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If this program wants to move to the 8 win territory, especially while earning some respect along the way, playing Louisville and Cincinnati shouldn’t be a cause for much worry.


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So the signing period is the 13-20, the dead period is the 11-14, and his visit to MU is 8-10. So we’ll see how quickly he signs after his visit to MU. I view this as he wants to compare the two programs and likely the players on the teams in person. In order to make his final decision. I like that he is following the plan that his family started with.


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To be honest, you can easily take it either way. A visit to Marquette could be a confirmation about either school. All reports are that he loved his visit, but you never know how close he is or is not to the Marquette staff and team. Marquette can sell him on being the focal point in a more high energy offense. A lot of pros to either side, but of course I’m biased and see way more positives with choosing IU :)

I think getting Garcia to go with Rob, Al, TJD and company would be a top 15 team IMO.


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Hope this isn’t like the time I chose to believe it was just a fart and I **** the bed


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80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

We literally beat MSU in 2016 smh

80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

Getting his commitment before he leaves would be a great way to cap off the weekend! 

80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

IU up to 18 pts in the latest coaches poll, puts IU 30th overall
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/polls/amway-coaches-poll/

I know we're all having a good laugh in the Fire Tom Allen thread, but I wanted to pick up on what I was saying when that thread started. We are now in Tom Allen's third season, he has more win than any IU coach in history to this point, and we've secured our 4th bowl berth in the last 26 seasons.
Meanwhile, I believe our talent level is slowly improving and our depth is slowly getting better. Allen was hired on December 01, 2016 so I don't really consider the 2017 class "his," but I'll include them because those kids are still here. Per 247, these were our national and B1G recruiting rankings
2017
National - 62 B1G - 13th 2018
National - 50 B1G - 10 2019
National - 36 B1G - 8 Now, 2020 doesn't look so good so far at 60th nationally and 12th in the B1G as things stand but we also only have 14 commitments as of now. I don't know how big that class will end up being, but Tom Allen did mention during his press conference that he was planning on calling a couple recruits that same night so hopefully this season bears some fruit on the recruiting trail.
But these last few classes have been good and our depth has been improving. We have a lot of young talent at RB and will eventually have a deep, seasoned RB room because of it. Guys like Matthew Bedford and David Ellis and Mullen are getting playing time as true freshmen. Given the quality of this class a lot of the RS freshmen we start seeing next year should be impact players and we have a 4* WR coming in that has a chance to step right into a deep and talented receiving corps. I want to see how we finish this recruiting class, hopefully we can get to 8-4 or better and ****** some more 4* talent.
We've got first year coordinators on both sides of the ball. I think most are very happy with DeBoer already - I know I am - and we've been frustrated by the early returns of Wommack's young defense. But it is his first year too. I expect us to take a step ahead on both sides of the ball next year due to both continuity and getting more talented as Allen's 2018/19 recruits get older. Plus whichever couple 2020 recruits are too talented to redshirt.
Next year we'll return most of our offensive skill players and we're looking at this schedule:
Home: WKU, Ball State, Maryland, Michigan State, Penn State, Illinois, Purdue
Away: Wisconsin, Connecticut, Rutgers, Ohio State, Michigan
We could be bowl eligible based solely on our home games. Then we have Connecticut and Rutgers on the road. Hell, even the Wisconsin game is the season opener so maybe we could catch them off guard. If we can get to 8 wins this season maybe we could do it again in 2020. Our 2021 schedule is definitely harder, with both Michigan and Ohio State visiting Bloomington as well as Cincinnati coming in(though I'm assuming they won't have Fickell anymore by then), but maybe by then we'll have enough depth that we look as those home games as bigger opportunities than they used to be. Imagine a RS Junior Penix throwing for 10 TDs combined against Michigan and Ohio State in 2021...
I said this in the Fire Tom Allen thread a month ago but I really like what I see as far as the direction the program is heading in. I think we're seeing some growing pains from the new coordinators being new and we're still bowl eligible in October. And next year I think we're set up really well to get back to a bowl. And we've got one of the better recruiters we've had to take advantage of back-to-back bowl berths. We could be seeing a real foundation being laid here

And we keep both QBs. Going to be big. Schedule is tougher next year. 

80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

80 of 115 on roster are freshmen and sophomores!

This all day long. He consistently made the right play. Being a “game manager” is so cliche, but when you keep him off of his back he does enough to win consistently. Is he more skilled than Penix? No. But remember without him we aren’t 6-2 with a chance at 8+ wins at IU. I will take that “game manager” on my team every day of the week.


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Great performance today! He is the epitome of a coach's son. Tough as hell! That first down run was the play of the game. 

FWIW. Bleacher Report released their top 25 and IU tied for #25


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Getting his commitment before he leaves would be a great way to cap off the weekend! 

6-2 and the infighting is still going on?  Yeeesh.

You're not old enough to be his mother!