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I think it’s pretty uninspired. He was pretty mediocre and unpopular at Mizzou. But there is kind of a poor man’s Mallory element to it in that if he comes in and does a solid job he can stabilize things for a long term because he’s not gonna get poached. Given the Brohm deal and the gamble on Walters I would think they put a lot of stock this time on the possibility of stability.

You give the committee way more credit than I do because I see no universe in which there would have been any even semi-serious conversation about putting IU ahead of UT, OSU, ND or PSU. I think they got the best draw they could have reasonably gotten because I love them against ND.

Glad to hear Davis bring up IU in the SMU/Bama conversation because I’d be willing to bet my house that there was a decent segment of that committee that wanted to keep SMU in because of the championship game piece and Bama because of SOS and leave IU out. I don’t think IU was close to a lock here.

That’s a fairly miserable way to spend an evening, though Purdue getting boat raced always has some therapeutic value. And thanks for planting that thought in my head. Driving down to the Marshall County Hoopfest in the morning and roughly 150 miles of that trip is basically bumphrey. Any Uber I need would probably be a John Deere.

Since it’s that time of year, gotta bust this out. That Darlene Love never became a giant star will always befuddle me. What a ridiculous talent. Saw her maybe 6 years ago, had to be pushing 80, and she filled up the freaking room. One of my favorite shows ever.

https://x.com/TomFornelli/status/1864054802503585934 Tweet of the day. Maybe the year.

https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/1864325163505840408 Man, I get the issue with 1 of the teams being 3,000 miles away combined with the dilution the playoff has created, but, my Lord, that’s a ridiculous deal.

https://x.com/Byronbaldwin__/status/1864325852097380828 Baldwin’s commitment video.

Ellison in 1 season has become probably an all-time top 10 IUFB player for me. Love that kid.

The thing that’s grinding on me a bit, and it shouldn’t because this is as gravy as gravy gets, but it does, is that there is a perfectly reasonable, maybe even likely, outcome here where Penn St and Texas lose this weekend and IU ends up ranked behind 5 2-loss teams and plays a road playoff game. 5 2-loss teams. At some point wins and losses should matter in this piece and 2-loss teams should not be getting home games.

https://x.com/Davionchandler8/status/1864295328691679689 Chandler’s signing video. The catch on the out about 15 secs in is better than average.

The Georgia thing will not stop being funny. Got a gift win and moved up.

IU 87 SHS 73

Wait, so FCS kids can excel at the High Major level? Finebaum may stroke out.

Yeah, that one kind of screams CCC. 85 catches as a freshman. Woah. 5/162 and a touch against ‘24 JMU.

https://x.com/AngeloPonds/status/1863757827308699960 Man, Ponds’ dad is a wild man on the portal stuff.

KU offered. Try not to spit take with surprise.

No idea what the story here is, but I reached out to a friend who’s pretty connected to Mizzou sports and he shot back, “Didn’t even include him in the class. Nobody ever thought he was coming.” 5-star bball recruiting is bad, but 5-star football recruiting is orders of magnitude worse.

This is interesting because it looks like he’s already played 4 full years plus taken a RS year. 1st year was ‘20. Looks like he redshirted in ‘22. So I’m not sure how he has another year, but, hell, anymore who knows?

https://x.com/TransferPortal_/status/1863711528165249454 No idea if the staff is interested here, just included it for the hands down least flattering promo picture I’ve seen in a minute.

That one just feels as about as inevitable as the tide coming in, doesn't it?

https://x.com/mzenitz/status/1863648141205180427 Now this is the sort of transfer I can get next to. The 1 position group that felt somewhat out-talented was the o-line in the UM and OSU games and imagine that will be an issue in a playoff game.

https://x.com/PeteThamel/status/1730287941748949475 This is some of the best reading you’ll do. Enjoy

Freaking ruthless

Wow. Riddick is one of my favorite guys on ESPN, but that is an atrocious post.