Dave from Dayton

At 6:30 AM Saturday, just looked at the future radar for today's game. Starting at about 11 AM it shows the edge of rain may start to move from just northwest of B'town towards the southeast. But still raining at noon and one. Move the edge another 50 miles just may make the game less wet. Looks like turtle soup to me. This team will give it's all. Coach Cig and the other coaches will take advantage of what is given and what we have. No mistakes today would help. A win will be superb. Make it so.

I'm bringing my SCUBA gear to the game. Hope that the Hoosiers make the biggest splash Saturday. Got a ticket from the State Cop on I-70 tonight. Darn duck cracked my windshield and got stuck in the wiper. Stopped and so did the Cop. It was ok until I flipped him the bird.

Try Two: Derps 14 Ground Pounding IU 21 In the wet, it gets about as wet as it can get. Oh, it's raining cats and dogs, and I can't stand croaking frogs... I've got fungus growing on my dungarees...fungus on my dungs and water on my knees... Rolf Harris Rolf Harris - In The Wet (Original 45) (youtube.com)

NWS forecast for noon on Saturday is precipitation...75%. Then at 3 PM, increasing to 87%. During the day rain totals from 1/2 to 3/4". Wind from NE at 11 with gusts to 18. Indiana played 3 contests cleanly. Then against UCLA IU got 14 penalties. In spite of that, IU did a great job on 3rd downs. IU's defense kept UCLA run game in check. UCLA had little success on 3rd down. Maryland lost to Michigan State at home. Then against 'Nova, MD had 8 penalties and won comfortably...which they should against a middle FCS school. MD is reportedly porous against the pass in their secondary. They have a good QB and an adequate RB group. This will be a tough, wet game. It is obviously a conference game against two approximately equal opponents considering talent. Will Coach Cig rely on passes in the rain and wind? Will the run game be productive. Can IU stop MD from doing the same? Make fewer mistakes and take care of business. Coach Cig will make sure that will happen. He is a winner. This is the biggest test of this new team this season. My family and I just got back to the Midwest from Destin FL. We left 3 days early just to avoid risk. Hope that everyone survives Helene.

MD Derps. 24 IU. 34

So I was rethinking my prediction. Thought, maybe I should give Charlotte one point. Near the end of the game...IU scores another touchdown. And gifts Charlotte the point after. But then I would have to lower my IU score prediction. Never mind. Heading to Destin...to watch for the sea level to rise.

Not sure about this year being an all-time favorite. Would be cool for that to happen, though. A miracle, maybe. To date, my all-time favorite is the undefeated '76-'77 NCAA National Champions. Without a doubt. The team that refused to lose. Scott May, Quinn Buckner, Kent Benson, Bobby Wilkerson, and Tom Abernethy...and others. Graduated from IU that year. Married my IU college sweetheart that year. And IU won every single basketball game. Wow!

Daughter lives in S. Diego on a canyon at Balboa Park. Hit a number of beaches from the border (Imperial) to Pacific to LaJolla to San Clemente to Laguna to Newport to Huntington Rt. 66 end up to Santa Barbara. Primitive camped above Bridal Veil Falls in Yosemite...Been up and down and around the east coast too. Portugal, south of France... the Med...Honeymooned in the Virgin Islands. But my favorite beaches are on Oahu. Of course, the quarries in B'town aren't half bad...and Griffy was a great...experience...y'know what I mean..

Bela Fleck, Tony Rice, David Grisman, Sam Bush, Kentucky Fried Bluegrass back in the 80's in Louisville... And a fun band called Hot Rize... Was like the first time to see color TV.

It's nature's way of telling you...something's wrong... One of my better half's favorite albums for road trips. Dr. Sardonicus, Spirit, is quite the listen. On the road between Wisconsin and northern Indiana on a late Friday night in the summer...Lightening, and coming up on Goshen...American Graffiti... late teens driving slowly around the center of town...cruising...then listening to Dark Side of the Moon.

Yeah, and 3 different polls have IU (AFCA Coaches) 40th, (CBS) 37th and (AP) 34th. Just keep winning.

49 errors 0 Cig's Bigs 49

...the sound of one hand clapping...

No hits to the head. Or to the knees. Or to the QB. Definitely, lay off of the cheerleaders. Do not pass go. Do not collect 7.

IU, 3 big scores ahead starting into the 4th quarter. Phenomenal.

I am getting lost on these refs calls. The answer is bourbon. That and put in a complaint about the refs. Still very proud of the Hoosiers on the road in the B1G. Just win this.

Got the mojo back. IU all the way.

Mental error, returning that. No one in the stands except IU fans. Comon IU...put this away...no mistakes.

IU's defense is going to be changed. Playing with Cig's size 10.5s in their backsides.

Cig is going to kick some butt during the halftime break. And he should.

Good friend is a big OSU fan. Has very little sense. Actually, he knows coaching and football. So when he said that Cig was a winner....way back when Cig was picked for IU... I knew things were being upgraded in the Coaching department.

Cig is not only a motivator...he is also one smart cookie. Has UCLA's number.

Great push by the line!!

There was absolutely no personal foul against IU on their QB. WTF. Glad their FG missed. Refs need to stop and get a grip.