Dave from Dayton

Halfway to your desires. Go all the way, Hoosiers.

Love the pressure on their QB!

Sweeeeeet!

Ooooh, sooo close to a turnover. Their QB felt pressure. BDT. (aBout Darn Time)...

Pathetic pass defense.

Just you wait, Henry Higgins.

Now for the turnover. Make it so.

Got to pressure their QB.

Get your game on! IU to win here...receiving.

sail ho...

Another thing is the age-old problem for marketing an intangible like a university sports program, a coach and staff, where one fits, etc... Closing the sale is a real bear. One has to get the signature. Lots of times it all comes down to personal contacts. RMK could turn on the charm and be straight with recruits and families. His way was tough love...not unlike boot camp. Crean could sell freezers to eskimos. But in the end, the eskimos got smart and weren't happy. Maybe Woody doesn't connect. But I don't call that a cancer. Woody also has other in-game issues. That's not a cancer. But neither is good for a program. Combined, they are awful, and the AD likely sees that. Pay to play has thrown the college sports for a loop. The AD was likely casting about for someone that could thread that needle. Churning coaches is not good for a program, either. But getting Woody did bring back lots of Hoosier fans. It was a roll of the dice and didn't come up a winner just yet. And winning fixes a lot of ills. I do really yearn, this year, for our new point guard to make this team his. Shooting outside would help. Winning matchups and good scouting and game plans and etc....... (and recruiting, too.).

Did Dane Fife and Woody have issues because Fife was talking to recruits about things that he should not be talking to recruits about? Yes. Is the word out about Howard talking about things that he shouldn't and not doing things he was told to do? Apparently. So Woody kicked sand in the face of some fans. Oh, got our feelings hurt? Woody has had issues in not getting point guards and shooters and platooning and matchups & etc. But this year, being that he is on probation...heh...is likely make or break for the coach. Seems to me he just isn't winning enough. That is true. So Woody can't fire or be mean without excelling. Yeah, right. I say he has to really bring home the bacon this year or hasta la vista. But that has nothing to do with Fife or Howard. Or what he said to fans...

Yes.

Max Klinger, to know him is to laugh and cry with him. Jamie Farr rocked drag. Frank: "Another week in command and I'd have had you out of that dress!" Klinger: "I'm not that easy!" Halloran: "Hey... up close you're a guy!" Klinger: "Far away too." Klinger : "Sir, I have to confess: I'm a Communist. An atheistic, Marxist, card-carrying..." Henry Blake : "Bolshevik". Klinger : "No, honest". I disagree with Klinger about Tony Packo's restaurant. But the mementos on the walls were great. Klinger, to Radar: "You were born a clerk. I was born a civilian." Game day! Michigan is a mess. And Indiana is outstanding! Mark it. And nail it.

We do not really know all that went on. If, in fact, what was posted is correct...and a staff member is not doing what the head coach insists to do, and is talking outside of bounds with recruits... That does not seem petty to me. Do fans remember what happened about 6 years ago with locker-room issues? And was Dane Fife really "let go" (/s) for talking out of school to recruits about politics? Just because Coach Woody isn't embracing LEO...and may be more of an autocrat... Thinking Lombardi, RMK, ... Well, I am keeping my powder mostly dry because I haven't really a clue about any of this. I am also not sure if some posters have agendas and just have to let us know they are not happy. And some of them are not really related to Indiana sports.

Eastern Illinois west of us beyond the barbed wire 65 Best of Indiana 93 BTN+ sux

Justifiably fans can be critical about performance tonight. But I am extremely happy about where we are. These guys are superb...learning...first game. Just beat the tar out of these guys in the 2nd half.

80 % free throws...sweet...

Super Bako! Comon guards, take control of this game.

Ballo is needed in the center for defense and rebounds. But I do approve of the coach substituting others in against a cupcake.

Enjoying Ballo's rebounding...

Priceless. Smooth move. Enjoy the payoffs.

Exactly. What can I say? I have watched almost every single IU football game since the late 60's. Wife and I went to BGSU in NE Ohio a few years back and saw IU lose. Both my daughters graduated from that state school. One still watches and cheers for IU basketball. She got offered a scholarship to IU in graphic design but declined it. Long story. I had Jade Butcher in one of my speech classes at IU. Met others in '69 from the earlier Rose Bowl team. Saw Lee Corso and the IU team at OSU...for the photo op just before the half. I am not happy with this team and the head football coach. What happened to the old Indiana University football traditions? (snark, as if you cant tell) This season is a miracle. They do deserve to be ranked in the single digits. Coach Cig's confidence is contagious. He is incredible to have done what he is doing. And my earlier post was only partially the way I really feel. More questions remain...but they are not going to be negative ones. Because we know the team will be in there fighting and attacking all game long. Well done.

Breaking: I am continually underestimating the excellent play of Indiana Football. Please continue uninterrupted. We are all winners on this board. (Awaiting my participation trophy...)

I was somewhat surprised that Indiana is now rated in the top ten. Usually, a team has to beat a highly ranked team to get up there. Indiana has not. Maybe the best opponent yet is Washington which does have a winning record. Barely. 5 - 4, 3 - 3. And Nebraska also has a winning record but is on life support. 5 - 4, 2 - 4. Wow. Has Michigan fallen off the pace, or what?! No surprise, but ouch. Indiana hosts Michigan, then runs into reality at OSU and then hosts Purdon't. I am very pro Indiana. But please be somewhat conservative in assessing IU's performance against a not really too tough schedule. Cignetti is superb. But the big boys are too. Heady stuff.