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Alexis did not sign an Exhibit 10 deal.

Hopefully Missouri since they are always ranked and seem to boost everyone's SOS.

I watch almost every presser, interview, and radio show. I agree Cig is a little more short in pressers this year. My theory: 1) I'd guess he's somewhat irritated with where the '26 team is. This also means even longer hours -- he seems a little more tired that usual in some of these pressers, which doesn't help. 2) Our media pool doesn't ask very good questions. I wish they would put a little more effort into it. 3) He just won the natty at IU with a roster that cost half the big programs -- he should probably get a little more benefit of the doubt than he does. I think it's mostly #1, with a little bit of #2, and a sprinkling of #3. He's coaching his butt off. I don't think it's a big deal -- just what happens from time to time in the pressure cooker that is CFB.

This guy brings us a natty and we've got our effin piece of poop fans (you know who they are) bitching about the second straight shutout game. That fanbase is an effin cancer to the 10k people in the stands he mentions here. And if you're reading this and you're one of those that bitched, kindly eat a bag of rhymes with ticks.

I wonder what they’re going to do with euro deals. While I supper this generally and trust the B1G more than the NCAA, I wouldn’t want to be in front of a judge explaining why a 20 year old American that rode the bench in the G-league is ineligible but a 20 yr old foreign national who spent 5 years on a pro team in Europe is eligible.

Great news. I’d avoid playing him but this point is he isn’t too badly hurt. And Hardy should be good to go this week.

Alexis is back. Talented roster. We have a nice non-con schedule. The air is getting chillier. I’m starting to get excited about IU basketball. Probably Charlie Brown with the football again, but whatever.

Prioritizing your family life over a September exhibition game? It’s like I don’t even know you anymore.

It's worth googling for the full picture. The TLDR is basically implementing 5 for 5 with a 1 time penalty free transfer among many other important provisions. 5% cap on agent fees, which is the best part IMO. Also some longer term academic (10 years assistance) and healthcare (5 years assistance) support resources. Some measures to make it harder for there to be backdoor NIL payments above the cap, which is sort of the primary point of contention with the bill. The NCAA, being a monopoly, would fail to make a bunch of rules because of antitrust laws (why we see so many lawsuits now). Normally there would be an exemption like how pro sports work and there would be collective bargaining. But for there to be a CBA, players would need to be employees and that's logistically not viable for a myriad of reasons. If the bill passes, they would not be considered employees and wouldn't be able to sue, unionize, etc. Direct payments would be hard capped at $50M annually. That'd be a 22% base revenue share. Leaving plenty of profit for the hangers on of the sport and partners like ESPN. Very different split from the pro leagues that CFB and CBB feed into as developmental leagues. Our development system is much different than the rest of the world, so the NCAA sometimes sounds incoherent because of their ideals of "amateurism" (not a real legal concept) and not counting grown up Euro basketball players as pros, for example. IMO no solution will make everyone happy. I tend to agree with skepticism about intervention from Congress making things appreciably better here. My hot take is that this bill passing + continued CTE research would lead to a significant decline in the amount of kids choosing to play football over a long time horizon. Lastly, important to note that it needs to pass the House which is a much different animal than the Senate. The House is also in recess until after the midterm elections in November, so IMO it's unlikely this passes in general. But it may have a shot in the lame duck session before the new Congress is sworn in. The bill will expire on Jan 3 2027 if it's not signed into law before then.

4-0, 1-0. 20 straight. Cig now 31-2.

Not a great game, but I'd like to say Marsh threw some incredible blocks.

Tonight we open up the playbook.

There will never be an adequate or responsive enough system to enforce the cap.

Goodman - One of LSU’s international players has opted to return overseas. Brazilian forward Marcio Santos, 23, who played for Maccabi Tel Aviv last season, has reportedly signed a 2-year deal with Kosner Baskonia in Spain.

We need to see improvement at the backend prior to Nebraska

Me after watching Michigan lose on the final play of the game to Iowa.

I’m not sold on dirty either. Definitely reckless. Slide was late too. It’s unfortunate more than anything else imo. ETA: USC player’s reaction makes any grey area regarding intention moot. Idiotic behavior after the fact.

It’s too bad Northwestern is not in the SEC because, after beating Colorado 41-7, they would have been ranked 18th or so and we would have a ranked win.

We need one of these young LBs to step up. 14 is not it. And the questions on Zachman coming out of the portal appear pretty valid right now. Rough night from both of them. Tonight should put to rest any Beebe slander. He was in on every offensive down once Turbo went down and he’s all we got. Found a way to win in a downright strange game. Felt like a NW basketball game. Onward.

Ponds was a cheat code.

Nick Marsh with the intangibles. You gotta love it.

I hope we get it together and start giving them the @$$ kicking they're begging for soon

Well that certainly makes prediction league interesting!

Hopefully a good sign for Nico.

Can’t sneak anything by Ol’ Josh.

12 days til Butler scrimmage (day after football plays Nebraska) 19 days til UNC scrimmage (day after football plays Ohio St.)

The NCAA is, and always has been, very anti-athlete. The whole system is set up to exploit them. The athletes want this eligibility that the NCAA said they couldn't have so the idea of backing down and just allowing them to get it is antithetical. They must fight this because that is what the NCAA does.

Hopefully Turbo sits out Rutgers and comes back even if only for a few snaps against Nebraska and OSU. Would be nice for someone behind Beebe to step up this week.

lol Missouri is still ranked solely for Florida to pick up a “ranked win” after beating them this Saturday. Really couldn’t get more transparent.

Yea, this really is a fascinating case study. Never has a fanbase had basically nothing in CFB for 120 years (and not much in MBB for 25 years) suddenly get incredible CFB. It's happened in MBB, but CFB is a different beast. I think part of the downside of setting the standard so darn high is the fans adopt it, which makes rough patches kind of annoying for the coach. Day 1 Cig said I'm changing how people think: high standards, no self-imposed limitations, either getting better or getting worse, stalk complacency, etc. People see him ripping players in blowouts in the 4th quarter. And we've got all these fans new to football listening to and watching this -- and it's working so well. I can see how some fans think they should have sky high expectations like the coach. Now, the nuance here is all these messages don't really apply to the fans, whose main job is to cheer and give money. But, fans will sort of impersonate the coach, especially a charismatic one. Overall, as I keep saying, I don't think we have any major issues. The Friday crowd vs. a technically non-marquee opponent was very good. And we can't forget the playoff takeover 10 months ago. The good thing is if Cig wants fans to do something, everyone will listen and do it.

It’s wild. Kinda funny Nick Saban and his pals don’t complain about the huge cost of these buyouts. All the unsustainably complaints get directed at the players.

Are you sure there's not a couple of seconds around there somewhere? Look in the zebra's pockets.

I've always said that if he had any other last name no one would know who he even is but with the last name that he has there is no margin of error.

Something about Hoover that I’m not really loving. I feel like his reads on RPO aren’t as confident as Rourke or Mendoza’s. So he’s not pulling the ball out and throwing it when sometimes he should be. Major major props to Chip Kelley. He made adjustments at halftime and got the best of Haines in the second half.

On that note, on the last long Beebe run Shazz (I think, I didn’t have the best angle) was absolutely mauling a dude from NW for 20+ yards. Those guys on the outside get after it. No block no rock.

I am surprised to say this, but I believe our coaching staff got outcoached tonight and we were very fortunate to win that game!

Praying/hoping that Turbo's injury is not major...

You take the W but wins don't get much uglier than that.

We kind of miss Ponds and Moore.

Let the rout begin

well Hoover duped the FOX camera operator

They're gonna give us a late hit? Gotta call it both ways. BULLSH*T

Undefeated and current Football National Champion, Indiana Hoosiers, opens Big Ten Conference schedule against Northwestern Kitties tonight. Game Day!

Looks like we've finally dodged that bullet once and for all.

Frustrating enough people that the general public has a big enough appetite for Congress to give the NCAA the legislation it wants. The Protect College Sports Act aka The Protect ESPN Profits Act that they're rolling Saban out to promote 24/7 like a low budget carney.

Well said. 17 days til the Butler scrimmage. Sam obviously fills a huge need, let's hope his eligibility sticks. I'm really curious to see how our freshmen do. Seems like Prince will be a bona fide rotation player. Manhertz maybe not physically ready for a big role, but talented enough that Duke was recruiting him before the reclass at one point. Not counting on him for much, but maybe he could be a dark horse / surprise this year. I think Karvala is a high floor, low ceiling player as a freshman. I think he can be solid enough with "do no harm" type of minutes. Keen to see sophomore Sisley too.