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Jerome, TJD, and Damezi walked past our tailgate this past weekend...I’m no doctor but based on my analysis of Jerome walking, he seemed to be taking steps of somebody who has been cleared for full contact! I think we’re gonna be good here guys! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I don’t have an Athletic subscription but apparently there’s a story that has Archie saying Jerome Hunter and Devonte will be key to our improved shooting this year. Archie seems to be confident Jerome will be a contributing

He is visiting IU this coming weekend. Unofficial visit Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

So, U.Va. offers to add a year to Tony Bennett's contract and give him a raise. He takes the extra year, but turns down the raise. Says that he and his wife are more than happy with the money they're making and tells U.Va. to spend the money on his assistants or on other athletic programs. ... Is this guy for real? https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/27629534/virginia-bennett-rejects-raise-new-deal

Where has Hoosier Guy been lately? I’ll step up in his absence....TK is ours! BOOM! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Begone troll

IU seems to be definitely in his top 7, possibly top 3. Regardless, anything can happen so hope we make his top 7 tomorrow! Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

No but the players do. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

The countdown begins.

@joehoopsreport: Indiana #Hoosiers have offered Bryce Hopkins, Hoops Report’s Class of 2021 No. 2 ranked player. Has been so impressive for Fenwick this weekend. Fenwick, IL 6'7"/220 247 Rivals

Your first 2 posts were "does IU even practice shooting the ball?" and "who cares?" You might want to work on your presentation. You are allowed to do whatever you want. And..people are allowed to avoid taking you seriously if this is what you have to add.

Team is off to a great start. Let's hope the wheels don't fall off. IU received 13 votes in the latest AVCA Coaches poll. Indiana hasn’t been ranked since 2010. In two weekends when Big Ten play starts, Hoosiers will play two (No. 7 Minnesota, No. 9 Wisconsin) top 10 teams to open conference play.

I don't miss having to control the infighting.

Are you my father-in-law? You sound just like him.

Oh how I miss seeing people’s IP to know who it is. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

You created an account to post this? Within two minutes of creating an account you posted this and in another thread asking if IU practices shooting. I am stepping out a limb here, but I think you are probably a familiar face around these parts. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Our conference doesn't help but I don't buy that it's a bigger hindrance than some are making it out to be. Last season we were 0-3 against the Big Ten West, prior season we were 1-2, even in the 6 win bowl season prior we were 1-2. Big Ten East alignment doesn't help at all, but we don't beat the Big Ten West either. EDIT: Edited to make our records correct, 1-2 not 1-3. Point stands, over last 9 BT West games we're 2-7.

Almost every business recruits and extends offers for any role based on those exact same two points, in addition to being right for the role. So... Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

https://collegebasketball.nbcsports.com/2019/09/08/road-to-redemption-how-virginia-went-from-losing-to-16-seed-to-winning-title/ Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

Actually, it's a very apt comparison. Allen did absolutely nothing to be given the keys to a B1G program. Nothing. He'd been at IU for all of one season ... Likewise, Buckley wouldn't have done anything to deserve the gig.

Lol I don’t know what you are talking about. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

FYI - #2 ranked player from the State of Illinois for 2021, not nationally.

I hate the trimming from 25 to 15 to 7 to 3 to 2 junk. I have to think he knows who his top 2 or 3 are. Just trim it to them. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

2020 prospect Taliyah Medina, 6-1 W, Bethlehem Catholic HS (PA), has offers from Indiana, Louisville, Michigan, Penn, Penn State, Pitt, Tennessee, Villanova, WVU (per source). Reportedly plans to visit all of these schools.

Excellent ball control with the hooks and using glass and deep. Has handles to go 1 on 1. Seems to score at will against option 2&3. Should we be concerned or happy we’re in the hunt? Awesome video.

Is it too much to ask to have a football program on par with Iowa or Nothwestern? Seems like we are light years away from even that expectation.

Lander may or may not end up in Bloomington. But your analysis strikes me as off. Phinisee and Lander would have exactly zero problem playing together defensively, unless you think that Lander is just going to be a disinterested defender. But he’s already a long 6’3”, and apparently still growing, with flat out elite movement skills. Neither he nor Phinisee is defensively system limited in any way. I would foresee a Sr Phinisee/Fr Lander backcourt providing exceptional ball pressure and being highly disruptive creating turnovers and pushing pace. And any moron could scheme them offensively. If he ends up elsewhere, he ends up elsewhere. But system and personnel fit don’t strike me as the slightest issues.

Uh oh. I'm sensing that Charlie Spegal is about to become Luke Brown in football recruiting discussions. lol

Unfortunately, those who picked IU picked poorly. @Old Friend won the week with 112 pts, no one picked 51 for O$U or a paltry 10 for IU. From hereon forward, the lowest 2 scores will be taken off your total which makes for a strange looking overall leaderboard this week. Basically, its your single best score in the 1st 3 games. Overall Week 3 Rank 2019 IUFB Points Rank IU/Ohio St Points 1 LamarCheeks 132 1 Old Friend 112 2 Iusafety 132 2 Jhoosier914 110 3 Jhoosier914 128 3 biteoftheapple 109 4 Brass Cannon 128 4 MemphisHoosier 109 5 IUc2016 124 5 Napleshoosier 108 6 The Ola Depot 124 6 fwgreenway 107 7 biteoftheapple 119 7 DChoosier 105 8 jbell833 118 8 Iusafety 105 9 HoosierAloha 117 9 LamarCheeks 105 10 fwgreenway 115 10 VPC 105 11 brumdog45 115 11 LIHoosier 102 12 VO5 114 12 WayneFleekHoosier 102 13 johnsoniu 114 13 VO5 101 14 mamasa 114 14 JaybobHoosier 98 15 WayneFleekHoosier 114 15 johnsoniu 98 16 ThompsonHoosier 114 16 rcs29 98 17 ap2345 114 17 ThompsonHoosier 98 18 Naturalhoosier 113 18 The Ola Depot 97 19 LIHoosier 112 19 Hardwood83 95 20 VPC 112 20 IUc2016 95 21 lucel15 112 21 BtownBanner6 94 22 Old Friend 112 22 Naturalhoosier 94 23 thebigweave 111 23 wirenuts 33 24 JaybobHoosier 110 24 jbell833 31 25 MemphisHoosier 110 25 mamasa 31 26 Me So Hornsby 110 26 thebigweave 27 27 BabyJandJDaddy 108 27 lucel15 20 28 BtownBanner6 108 29 rcs29 108 30 Napleshoosier 108 31 Dchoosier 105 32 bigrod 95 33 Hardwood83 95 34 wirenuts 33

To arrest Gilbert Arenas for talking ill of Dook and K? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

That’s almost verbatim what Kentucky fans have said in the past about calipari. It’s laughable, clearly they will go to LSU or anywhere that will pay them. I have no doubt the vast majority of five stars from Kentucky and duke have been paid Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

In the end, yes. He hired the easy coach. But others were indeed contacted. Allen at that time had a resume that (at Indiana) was worthy of s look. And he's won 5 games in consecutive seasons.....something not often accomplished in program history. His IU resume is not yet complete, and his team is sitting at 2-1. If you were being objective over the summer and someone asked you where you thought they'd be right now, what would you have said? Guarantee you'd have said 2-1. So.....all of you are b*tching to b*tch right now. Like I said .. he has the rest of this season to prove it or not. But.....I still say the schedule and divisional alignment of the Big Ten is a far bigger hurdle than any of you are crediting. Not many coaches will come to Indiana because there's nothing to be gained. I hate reality sometimes, but you can't deny it.

That’s awesome! I might have to be a Virginia fan if Archie can’t get things turned around. Haha Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

A little Watford-ish? Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

The issue is Glass couldn't be bothered to even do a search. He woke up and said 'good enough, you're hired' to the first person he ran in to.

His hiring of Tom Allen would've been the same thing as firing Tom Crean, then making Tim Buckley the head coach. That he didn't even search for a coach remains very exasperating -- at least to me. Or since the timing of Wilson's dismissal wasn't great, why not name Allen the interim coach and then conduct a thorough, national search?

You're correct, IMO. I'm not an expert or rabid follower of college football, but I've said for years that pouring money into facilities without ever getting serious about hiring a good coach is a recipe for failure. I've heard the comments that no high profile coach would come to IU, and I get that. I also understand that the longer we wallow in sub-mediocrity it becomes even more unlikely. But, we've gone after guys that had no record of accomplishment - both inexperienced and veteran. Bill Mallory was the best we had and we fired him. Hoepner looked to be on track to potentially being an great coach, but he was tragically taken. I just can't accept the notion that we can't find a very good coach while almost every other school has done it at one period or another over the last 30 years. The hiring of Tom Allen was, IMO, the epitome of feeble, lazy, and uninspired program management. Nothing against the coach, but good Lord at least FG could have made an effort to upgrade the head coach position by conducting a thorough search. It's this ongoing lack of seriousness from the AD office (what 3 or 4 who've held that office) that results in me being only a very casual fan of IU football.

Well if Lander gets to 6’3 they can play in the pack line together. Virginia for example played a 5’9 guard and a 6’3 guard together all season long and I think their season turned out all right. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

That's a W against the kitties! That's 2 this weekend (volleyball being the other). I'm feeling good about the progress of this team under van Bennekom!

2 other guys? Lander would get Durham’s minutes right now. Don’t get me wrong, I like watching Durham and appreciate his effort, but he’s not what I would call a particularly good player. The fact that Al would be a senior and would have to compete with a freshman for minutes pretty much says it all. Lander’s only competition for minutes would be Phinisee, and I have a feeling that’ll be the primary reason we don’t land him. Miller clearly wants height and length on the floor and a lineup featuring Phinisee/Lander is a defensive liability in his system. It’ll be one or the other most of the time and I have a hard time seeing Lander take the lead in that battle.

So after today’s performance, if Penix and Ramsey are both healthy, you’re gonna tell me you’d rather have Ramsey out there??? Nobody is saying that Ramsey is the savior, but he gives us a much better chance to win and is WAY MORE DYNAMIC. He can throw with pro level velocity and a as a freshman is already better than the senior and it’d be silly to say there’s nothing special about him. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

I would not pass on a highly serviceable PG right now to maybe get Lander. All the big names will be involved with this recruitment so things could change quickly even if we are the perceived leader. He will play if he decides to join IU.

Because of the talent needed to make plays against a defense full of elite athletes. Penix has already shown the ability to get the ball into receivers' hands very quickly, which leaves them room to run before they get blown up. Ramsey is accurate and tough as nails, but he often throws an accurate pass that arrives with no time for a receiver to do much with it. I think that Ramsey is a fantastic backup because he is game tested, but Penix is on a different level.

The 2 people on this forum that actually prefer Ramsey over Penix are about to get their wish but will finally see why Ramsey is not the answer. I hope Ramsey pulls this off if Penix doesn’t play and I’ll be at the game rooting my tail off for him but without Penix, we stand NO CHANCE! Please prove me wrong Ramsey. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners

Knowing our overzealousness and penchant for self-reporting, we probably will vacate it ourselves within a week!

@JustinByerly: Florida State, Maryland and Indiana were at Greensboro Day this morning to see newly reclassified 2020 PG Cam Hayes. 247 Rivals

While umpires make errors, I hate the idea of an automated strike zone. As a coach of the game players are becoming self-entitled babies with the strike zone. How many good strikes do players watch, and then argue at a borderline pitch that can go either way. Sorry, no sympathy here. Baseball has too many changes that people want to make. Some are great, but making everything automated will take so much away from this game imo. I will still watch baseball if it happens, but I love the umpires making the calls! There needs to be a wider strike zone anyway. Sent from my iPhone using BtownBanners mobile app

A very measured, well-thought, mature, conservative, stable post. Thanks psychobat!

Someone on the Rivals site said he's been fully scrimmaging with the team.

150 years of Reds baseball got started with the W!