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Bottom line on all of this is to let Cignetti run the program. IU played against, and won against, teams with superior rosters on paper. We have already seen an influx of better talent entering into year 3. I'm perfectly content to let Coach Cig work his magic with what he has at his disposal.

Vengeance shall be yours!

I expect growing pains in the first couple of games. That's why Cig schedules the way he does. It takes a while to get all the new pieces in synch. Once we do, I think this team has a very high ceiling.

We often forget that these gifted athletes are also just people under the surface. I don't know anything about his particular situation but I do have a lot of experience with mentally ill people. Often in situations like his mental instability is at the heart of the problem. Throwing money at it only helps in the short term. It does nothing to help the underlying issues. Mental illness is a hard problem and we don't deal with hard problems very well in this country. I hope he gets the kind of help he needs.

Agree all day on Ponds. But, I think we enough talent back there to compensate for his loss with the development that this staff is becoming famous for. Plus I think Haines is the best in the business and will scheme what we need. Part of that is that I think our d-line is going to be even better this year. Opposing qbs aren't going to have all day to find receivers down field. Even though we lost a lot of important pieces on defense, I think the sum of what we have on the roster is going to be even better. Honestly, I worry more about the offense than the defense.

But F1 is a technical series.

If Harris is who I think he is, we should be fine. We have a lot of talent and the best staff in the country to develop it.

After nearly 70 years of distaste for all things Purdue, I take immense pleasure in the recent turn of events in football. For years, Purdue has promoted themselves as the "cradle of quarterbacks" and Cignetti has snatched that from them. Crushed their soul. Maybe they can be the "cradle of mediocre quarterbacks" going forward.

Agreed. That this is where we are as a society is the most sad. That there are people outside of the IU community who think it's OK to come to campus and start shooting over a disagreement is insane. Young people should be able to celebrate a university tradition and feel safe while doing it. I don't know where we go from here but something has to change.

It would have been a great story if Alberto could have been the guy. But if we know anything about Cig, it's that the offense is built around the quarterback. We have had two exceptional quarterbacks so far and after listening to Hoover after the spring game, I think we have another. To be at the top of the college football world business decisions have to outweigh emotional ones. Cig is a cold dude in the best possible way.

Anyone still underestimating IU football is an idiot. Hopefully, IU basketball catches up soon.

Doing what? Stealing to the quad?

Cig has the coaching chops and attention to the "standard" of Coach Knight without the fatal flaws. Best of both worlds. Can't stand Hurley or UCon so hope they lose in the most painful way possible.

What alternate universe did I wake up where this is Indiana football. We are as far from "LEO" as we can possibly get and I'm loving every minute of it.

You talking about Purdue basketball or Purdue girls?