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And there it is. Try not to spit take with surprise. Very useful add.

My dad passed away last month. He was born and raised in Bloomington but never moved back after enlisting in the military. Even though we never lived in Indiana, he filled my head with stories about IU my whole life. He was the only person in my life I could call and chat with about IU sports LOL. I'm so glad we got watch this championship run together.

Officially IU bound!

Mcafee asks Cig why he decided to stay at IU? Cig says The grass isn't always greener, likes the people in Bloomington and people he reports to, wife loves it here, have everything we need to be successful "And this is sort of my creation at the end of the day, even though it's not all about me at all. I get too much credit. And if we stumble, I'll get too much blame. But I'll take the blame. Why go anywhere else?" Ball coach.

Alexis has won eligibility.

Watching basketball in July was fun even if the competition wasn’t the greatest. Better than no basketball in July in my opinion.

Sam raises the floor for this team so much. Matchups will vary of course, but a 5 of Burton, Lindsay, Mustaf, Sherrell and Alexis sounds pretty good to me. I'd think Sisley and Yig could play well together. If PAM contributes and Harris hits shots at a 35%+ clip, the team could make some noise in the B10. And that's not factoring in anything at all from Karvala or Manhurtz since I'm not thinking they'll be huge parts of the rotation as conference season goes on. Looking ahead a bit, if (probably a big if) we retain Burton, Lindsay, Mustaf, Yig, Sisley and add borderline 5 star Branham + sophomores PAM, Karvala, Manhurtz, we'd only need a couple portal pieces to be really deep, talented, and have the roster balanced eligibility wise. Hopefully year 2 is the best year for IUBB in a long time and sets us on an upward trajectory. It's more attainable than it has been in decades.

2-3 inches short of what was promised and 20 pounds heavier? Been there.

Games will be streamed over FISU YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/c/FISUTV https://fagames2026.fisuamerica.com/ If this sight comes up in Spanish, there's a drop down box available for English. From my quick look, I don't believe that actual game schedules have yet been set.

Prince Alex Moody is a winning player. He will be a great Hoosier. Just great.

Sportscenter is killin’ the dude. They showed that stupidity again, and then came back with the shot of Mendoza holding the Natty trophy on the field and they’re just pointing at it. That is hysterical.

IMO this has been a done deal for weeks and was just waiting for a a judicial ruling.

All this Daley talk just brings back memories of how heartbreaking that injury was after the OSU game. He was absolutely one of our best defensive players the second half of the Big Ten season. A one man wrecking ball who led all of college football in TFLs entering the playoffs. Daley had a decent chance of getting drafted if he had stayed healthy. In the greatest IU football season of all time, his injury was certainly a low point.

Kurtis Rourke got the start for the 49ers tonight. And he’s got healthy knees. So? 12-14 passing, 3 rushes for 14 yards. Yessiree

IU beat Oregon last year ... twice, when Oregon was just as talented as they will be this year. Now Oregon lost both of their coordinators. Three other offensive staff members left with Stein to go to Kentucky. Oregon has tons of talent? Coaching is a integral factor when players look ultra-talented. Other teams are extremely talented and don't have to deal with new people scattered all over their coaching staff. And I don't want to hear about "payback" for last year. The time for payback for Oregon against IU was in the Peach Bowl. That was their pre-game locker room hype, and lasted only until superior coaching and preparation guided DeAngelo Ponds to jump the route on the game's first play. AFter that, Oregon wasn't thinking about payback, they were thinking "uh-oh, here we go again." I'll take the team that had enough talent last year, has just as much talent this year, and returns its entire coaching staff.

Nice start from Purdue’s new AD! Hahahaha what a bad line.

35 minute sit-down with Rece Davis in the film room. I haven't watched it yet, but I'm betting this is going to be real good.

I'm hearing Wyatt, Daley, and Brady will ALL be back this year. This comes from someone close to the team. No word on Staes.

Sam averaged almost 9 and 5 last year. Most importantly he was pretty consistent and appears to be a great guy who elevates the locker room. Would take him on this team over Hall every time.

Sam; please get eligible.

Nice job @Home Jersey. We ask you to monitor and lobby for IU, and you make it happen the same day.

New trophy case.

HE IS BAAAAACK!!!!

Watching Sam play in this event hurts my heart. He probably adds 2+ wins to this roster.

And there it is! A timely thread for @Lebowski to start today!

Hmm... if true I can see how it makes sense. Top WRs are making a lot: Cam Coleman is getting ~$3M+ this year, Jeremiah probably close to $5M. I don't know Nick Marsh's number... whatever it was it stopped him from taking the ND visit. Of course you have to bet on Monshun developing, which with Cig & Co you've got to like your chances, but if he does thinking about it by year as something like $1.5M Yr1, $2.5M Yr2, $3M Yr3... it starts to make sense on a roster that is in the mid-$30M range and going higher. Just thinking about it: assuming he signs, we've got a big upside guy in a position of need. Not that we need a ton of help with this, but he's a nice piece for the next portal QB to consider (if we go that route). And lastly he's a signal to future 5* recruits that Indiana can do the high end recruiting thing too when we like someone, we're not just a 3* development factory. Pretty fun stuff!

Hearing some very positive chatter. Will touch base with Rabby to confirm.

Wanted to take a second and thank you all for your prayers for my grandson last year. I saw him yesterday and learned that his doctor has released him to play football in his senior year of high school. Based on the x-rays. scans and initial diagnosis, this is nothing short of a miracle.

Fwiw, Stephen has a video up on his Instagram of him working out this summer. He is doing dynamic drills and moving at high intensity.

That wooshing sound you just heard is a giant sigh of relief coming from the 5,000 people that watched Yigitoglu get worked by a bad Canadian team.

The stream was bad and the amount of time spent on this game versus other events was random... until it got better. And my teeny-tiny brain adjusted to the glitchines, so by the second half it seemed kinda normal. In the second half they really didn't break away from the game at all. Some 'unreliable takeaways?' The opposition was really, really bad, but they were full size. Lindsay is quiet- no dynamic athletic qualities at all. But he plays like a grown-up. Sisley sure looked like one of our five best players. The only place he could start is at the three, but jeez, he looked the part on both ends of the floor. Prince is the man. He is super strong and athletic, especially defensively. He also looked like he did a better job running the offense with the second team than Lindsay as the backup pg could with the first team. And his outside shot was composed and on point. He looks like a starter quality player for sure; I wonder if Devries will consider him over Lindsay or Harris. Karvala is super-intruiging and is going to be a popular player. He rebounded, including outside of his zone and to me it seemed that he really has fun being out there. I'm sure he has tons of maturing to do, but some players simply catch the eye on the court and he is one of them. Mustaf is very deferential on offense. On defense he is a truck - strong enough to move much taller players out of their intended position. Harris? Meh. Aginst terrible opposition you'd think he would show some alpha qualities. Nope. Markus Burton got to wherever he wanted repeatedly. He is a truly dynamic player.

My family grew by one. I would call that meaningful. (I am adopting Trevor Manhertz without his consent)

I think I’m obsessed with Manhertz. Sherrell as advertised. Yigi…blurf. Karvala is Troy Williams with a brain. Other than that we look like it’s July.

The Pudoo beat writer for Hammer & Rails had his story picked up by Yahoo.com. Is the story is from a Purdue persepective? Only if you consider being flattened by a bus driven by your closest media outlet as your perspective. This article is AWESOME: https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/purdue-athletic-director-said-173016514.html#:~:text=Tommy McClelland was introduced as,in West Lafayette earlier today. Some select quotes from a great read: "I wasn't going to write a second thing today, or even this week, but when your brand new athletic director says something so galactically stupid at his own introductory press conference I just cannot help myself." "consider that INDIANA IS LITERALLY THE REIGNING NATIONAL CHAMPION IN THE BIGGEST COLLEGE SPORT OF ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "this pales in comparison not only currently with IU. Historically, Indiana has won eight times as many NCAA championships. They are a national power in both metric and standard football right now. They are bringing home a haul of Olympic medals in the swimming pool every 4 years. Their baseball team has played in the College World Series semi-recently. Their women's basketball program has been a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament more recently than we have even played in it. Their men's program still has a national cachet. Yes, Purdue men's basketball has done very well in recent seasons and is one of the premier programs in the second most populr college sport, but even then, the score is still 5-0 Indiana even with our recent national profile." "This is "Stick both feet in your mouth all the way up to the thighs" levels of a lack of self-awareness... In the last two years they have completed more "Greatest turnarounds in the history of not just this sport, but sports in general" than Purdue has won Big Ten football games."

Yall have barely seen yigi play with iu. I’d say better opinions can be formed after the exhibitions.

Well, that’s pretty good. Dude was a killer.

Sam also apparently with some good lawyering.

In that case I hope we pull his scholarship.

Well...

i'm sure there was a couple Purdue squads like that. maybe not by choice though

Don’t know who it is but some time after AAU season last year Moody found a great freaking shooting coach. His footwork used to be a little sloppy and his release was a little flat. Not a bad stroke, just not great. Then his high school games looked a fair bit better and now after another couple of months after the season it’s tight as a drum and they all look like they’re going in. That dude earned his money.

Coach was asked in the postgame presser whether they’d consider pursuing another year of eligibility for Sam Alexis. He ‘didn’t say no’.

I will not get my hopes up after an exhibition. I will not get my hopes up after an exhibition. I will not get my hopes up after an exhibition.