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And the “Hudson Card is better than Rourke” ship. And you just know that they’ll go with “Dante and Nico better than Hoover” narrative. And the “Oregon and Ohio State better than Indiana” narrative. It’s lazy and it ignores what are the most important contributors to winning.

As for the “Dante Moore is it” advantage argument, here is the Athlon Sports preseason QB ranking for 2025: and for 2024:

An athletic department that files for Chapter 11? Not sure it's plausible, but UL would be the one that will try.

Per 247 composite rankings, the five most talented rosters last season were: Georgia Bama OSU Texas Oregon We went 4-0 against those teams, in one road game and three neutral site games. So I'm not sure how you are measuring "talent." For me? Talent is as talent does. So while Oregon is an objectively very good and talented team, I prefer the talents of guys like Hardy, Jones, Evans, Khobie, and on and on and on, even if they were two and three stars. Oh, and are you saying that the best front seven in the nation isn't a Bryant Haines-coached group that includes Tucker, Landino, Daley, Osunsami, Jones, Hardy and Wyatt? To me that's not just a hot take, that's a wrong take. Finally, I find it really interesting that many/most of the pundits are falling into the same trap of grading a Cignetti football team based on 'talent profile' instead of process, culture, attention to detail, and system. IU gets more flowers than ever, but teams like Texas and Oregon are their preference over Indiana. Still! It's frankly kind of awesome.

Geez, that's the same spread as the ND/Purdon't game. Is there any way I can bet that Wisky loses by less than Purdon't?

QB Colton Joseph and the Wisconsin defense are no joke. Stranger things than Wisconsin beating ND have happened.

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.

If that's how you feel ... this was fun:

"Not really" = "Yes, but I'm not gonna say it today." Our locker room will hear his comments about it in late November.

These games are also the cheapest option for fans that want to see a game in Assembly Hall without sitting int he balcony for a $150+ ticket.

In an effort to remove the stain of embarrassment from the new Purdoo AD, they will be expunging all five NCAA titles and all three Helms Bread Bakery titles from Indiana University’s permanent record. Anyway, Dauster ought to be pretty wired in so this should be interesting.

Purdue is funny! https://twitter.com/RhettNFL/status/2086510520023048260/video/1?s=46

Tell us more! Please tell us more. LOTS more. Like… how does this work and who is doing it? It’s time for you to name names.

He played most of his senior season at IU with a completely chewed up ankle. Tried to gut it out but by the playoffs he was cooked. Kinda healthy now, eh?

Two more ‘A’s in the team name than in the word ‘aardvark.’ Impressive.

I consider you to be an uncommon fan.

LIAR!! He was looking down at his prepared remarks as he delivered that line. Made sure he delivered it just the way he wrote it. Can you imagine starting out your AD fundraising mission with an apology to each big money booster for having embarassed the university on your first day?

A defensive lineman that requires double-teaming = linebacker sacks. Four defensive linemen (Mario, Tyrique, Tobi, Daley) that all merit a double team = incredible mismatches for guys like Mario or Kellan Wyatt, tons of sacks, linebackers that run untouched, and teams forced into max-protect, thereby making coverage that much easier.

Agree on Mustaf and Sherrell. For me, seeing the way Prince played, even against terrible competition in Peru gives me real confidence that we have plenty of viable choices at SG. And FWIW, Lindsay does not seem to be an especially dynamic player, but he is a proven, mature high-major SG.

IUFB sack leaders from last season. Rolijah Hardy (LB): 8.0 sacks Isaiah Jones (LB): 7.0 sacks Tyrique Tucker (DL): 6.0 sacks Stephen Daley (DL): 5.5 sacks Mario Landino (DL): 5.0 sacks The takeaway? Every single one of them is back. And Tobi is with us too - he had four sacks in only six games before he got injured. Crazy stuff to even imagine.

It can be "arranged."

Good question that hasn't been discussed. WE GOT SAM ALEXIS BACK so count me in the who gives a rat's @$$ category.

Well stated. The way to do this is to eat, drink, and be merry near Kirkwood and then walk to the game if your physicality allows. The Kroger plaza on the 45 bypass is a shorter walk, but you don't get the game/campus buzz with that walk. Tailgating parking is a bit of an adventure, but if you don't want to park on a lawn it's an extremely fan-friendly town.

https://www.espn.com/college-sports/story/_/id/49547165/new-purdue-ad-tweaks-national-champion-indiana

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."