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Maybe I’m weird but this is one of my favorite additions. I quess I assumed we would get a QB but there have not been many linemen that seem like IU guys hit the portal yet and the better the line the better we move the ball.

The thing about linemen pay is that you don't just have to pay 1 of them or maybe a couple like with QB, WR maybe RB. You have double that with the linemen so if you say sure we can pay the newcomer $2M but the guys already in the fold are getting less then you probably have to bump them up too. I know we have a strong NIL pool of $ but I doubt we can get everyone we want or that $ will not be a limiting factor for some guys.

Anyone have prof B for K201? Older guy taught that in 94/95. Don’t remember a lot from his class except if he called on you to answer a question and you did not know the answer you could hire a consultant by calling on another classmate. Kept you on your toes.

What should we make of the comments that he was benched later in the year? Sour grapes? Like how he was projected as top 100 nfl prospects

I heard Angelo Pizzo on a podcast and he thought it needed more time before something should be done. Not that he was thinking the story was not worthy but time would help it become more nostalgic perhaps. He did say some in his circle had been talking about it as a documentary. Personally I could see it coming together from 3 angles. Indiana's historically poor performance, Mendoza's being overlooked and Cig toiling away at lower levels. Build the story of each before bringing them together for this magical run.

Hopefully it means Martin and Beebe are back and maybe there is another production over potential guy we are looking at. Maybe it was a move to get our guys to decide if they were definitely staying.

So Kcathy was right sort of

Even if CJ commits, I don’t see him ahead of Martin.

Well little to my surprise my seats come with free food. Shhh

So the Miami kid who was DQd for targeting (#6) will miss the first half of the championship game now right.

Someone mentioned that distance could be a factor I think for him when his name popped up and before he committed to ASU so seems plausible

Wasn't there some criticism of the TCU line not providing Hoover protection?

My tickets are around $850 now but if you go to the IU side they are almost double. Come join us in section 237c so we can make that the IU side as well!

Cignetti Film Junkie glad he is our guy

This was from May of 2025 where Tice projects Mendoza as QB1 Nate Tice - May 2025 on Mendoza

when you say "depth" is he not expected to start for us?

Are you sure? The ND crowd says we do not recruit HS kids ; )

Indiana expected to get WR commit. Any idea who this might be?

anyone heard if we are also looking to bump Bolstad's pay/contract?

Any idea when their coaches leave for their new gigs?

What were these stories

I was thinking along similar lines but about Devries and how none of these things applied to him coming. Basically none of his staff came, basically none of his players or recruits came and instead of bringing in a culture, staff and players we ended up with a harder complete rebuild.

What does “if IU won’t overpay” mean?

I agree. Either we greatly up our NIL (maybe easier with more football revenue but also likely harder as we may give football more to stay on top) or we need to grind out wins and demonstrate the vision for the future. Losing to Minnesota, Lville and UK really dampened my expectations that we can demonstrate much this year. Hope I am wrong, but if I had to pick between having one great program and one OK program I would choose football to be great

I am not staying close enough to walk. Anyone have a parking tip that won’t take hours to get out of (garage with one exit)