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He has Old Dominion as a significantly tougher opponent than Purdump.

One major worry I have is interior D-Line. 
 
Thought Tyrique Tucker was pretty great as a reserve last season, and then I expect Hosea Wheeler to take over the other starting spot. 
 
Dominique Ratcliff I expect to be the main reserve.
I don’t know, I just think West/Carpenter were big losses, particularly West. Hope the new guys can fill that void because it’s a big one. That’s about the one position group I’m worried about falling off a bit. 
 
 

If CFB 26 is any indication, Mikail Kamara is going to win the Heisman and the runner-up is going to be Roman Hemby. Stephen Daley will also be going to New York. 

Ha.  Some unfinished business.

And when was the last time, or has there ever been a time, when they had a choice of probably 4 different players they could have put on the cover? Love it.

Rivals seems to be a mess with their merger with On3.

Updated rankings. 

Overall/Conference/Transfer
26/11/NA - 247
32/12/NA - Rivals 
26/8/NA - On3 

Updated: 7/7/2025

Class Map

We landed a couple over the weekend. Both have composite 4 * rankings.  

Note: Rivals hasn't updated their system yet. They are holding at 19 commits. We're currently at 22 total. 

Yeah he's wanting to play offense and we're going to give him that shot.  

Maybe not a perfect analog, given recent results, but I could see a Barry Alvarez type transition for Cig at Indiana. But as a wise man once said, ‘gotta keep the main thing, the main thing,’ and have immediate success on the field.

I think McCollum might be a better coach but I think he wouldn't have fit here either. 

This is our chance to build the FB program up to something midpack or top 1/3 of the conference, which would change the financial profile of IU athletics with tens of millions more dollars of revenue per year.  We're still a smaller athetlic dept in the P2 and it's all down to football to change that.
Of course Cig and staff need to keep this up.  If they do, the permanence of the change in IUFB will hinge on if we can get the succession planning right when Cig steps down.  We'll want him to pick the next head coach and ideally we can keep him on as some sort of GM of Football or AD of Football -- some role where he is mentoring the next generation of IUFB coaches, raising money, etc. while working some comfortable hours.  Hopefully he is up for that someday.

Sam Vecenie -
I'm not totally sure what Jordan Smith Jr. is as a prospect yet, but he's definitely my favorite player on this U19 USA team. What a fun athlete who seems to be about all of the right things in terms of playing winning basketball.

Man give Coach Cig every penny of NIL that IU has. Dude is going crazy. 

When one thinks of “bribery, prostitution, gambling” in sports, one thinks of …
Iowa? Hahahahaha

7th DL of the class.. assuming Gibbs is plays defense. 10th commit in the front 6 defensively.  

Young Mr. Moody is everywhere.

Took this 4* right out of Missouri.  Pretty awesome.
 

Looks like he's going to play slot? 

Nice pick-up, Bryson marks the third commit from Georgia for the class (a priority area for CCC and Crew) with a solid mix of Power 4 offers.  
https://247sports.com/Player/walker-bryson-46137695/
This puts the class at 21 commits at July 4th (HUGE shift from the days of CTA & CKW!) - I would expect the staff to wrap-up the last 3-5 scholarships on another WR, OT, DL/Edge, and DB.  The real focus for the staff this Fall will be (1) maintaining the '26 commitments and (2) building relationships with the '27 class. 

Nice pick-up, Bryson marks the third commit from Georgia for the class (a priority area for CCC and Crew) with a solid mix of Power 4 offers.  
https://247sports.com/Player/walker-bryson-46137695/
This puts the class at 21 commits at July 4th (HUGE shift from the days of CTA & CKW!) - I would expect the staff to wrap-up the last 3-5 scholarships on another WR, OT, DL/Edge, and DB.  The real focus for the staff this Fall will be (1) maintaining the '26 commitments and (2) building relationships with the '27 class. 

3* out of Georgia.  Picked us over UNC and Wake among others.  21st commit in the class.
 

Tominaga really.

Yup, and a staff that’s not just ok with them taking those looks but demanding them. That moment in the training video when Kenny busted somebody for passing up a look did this old heart good.