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I don't get it. An IU football player won the Heisman tonight. Our football team is 13-0, B1G champs, No. 1 in the country, is the top seed in the CFP and will play in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. Why's everyone getting so worked up about a silly little basketball game? Who cares about basketball!

Nice family shot on IU's home page

Fernando and Cig were so good in that interview. Class!

Mike Woodson really screwed IU…I mean really, really screwed his alma mater. We will likely kick ourselves for years for not hiring Dusty.

It's very concerning how absolutely awful Conorway has been against both Louisville and Kentucky. The only reason he hasn't been unplayable is because our other guard is Enright. Also just crazy that the staff thought Bailey was a Big Ten player. He's given us almost nothing this season. This roster puts so much pressure on Wilkerson and DeVries. They have to do almost everything.

Kind of odd to bring this thread up on a day where our QB won the Heisman trophy and our football team is the 1 seed in the CFP. He saw what Cignetti could be as a HC and what he could do for this program. Also to do this after 11 games of the basketball tenure is ridiculous

Quinn's corruption needs to be investigated and prosecuted and I don't care how that makes me sound to people lol.

January line of portal quarterbacks outside of Memorial Stadium:

The impact of simply being a finalist for Cig and the coaching staff when you think of just how few members of the coaching fraternity ever get to experience working with a Heisman caliber player.

Haven't watched more than 30 minutes of IU basketball so far this season. Have been all in on football. Kinda followed this thread because it was Kentucky but no really into it. We have a new coach who had to completely restock the roster and hire a staff at the same time. Not an easy thing to do in this conference. I watched this team building process and thought it might be a long year. Like it or not this is a rebuilding year. We need to establish a style of play and then sell that to recruits and portal guys. Our coach knows what he,he is doing and what he needs going forward. Every hire is not going to be Cignetti-like. Good things are coming.

That does it.....this is not a good team, sadly if it weren't for Quinn we could have had Dusty May!

In case anybody needs a good belly laugh

HEISMENDOZA!!!

Jonny Manziel came to see if he is taller than Pavia. He is; just barely.

Mike Schumann just tweeted that Josh Harris is out of a walking boot and was on the court in game shorts so maybe his availability isn't that far off.

To be fair, you can see Sayin on 'Boy Meets World' re-runs any time you like

If this is real, he shouldn't even be up for consideration next year.

This is funny as hell. Fernando’s immediate reaction to the press conference question, “Fernando, have you thought about all of the girls who are going to be so excited about you?”

I’m going to talk myself into the following rationale—true or not—for my own sanity: it was a quick transition, he didn’t have much time or a full staff and Devries was operating with one hand tied behind his back. His son and Enright are obvious gets at the right price. Alexis is fine. Wilkerson was a good land even though he can’t get his own offense. But I don’t know how you could scout Bailey and Conorway has B1G caliber athletes. I can see how Conorway was a good midmajor player against lesser athletes because he just likes to beat guys off the dribble and create. Can’t do that here. I can’t for the life of me see how Bailey made an all-conf team in the A-10 of all places. Unless Sisley blossoms into an All-Conf type player in the offseason, Devries has to bring 4-5 new starters next year. He can’t whiff on them like this year. And if he brings in all seniors again because the heat is on from a bad first season, he gets to start year 3 much the same. You can see how things can snowball in an unfavorable direction. So yea, I’m guessing you’re right on the money with the fact nobody is going to be rushing to shove NIL cash at the program so long as Cig exists and we’re a perpetual also ran in basketball.

It's way too soon to give up on CDD in my opinion. He's going to learn a lot about what it takes to win in B1G. I think he will be a good coach if we give him a chance. In the meantime enjoy the unprecedented success of our football team as they seek our first national championship in football.

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Ball State

Meh, I am fine with Dolson based on the Cig hire and incredible success. IUBB can continue languishing away as far as I'm concerned. No different than it's been for decades. Just pour 100% of the AD's resources into football. We can follow football recruiting more closely than basketball moving forward. That will make the IU fan experience more fun for me anyway. Just like football used to be an afterthought / any success is gravy, now basketball is that. Odd times.

Football school Thank God

'NANDO!!!!

MAX MENDOZA. IUFB class of 2030.

Cig brought a whole bunch of his players with him. DeVries brought Tucker. We just came off a complete shellacking of PSU. We lost at Rupp. It’s going to be an up and down season but the team’s net etc is in pretty good shape and we have a ton of conf games coming for DeVries to get the team into March. It’s not going to be an overnight thing and any fan expecting it to be was in la la land.

I'm willing to forgive this season. DeVries proved he is a good coach at Drake and did as well as anyone could have with what he had at WVU. He had to put together an entire roster in a month or so with no staff. It was also the first time in his career he had ever had to do such a thing. But next season must be much much better. No excuses or he likely doesn't survive.

Like Scott or not: - IUFB went from one of the worst programs ever to really good, which no one thought was possible. #1 ranked, B1G champs, and a Heisman winner. The value of this is immense. It results in materially more athletic dept revenue, way more TV exposure ("earned media") that's easily worth tens of millions of $ to Indiana University, and more negotiating leverage when the next B1G media rights and grant of rights come up. And that last part is important because the media rights may not be split evenly next time around. The above is the biggest accomplishment by any AD at IU. And Scott did it. Even if you want to make a case he got lucky with Cig, which there is no basis for, Scott identified Cig, got him to come here, got him the resources to win in terms of NIL and staff budget (IU had never supported football before), and kept him at IU's still relatively small program despite several huge and prestigious football programs wanting him. That is flat out fantastic work. So, no, Scott is not incompetent or weak. - I know we like basketball here, but in the world of college athletics, CFB is really all that matters. It drives the billion $ media deals, almost all the athletic dept revenue, and 100% of the influence in college athletics. CBB? It doesn't really move the needle on revenue and TV ratings, it's a comparative sideshow. - We can argue the Woody hire, people who cover IU will tell you Scott wasn't supported and there were serious outside influences, but whatever. Now CDD is clearly a Scott hire and he will own the results. We're 11 games in and it's not off to a great start, several red flags have emerged. I'm disappointed. We'll see how it goes over the next probably three years at least. It's not yet over for CDD. But yea, I'm worried. Nothing I can do about it though. If CDD doesn't work out, this will be on Scott and it's a demerit for him. Though IUBB not working wouldn't be a departure from the previous 25 years. But Scott won't be going anywhere as long as Cig is here and IUFB is winning seven or more games per year (seems likely we'll exceed that by quite a bit). In college sports, CFB is king, even at IU.

Man, some of you guys are babies. Or maybe just spoiled by Cignetti. Coming into this year I thought making the tourney would be a decent first season. That's still on the table. Season's not over because we played like crap on the road.

IU didn’t take advantage of their 2 Q1a games away from home in the non conference. entering January IU should be 10-3 with their only losses coming on the road and 1 neutral. Despite Kentuckys struggles that was a top 35 NET (going to move up after beating IU. IU will have plenty of opportunities to improve its resume throughout the B1G season. Until they lose a home game to a team they shouldn’t they have everything in front of them to make the tourney. 18 games in the B1G left. Seems like a lot but this will go fast. I will sit back and enjoy the ride regardless of where that ride goes

That money’s going to dry up fast in the next decade anyway. The existing element of the fanbase who has seen IU be consistently good is aging out, while the rest of are drifting away from caring at all. IU admin took a 20 year job of killing IUBB fandom for an entire state and generation. Levels of ineptitude so high that you have to wonder if it was intentional. To lead IUBB to 2 tournaments in a decade takes considerable negligence

Just cut all of basketball’s NIL and give it to Cig. No point in paying $10+ million to miss the tournament when you can do that for free.

Post game crash outs are becoming more entertaining then the actual games being played

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Ask Georgia

I've resisted the obvious "if only we hired Dusty when we (probably) had the chance" but it's hard to do that tonight. Shoot, tonight I'm stopping myself from wishing we hired McCollum who at least came with a ready made tournament team.

Thanks whoever didn't hire dusty and fire woodson when it was the obvious move Sent from my SM-S926U using Tapatalk

We could lose by 100 and it would still be one of the most shocking day in IU sports history. Go back 5 years and say this out loud. IU will beat OSU to win the BT, ranked #1 in football which helps to lead to our QB winning the Heisman tonight!!!!! Mind blown!

These refs are ******* trash

This broadcast is unwatchable.

Am o only one thinks showing the commentators over game action is ridiculous Sent from my SM-S926U using Tapatalk

Am I the only one thinking, "No thanks"

Will Wade lost

FINALLY!! This one's for AT and Mallory! Heisman is in the 812!

Tonight, a young Cignetti-trained quarterback will win the Heisman. Tomorrow , a Cignetti-trained quarterback who is a grandfather will start an NFL game.

Pretty sure every single Hoosier fan watching is wondering if the third Mendoza brother plays quarterback.