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Anyone, like me, that went to school in the 80's just had it too good. NCAA champions and even with the season on the brink we were always relevant. Soccer was great. Football had the best Mallory years and then AT followed by Dunbar and usually a bowl game. I think the girls were prettier too!

Another thing IU fans/Alumni can do is to try to get your companies to become corporate sponsors. I am sure the sponsor level has gone up but from 2016-2022 the company I worked for supported IU this way. We paid ~ $250k/yr and got 4 tix to all football and 8 basketball games plus some extra events. I had trouble taking people to football games back then and basketball was not much better so I am sure the pricing has gone up. But we got really good PR, in game program, on screens, I got to do the game ball thing, did a quick interview each year with someone from the radio team for a quick commercial promo. It was well worth the $250k. If anyone has an interest let me know and I can connect you with the guy who runs this.

Coaches put in a lot of work on the HS route this summer, more so than many other teams based on feedback from some of the reports. I am not sure that the amount of work put in matches the results (so far) but another way to look at it is that we had to overwork just to get the 2 we got. We may not have them if we had put in the same amount of work as others. Hopefully this is indicative of the staff's willingness to grind. Going to have to have on court success and competitive NIL to keep up. I am hopeful but also had hoped to land some big HS names in '26 based on the work we put in vs other schools. The interview someone had with Brian Snow also makes me wonder how this one went down. He indicated that the $ is decided pretty early on and is not usually a factor to sway a kid late. He referenced Jalen Haralson and that in the end he was more comfortable with ND than with our $. Not sure that applies to Thompson but assuming Snow's info is still somewhat accurate. I am also hoping that when Snow said IU was a beast to recruit against (even when we had woody) is also true and if we have on court success, we become dominant recruiting the Midwest. But apparently, we are not there yet.

I was amazed to learn how strong Florida is now academically. I suspect some of that is attributed to the bright scholars program keeping Florida's best in-state but do you know what else have they have done away from sports to make such a turn around?

what was the Oregon line? I would agree however, that money is getting smarter with regards to IU

Does he lose some % of the NIL/Revenue share pot? I would think so which could make it interesting if we can’t land kids to compete at the top of the conference let alone country

So many want to hire the creative offensive guy so maybe that helps. He has been great

We can probably bump salary for him and the assistants to compete but our NIL budget vs the bigger schools has me more concerned. I also worry our coordinators get poached this offseason to get their HC opportunities.

I have seen the coke/drug reference a few times now. Where did that come from?

Unfortunately back in the hospital again. This time looking at an ablation, hopefully tomorrow. Can’t blame it on the Iowa Indiana game this time.

My favorite IU game to watch. If the rumors are true RMK started the practice before the UNLV game with them running the break and Alford hit a 3 on one of the first trips down and RMK stopped practice and said that’s it. Practice over

I keep hearing that our defense is subpar. Examples given are the first teams inability at times to stop second team and even managers from scoring. So while it was nice to see the clips of us scoring I have to admit to wondering how we will do vs tough D. I am hopeful that our D can be tough because the coaches will demand effort on that side of the ball. That, for me, seems to be the backbone of how much success we can have.

Procedure went well. Back home. Hoping it keeps things right for a long time.

I found myself incredibly light headed this weekend and eventually went to the ER. Seems my heart is in Afib. New for me, but brother and both parents dealt with this. Drs seem optimistic and I have a procedure tomorrow to shock in back into rhythm. Drs are all optimistic but I am a bit discouraged tbh. Have been able to drop about 30 lbs this year and got my BP down from high to normal as a result. So to have this set back is frustrating. I am not sure how this will impact things but we had hoped to travel back to IN this weekend to see our new grand daughter. Then the next 2 weekends to watch our daughter play soccer (we only get to see about 1/3 of her games in person). So I know I should be thankful it is not a major problem but getting in shape, dropping weight, changing diet was supposed to help keep this stuff at bay right. Would appreciate your prayers for patience, thankfulness and quick healing.

He was supposed to but cig said he got caught

I know we are a football school now but would have expected more info and discussion after a big get. Any chance he reclassifies

Can you ask him next time if I can trade my autographed Archie ball for a DD one

What happened

Could they have done the same by selecting a successful lower level coach though. Someone who has had a track record of success at the D2 or NAIA level. Perhaps not, and I assume they think this staff would have much better instate relationships than the prior, which is possible.

This hire made no sense if you want to compete. A friends daughter plays at Ball State and they were not at all sad to see him go. I like the assistants as they built a strong program at IWU and have good instate connections but I was hoping for someone who has had a track record of success. Even if at a lower level.

Thanks for posting that. I wondered how Rourke’s first game was. Good to see a progression with him too.

Rourke was incredibly accurate and “made the layups” consistently. Hopefully Mendoza settles in better. Several of his throws could have been picks. The offensive line needs to start winning at the goal line. Hoping for a convincing second half.

This was cool https://www.facebook.com/reel/1083806637287066?fs=e&fs=e

Praying for him and the doctors. Keep us posted so we can follow and keep praying.