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Maybe slightly curious, maybe not: Watching Smith’s game tonight on ESPN and they’ve now mentioned multiple times that he still lists IU among his 5 finalists. I’ve never thought this one was a thing at any point, still don’t, but now that he’s not committing until spring it’ll be interesting to see if he ends up taking an official. If he does, the one thing we can say for sure given the roster turnover that’s inevitable is none of his other finalists can possibly guarantee him the number of minutes and number of shots that DeVries can. They can pretty much give the kid the keys. If Johnson is as tight with him as you always hear, I suppose stranger things have happened.

This is such an interesting feeling. I keep thinking please, God, keep our kid away from those terrible freaking orgs that will ruin him. Is this the sort of thing Bama and Ohio St fans think about every year or is Mendoza just extra special to us because we have zero experience with this?

Great article. Impossible not to root for kids like Wilkerson and Conerway. What it takes to get from where they started to where they are is just not commonly possessed. Side note: I owe Mark Pope an apology. Blew that guy 10 kinds of crap over the Keeneland thing on Wilkerson’s UK visit. Even if it didn’t work that was clearly a good call.

https://x.com/daily_hoosier/status/1999166350577598501 Nowakowski on Cig. Such an impressive kid.

Hardy was such a bada$$. I don’t care how many 1st round picks played in that game, that kid was the best player on the field.

I genuinely think if the SEC/ESPN hype machine had coalesced around Pavia a couple of weeks earlier he would have won it. But since even they think the kid is sort of slimy they couldn’t bring themselves to go there in time.

https://x.com/ConnorHinesTV/status/1998818723306606807 Ok, is this one of those things that those of us who either didn’t attend IU or are of a certain, uh, vintage have just missed out on and the rest of you know exactly where Lamar’s referring to?

Putting aside the obvious “with cause” scenario at play here, when I heard last week that they paid that outrageous jack for Bryce Underwood and then Moore didn’t bother to then hire a dedicated QB coach for his freshman QB that alone should have been enough to cut his dumb a$$ loose.

Wow, that is a really good field.

Ok, coffee spitting moment of the morning: some ND guy trying to justify their schedule defended playing Navy as a “rivalry game” Dude replied: “Notre Dame-Navy is a rivalry like polar bears and seals.”

Ok, he’s not as purely explosive as maybe the most explosive kid I’ve ever watched. Carr is so rare he may actually be unique. But when he fills out it’s no problem seeing Curry as a Terrance Shannon kind of athlete where when he’s coming downhill at someone they have no answer but to foul him.

Pretty excited about this one. I don’t care what his rating is, that kid’s got stuff you can’t teach.

https://x.com/RossDellenger/status/1997763809914528210 Surely this isn’t true.

Pretty amazed that the fanbase of a high academic school with a reputation for that whole southern gentility thing, and maybe that part's wrong, would debase themselves making a losing argument for a dude who looks and acts like a cast member of Jersey Shore.

https://x.com/KayserHoops/status/1998123527531122819 Starting to feel like this might be 1 of those recruitments that’s a higher staff priority than we think it is.

Assuming he's the right sort the kid's basically Sarratt, right? Would be as easy as yes's get.

Heisman finalists announced tonight on Monday Night Countdown. There are 5, right? So, Mendoza, Sayin, Pavia, Love and, who, maybe Rodriguez from TTU?

https://x.com/ClayLaSoul/status/1998053232631808317 Don’t know if it has already been posted, but this is outstanding.

https://x.com/army1ton/status/1997554232833302634 This may be, honest to God, the dumbest single post on a site that’s built for that very purpose. Sure, Cig’s done well, but he hasn’t had to overcome the same insurmountable barriers as….. Marcus Freeman.

https://x.com/AllenTrieu/status/1998024246312972356 I get the impression that young Mr Sales really enjoys the attention. But if the staff is down with him I certainly am.

‘26 from what I can tell. As we’ve discussed before, now that NIL is more than competitive with most European professional leagues Eurobigs are gonna be coming out of the woodwork.

There’s a better longer clip of him, but has what I assume is Serbian commentary playing over the entire thing which is a little tough to listen to. This has a bit of an intro to the kid with the added benefit of a great freaking song playing over it. Looks a lot like the 2 brothers playing at Illinois

https://x.com/AdamZagoria/status/1997385437548060676 Possibly the next up in the IU center ‘26 tour. Does not appear to be a Acimovic. Has a very nice list of inquiries.

You may be right. I’m sure Oregon’s a good bit better than BYU but, man, TTU made those guys look like, physically, they flat out they didn’t belong yesterday.

I hope you’re right. I’ve become incredibly sick of Vandy fans and their geriatric QB asking the POTUS to increase the number of playoff teams. I would want to root for them and they made it flat freaking impossible.