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Committing on the 13th. We should get some rumors this week on the destination.

Come on down Latrell, we're all looking forward to seeing you play for IU!

Announcement next week

Of the 3 kids they’re in on hardest, Thompson is the one it would bother me least to miss on. Love his talent, but not sure he’ll be ready to be a top 2 option on a really good team next year. But I see him possibly still being good enough to go after 1 year. So I’m not sure he’s a building block. Allmond and Taylor are almost certainly not 1 year kids.

Good news today - Curt Cignetti on All-American cornerback D'Angelo Ponds: "I expect Ponds to be fine and play." Adds that they found out late in the week that Ponds wouldn't be available for Iowa. Says Ponds' absence led to Indiana playing a bit more zone than they typically would.

Adkins announced for KU tonight.

This week's Cig presser shows like a man that has about seven minutes to give these questions, because he's got serious work completely on his mind:

Spread is down to -7.5. At a minimum, Cig usually covers. I’m not participating in prediction leagues this season, but I think we keep this close until the end, if not pull this off. Just need to make sure our play calling isn’t timid. We’ve been more conservative against top teams since Cig’s arrival. Let Fernando sling it and sling it often.

PSU beating OSU on the road is about as likely as Natalie Portman and I meeting and falling in love

12 days til Marian scrimmage 21 days til Baylor scrimmage 35 days til Marquette in Chicago

If the young man is as interested in the close family environment as he’s said many times he might want to Google “Keith Appling.” Or “Tom Izzo witness tampering” or, of course, the tried and true “Larry Nasser.”

And while bringing in Karvala for an OV this late probably doesn't bode well for landing AT, Karvala isn't like we'd be shopping at Dollar General. He's #47 on 247, #30 on ESPN and #59 on On3.

He mentioned all the things that I’ve seen from the Ducks when watching them…Big, fast, athletic, depth. IMO, IU has to play flawless football, their best game AND get/make the breaks to win.

Great weekend on the road for the women. Beat ranked #17 USC and last night beat #24 UCLA. Women now 4-0 in B1G play.

Whizzo: “Kid, I can turn you into the next Xavier Booker.”

Cancelled his UK visit, per the UK On3 dude. Certainly sounds like IU/MSU at this point. Assume this will rap pretty quickly.

I can’t shake that were the only adidas school. I’ll be cautiously optimistic

https://www.on3.com/rivals/news/latrell-allmond-down-to-5-schools-sets-commitment-date-indiana-maryland-oklahoma-state-tennessee-virginia/ “a noted tough guy who consistently finds winning plays throughout the course of a game.” If you don’t like that description I got nothin’ for ya.

Fast Times with Vaughn Karvala

Frickin’ Niziolek opening up with a question about Oregon’s unlimited program resources. Cig swatted that bulletin board/excuse material into the 10th row. C’mon Niz! ;-)

Fernando's Missiles 28 Dante's Inferior 24

We are building a brand. Regardless if we are ranked correctly, too low or too high this week……..I do think that if we had the exact same results 3 or 4 years ago there is no way we would have been ranked above 1 loss Alabama, LSU and Georgia, as we are now. We most likely would have been an undefeated team ranked in the 14-18 range around where Missouri is this year. We are making some “brand progress” but really would be helpful to be competitive (or win) at Oregon.

Izzo’s a complete putz of a man. Can’t wait until he retires

Purdon't/NW should be relegated to BTN+ for a field hockey game.

Look$ to me like he's $till $hopping. Are we sure that Thompson is the one who might be fading?

Looks like he’s scheduled a Maryland OV for this weekend according to Terps media accounts: https://x.com/insideblackgold/status/1975283215926480911?s=46&t=Fcw6K8fSPVNFaq5-eOwH9w

3:30 slot is the Goldilocks Zone. Don't have to wake up at the crack of dawn to tailgate, can watch the 11:00 games while you tailgate, home around 8:00 for those of us outside Monroe County.

How black out drunk was he that he supposedly doesn't remember anything about the incident but a truck window? He had to really mess up that 69 year old truck driver for it to now be a felony.

Let's go Hoosiers! us- 48 Them-21

IU 31 Ducks 28

I never understood why Illinois was rated as high as they were. Nothing supported their ranking. Personally, I was always more worried about Iowa. That said, Illinois is a better team than IU made them look.

Not our problem.

Hoosier grad/fan since the 70's and it is unreal we are posting about IU football in the top ten . . . IU FOOTBALL Top Ten. It is so unbelievable and so much fun. Go Hoosier, Pluck the Ducks !!!

Up 2 in the Coaches poll to 7th, Oregon is #2

All this talk of 10-2. One game at a time folks. Long way to the end. PSU is probably done. Unless they run the table they are basically out of cfp contention. Even if they run they table they might still be out. That loss is worse then the Bama loss to OU last year. Bad loss to a bad team. If IUFB handles business, they'll be playing in Indianapolis for the conference championship. A lot can happen in between now and then though. But the stars are aligning for our beloved Hoosiers.

Wouldn’t think that will have that much to do with it. Taylor and Medlock are both 1st year Link Academy kids. Taylor’s from Kansas and Medlock’s from Michigan. Taylor was Nike and Medlock was Adidas. Doubt if they even knew each other 3 months ago. Imagine if he picks MSU it’ll be because Izzo’s Izzo.

Hopefully Karvala he can finish better than this guy in Fast Times

https://x.com/RomeovilleKid/status/1975215588927783370 This sounds not that good for The Sanchise.

Both!

I honestly think Iowa beats them then Penn State will hold onto some hope that a 9-3 record with a road win at OSU gets them into the CFP. Then after that loss they completely crash. Hopefully we swoop in to take advantage

Well the media made it a big game and projected them to be a top 10 team, IU proved to be the much better team, but it was still a big win because we could have been affected by the hype and instead we came out and dominated! Can our Hoosiers handle the spotlight next Saturday, with GameDay and all the national attention....it is going to be a real test on the road, they are capable of competing and even winning this game!

IU got a higher spot or two and didn’t Oregon on a bye week drop a spot for a more intriguing nationally televised game.

Brand. We all know it unfortunately. Honestly think we are a top 5 team in the country.

This is a team of high IQ basketball players from what I’m seeing. Played tough defense tonight and seem to understand the game well. Quick instincts and great energy. Small sample but Alexis was way better than I imagined at this point. Very impressed with Wilkerson, Connerway, Bailey, Sisley and Tucker. This looks like a tough rugged basketball team that will be bringing their lunch pail day in and day out. You can tell they have something to prove.

The way i look at it Think last night was a rly good first step for the students Scrimmage tonight will be for the bball junkies who actually care about that part Halloween stuff will be for the Bloomington children Exhibition game at perfect time since ppl will already be in town for homecoming

You aren’t kidding. There might be 500 people there.

Closing in on decision time. IU is out front but we'll see how things shape up. There's real speculation if IU can get both Allmond and Thompson but IU wants both.

I kinda hear them though, even if that chant is idiotic. Franklin turtles in these big games every single year. 1-15 vs top-5 teams, 4-21 vs top-10, 15-30 vs top-25. He’s gotta break through at some point. I’m not sure if they could do any better, but it has to be frustrating crapping down your leg in almost every big game.

For now yes, never underestimate a KU (hometown) visit though. Adkins being a strong lean there helps kill that blow though.