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Personally, I love that the rest of the country - the SEC in particular - believes that "if Indiana can do it, so can they." Cignetti was a perfect storm and was both beneficiary and master of the portal and NIL. He brought 13 starters from a ranked team with him. He brought culture and expectations. He brought a familiar, successful, and experienced staff. The turnaround was rapid because of it and much bigger than any of us had a right to anticipate. What he did here cannot be duplicated. Ever. It was a one time event, managed perfectly with a very defined and singular set of circumstances. He was the perfect fit at the perfect time at the perfect place with the perfect circumstances. Lane Kiffin isn't going to do any more at LSU than he did at Ole Miss and LSU paid $70 million to find out. That will happen all over the country. And here we'll sit with everyone else wondering how in the hell we did it. They aren't paying attention to the why or the how. They care only about the "what." And we will watch them all go crazy trying to figure out what we already know. Curt Cignetti - first of all - is one of one. He's Bob Knight reincarnated....football version. The circumstances under which he came here and succeeded won't ever exist again. And it will never be "spending" that succeeds. You have to have what he does....an acute understanding of "how" and the discipline to stay with it. Anyone think Lane Kiffin can do that? He also got every move right when he got here and has continued. He is a leader and he builds leaders. I wish I had a daughter so I could introduce her to Aidan Fisher and others. I wish I were hiring and needed young people to grow and run my company. How many kids on that team will kill it professionally? I am going to truly enjoy the rest of college football chase and try to emulate what Indiana has done. The fools will never understand and I promise we will be the beneficiaries of the craziness.

This actually began in 2020 when Indiana beat Michigan for the first time since 1987. Consider this moment rock bottom for the Harbaugh era of Michigan football, and we saw what ”measures were taken“ the following season... Now Indiana‘s immediate success under Curt Cignetti is contributing to the rapid firing of coaches all over the country. “If Indiana can do it then there’s no reason why we can’t have immediate success as well!” This is misguided and is getting a lot of quality coaches canned prematurely or due to irrational standards from their own programs. It’s quite incredible to watch.

We’re #11, even a bit higher than I projected.

Try to get the next Curt Cignetti. End up with the current Barry Odom. Yipee-skippy!

4 seed

Dick Vitale and Charles Barkley will call our game against Kentucky

1 min. clip of Curry from a game this past weekend. https://x.com/i/status/1995314961912828257

This is the beginning of a 4 game stretch where we are gonna learn a lot about our team. 0-4 possible a new topic getting created 1-3 disappointing but we can grow from it 2-2 kinda what we expected. 3-1 oh yeah we can make some noise 4-0 we’re back baby

Haines would take a $1.2 million annual pay cut to be the head guy at JMU. I'm thinking that Haines will get a HC job that is more in line with legit salary expectations.

That’s great Adidas, thanks, but we need you involved a little bit before 12-0 and Heisman contention. We’ve got a big portal coming up and like it or not we’re one of, if not the best football program you have. So maybe throw some $ our way now for the portal and trust our staff. In return you’ll get that exposure you want… /rant over

Up to No. 22 in AP AP rankings And No. 19 in coaches poll Coaches rankings

This team will be fine. Playing against one of the two best centers in the country in Crooks yesterday (Lauren Betts is the other on UCLA) without your post player and you hung in the game tells me team will be solid. Also, most importantly Ciezki is thriving in the second year in this system as a transfer similar to Scalia's trajectory. This tells me Big Z and Phoenix while solid this year, will really thrive next year. These two players are the legit transfers of this class and just need to mature into their role here. The other transfers were last minute fill in's I don't see much more coming of. Team will finish similar to last year as back end tourney squad this season. They should really make hay up the Big Ten in 2026-2027 with Beaumont, Big Z, Phoenix, Caffey, Makalusky, and the two stud freshman coming in Gigi Battle and Addy Nyemchek who will be even more game ready than Caffey and Makalusky are now with more athleticism. That's a nice core along with any transfers to really hit another peak in 2026-2027 and beyond.

Very nice. Being ahead of the sticks for once is certainly a nice change. Also saw that Torvik’s November only ratings has IU #7.

That’s incredible. No more having to fight our way up after (understandably) being slotted in the 50s

My God -- just saw this. Who watched the game? Yeah, Crooks' play in the paint is unfair -- especially when she can get away with this sh-t. Did she do this the entire afternoon? There are three officials on the floor and NO ONE saw that? Even Stevie Wonder would've blown the whistle. She's walkin'. Yes indeed -- she's walkin'. https://x.com/NaismithTrophy/status/1995216780755890302?s=20

0-4 and our site may never recover from whatever the heck is playing havoc with it.

Grandson’s surgery is complete. Femur break has healed, menisci are good - no significant damage. ACL, MPFL and MCL all repaired. Overall a very positive outcome. Appreciate the prayers.

Riiiiight. So, for a $50 'processing fee' I will enter an American on-line bet for you and your advance knowledge.

JMU's Bob Chesney off the board

Yes, IU will secure the #1 seed when they win.

There is a long way to get there with lots of scrolling, but Inside The Hall posted a direct link a little bit ago, and that is the fastest way to get there.

Kentucky felt left out and fired Stoops. $37M buyout. Nice to see that athletic dept waste some money.

https://x.com/EdwardKoton15/status/1995257458881622126 Enjoy

My Son is a Senior at Ole Miss. I got info sent by the minute all day. How much is true??? Sent from my SM-S918U using Tapatalk

Haha. Also, LSU plays at Ole Miss next year…

If I were Hemby this would be a wall sized print! kudos to the photographer that snapped this one. Awesome shot on many levels.

I would say Minnesota is a very soft 4-4 at that, having lost to every decent team they’ve played and needing overtime to beat Green Bay. Tough place to play, but it’d be disappointing to drop this one.

JMU had a pretty massive offer/roster commitment on the table for Bob. Money isn’t an issue there.

Yep Coach Cignetti is one of one. Very few, if any like him out there. Hopefully one day he writes a book memorializing all of that knowledge of success and running an organization. Now, don't ever mention Coach Cignetti and that a$$hat Lane Kiffin in the same post again. One's a douchbag and the other is Curt Cignetti. :)

Usual Monday presser. Something to watch while this site is acting up!

This is spot on. There is nobody else coaching right now at any level that has the ability to demand what Cignetti demands and keep everyone bought in. There is no “next Cignetti” out there right now. The answer he gave in yesterday’s press conference about whether the loser of the OSU-IU game deserves a bye is very telling. We know how every other coach in the country would have answered that question. Cignetti said his team needs to go out and earn it. Because he knows they will. Enjoy and appreciate what we have right now, my friends. We are the envy of every fan base in the country.

Two years from now with a senior Beaumont and Zania, junior Caffey and Makalusky, and two big time sophomores? That reads like a national championship contender to me.

Makes a little bit of sense that we’d over perform the efficiency metrics because they give you credit for wins and we haven’t lost yet. Still, that’s a nice start. Where did you see these at btw? I’m just seeing the old ones on cbs and ncaa’s site.

Guessing Georgia jumps the loser assuming they beat Bama. Honestly having the 3rd seed isn't the worst thing in the grand scheme of it all. Path looks much more favorable as a 3 than a 1 or 2.

Got a big BTCG Q&A today.

If we can’t win would love to see Ole Miss win it all this year. Just a giant FU

Yes it does. And we’re making more than 7% of those shots—probably about 20%. Also, while I don’t have stats to back it up, it seems logical that the offensive rebounding % is higher on those shots.

Becoming a fired head coach is a great way to enhance your lifestyle.

13 - 0 24 21

Forget deflections, need you to keep track of this going forward.

Another interesting note based on stats I can find and, imo, one of the most important “basic” stats in football: IU’s offense is #1 in 3rd down conversions, OSU is #2. IU’s defense is 4th in 3rd down stop rate, OSU’s is 2nd. Whoever wins that battle will be a step ahead.

Nothing personal, but that’s a Tom Allen team-ish post.

It’s really good to start B1G play with a road win. This is as winnable as the road gets. Stars currently aligned for the Hoosiers.

Fishers 72-48 win over Arsenal Tech. Gardner 20 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists. Cooper Zachary 23 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 4 steals. Kai McGrew 14 points and 5 rebounds.

He's quoted saying we're one of the schools heavily involved. https://stockrisers.com/s/588/rapid-fire-talking-recruiting-with-five-star-junior-darius-wabbington