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I can't stand Doyel, but him vs. Cronin would be as entertaining as it gets.

Can you imagine Cronin at IU? That would’ve lasted all of about 15 minutes. And some of the dorks on our beat would’ve been eaten alive in that short period time.

NO ONE

No one simply strolls into the Ryan (“Archie” Miller) Center and lives to tell the tale.

I always knew Archie was the guy.

They don't make them a whole lot better than this. I may live under a rock, but it's criminally underrated from my perspective.

He's 100% a tight end if he stays on that side of the ball.

We'll see, but he has a preference: "The most important things in my recruitment are a stable coaching staff, winning program, offensive schemes that fit my skill set, and a good development program," Oglesby said.

Nick was released as part of the Dolphins’ purge today.

Good point. Had forgotten about that.

Has it been said this will be Jones? I had been thinking Hardy personally.

People claiming KState is going to try going the for-cause route. Could get messy if true.

Happy Daytona day!

If his shot isn’t falling it affects his effort big time from my view. He’s been chasing a lot today.

Was just trying to figure that out. That was clearly a 3.

I try not to but thanks!

It’s kind of funny that a guy like Anthony Richardson (who I actually like and would love to see him get a fresh start with someone who can afford to spend time developing him) gets labeled as someone with an elite arm coming out because he can throw a football through the Lucas Oil Stadium window, but he couldn’t make that throw shown above in a million billion years.

“Let’s play football” chant at the ready.

I think we’ll play a majority two LB looks. Seems that we played three so much this year because it was impossible to keep one of Jones or Hardy off the field. Kind of wonder if we see Ohlinger or Ja’Dyn Williams play some sparingly-used 3rd LB like Hardy was his freshman year. I’m not very high on Turner or Otzinger outside of special teams and emergencies at this point. Maybe one of them will break out though. I think Baldwin can play in the box too.

I mean,

I don’t care about chants. I’m talking about what was in my long post after this.

Our entire non-con schedule*^. *combined ^maybe

Yeah, not looking forward to this at all. More about how good they are than it is about us. I’ll be curious to see what the spread is when it comes out.

What's that saying about opening your mouth and removing all doubt? What an idiot.

Following paragraph is all football related: My wife (unassuming, minding her own business, but in Illinois gear) got ripped into by students in the concourse this year. She was with other members of our group at the time, but I would've had a pretty serious issue if I was around. I'm all for a good ribbing if it's friendly. This was not. I had friends at the Illinois game and Michigan game in '24 and they all had similar experiences with students and adults, multiple said they'd never go back to Bloomington. Season tickets were across the aisle from the student section in 2024 and if the seats and the team weren't so good, it would've been a supremely negative experience. Moved away from there this season and still ran into issues with either students or young alums at every game. Watched IU fans try to start fights with Kansas fans at least 3 times when we went out to Lawrence a few years ago. KU fans, pretty much all gracious, just blew it off knowing they were about to bust our ass but it was embarrassing. Saw a few similar instances at the Rose Bowl with Bama fans and a ton up at Notre Dame last year. Countless road trips for basketball and football where IU fans will "HOO HOO HOO" in an opposing fan's face that's minding their own business. Maybe it's not that big of a deal and this is coming off whiny, but it'd annoy the hell out of me if it was done to me. Of all the places I've traveled I don't think I've ever heard anything harsh thrown at me. Sometimes, the opposing fans are nice to the point that it's uncomfortable (hello, Nebraska). Just my experiences, there's turds in every fanbase, yada yada. Hopefully I'm the only one with these experiences because if it's the norm, then our fanbase blows.