every year I’m gonna take Peterson every time and I’m pretty confident you’d win more often than not in that deal.

Paul and about 90% of his colleagues are lazy af. Average joe's like myself saw this coming from a mile away. The laziness has got to be called out at some point. I don't care that he has 'came around' IUFB's brand. His paycheck says he should have came around last year after the Michigan game. Coach Cig said in his hiring day presser that we was going to change the brand of Indiana Hoosier football. The story writes itself and was served up on a platter December 1, 2023. Lazy. Absolutely lazy journalism.

Very odd setup/format for this type of show, but it somehow works and these guys are the truth. I'd kill for something like this that's IUFB-centric. One thing I really like about them is they're homers but they also realize how big of a test this is. Navy polo brother's strategy is to hope the crowd makes it hard on our offense, because they don't have anyone in the back 7 that can slow down our skill guys lol.

They chose IU as their Homecoming game? That is so 2023 and earlier.

G_d damn—this is the single best college football analysis broadcast I’ve ever seen. As in, next level-PHD level scheme analysis. HIGHLY recommend if yall want to truly get into scheme details. The IU/Iowa analysis begins at about the 32 minute mark.

Louis wins!!!! He is eligible the rest of the season. Very helpful for our secondary. The NCAA:

Face of the franchise kinda guy for sure

Normally I’d say that’s true. But dude is getting paid more than coach cig. Expectations should be sky high and failure to achieve them should be called out

That makes sense. Plus, in this database private institutions are not required to report, so some are there and some are missing, which makes comparisons tricky sometimes. I’ll get around to it when life slows down. But, in my admin role at IU it never seems too.

Agree, no issue, just funny to see the this list put together to do a sponsorship with Venmo. As far as I am concerned, they can call anyone our rival if they send a check…

Crazy

Follow the $$$$$ - pure money grab.

Women now 0-2-2 in conference after a 0-0 tie last evening with Washington. And to add insult to injury, Washington had a player red carded with 25 min. left to play and we still couldn't score. Hoosiers 6 shots, 3 on goal and 7 corners. Washington 9-3-5. Sunday at 1:00 we host Oregon (2-7-2) (0-3-1). Televised on B1G+ On Friday, Oct. 3, women will have to get their vaccinations before traveling to West Laffy.

Article is pretty self explanatory to me. The author isn't just some hack.

Haven't heard of The Deep Freeze Mice? Post-punk deadpan excellence. War, Famine, Death, Pestilence and Miss Timberlake is my favorite of theirs https://open.spotify.com/album/7ALt3jv1NGTB9ChDcwMsHI Also including a YouTube available album for easy access below. Now that you have heard of them, you'll be glad you have:

Had a guy at work who disappeared into a bathroom for 5 hours we fired him as he came out. Funniest walk out ever

Wow, That is really, really tempting. Maybe 4 hours from me.

I found the video while in the bathroom. Let’s just say I watched so long I looked like a newborn giraffe trying to walk when I stood up

Bossi - Dusty May and Michigan have landed a commitment from 2026 wing Malachi Brown. 6'5" 3-star from Knoxville, TN

Reallllly don’t want to be sitting through bye after a loss. Get an early lead and let the defense work.

Ditto. I never look at that stuff. Somebody really needs to explain to me exactly what’s fun about that.

Iowa fans seem to think their beating Rutgers is more impressive than our boat racing Illinois. Saw somebody on their social media talking about how they are in prime position to go to the CFP

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We are a basketball school to our very core. Just like current basketball national champion Florida is 100% still a football school. So welcome Chase Branham. The kid is talented enough to be a piece of a squad that brings the next banner to Indiana. So do that.

If we can get a lead early and force them to pass it we can put them in a rough position

Rourke just had them put in a couple drywall screws they found in the garage into his thumb and came back 2 games later

Iowa's front 5 will be the toughest we face so far this season. They're the real deal. I think this game will be won or lost by our D.

Haha, I was aiming toward to Dune.

Imo Cig and DeVries are cut from the same cloth. Cig is a football mind who has developed prior programs into winning teams. DeVries is a basketball mind who has developed programs into winning teams. I am optimistic

Lamar is flat out funny. It’s really nice to have such a likable team with some great personalities.

Colby Giacubeno @ColbyGHoops Marquette will be in for top-60 2027 PG J’Lon Lyons, I’m told. He’s also in the process of locking in a visit to Indiana for early or mid-October. AC Kenny Johnson has been involved with the 6’3” playmaker dating back to last summer.

Unless there has been a drastic change in the mindset of the university and athletic department, a work around isn't an option. We've seen that. It may or may not become an issue, hopefully it doesn't, but the staff seems to be targeting highly ranked recruits that not only will be demanding top dollars but will put IU in direct competition with schools he listed as being willing to spend more NIL. That doesn't give me warm fuzzies. We've already missed on one recruit to either KU or UL because of NIL. IU had a real chance to become a major player in college basketball when NIL was first introduced and IU was way up there in the amount they were willing to spend. Instead, we squandered those years with Woodson as the coach and now we're back to playing it safe.

More - recent stuff from Fountaines DC - lively stuff, this is a talented fun band, whole album's a good listen

His dad was a fraternity brother of mine at IU. Great guy and great family. Congrats!!