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Big difference between Lance Leipold and Tom Allen

If he was all about LEO and loved the university he would negotiate and buyout for the fraction of what he's owed.

Kansas hasn't been shy to throw money around and retry. And they are having success with the most unknown and likely cheapest of the recent bunch (Weis, Myles)

Allen or whoever is the coach, needs to be prioritizing OL on the transfer portal. IU can't survive recruiting at a MAC level for that unit

So is the football team

San Diego stuff smokes the same as LA if I had to guess

Bought a Rock jersey his rookie year. Then he kinda wasn't great or got hurt then switched numbers his second season. Frustrating, so went with a Taylor jersey this past offseason

There enough room for Alabama special advisor's to take on both Frost and Rhule?

Yannick is awesome and Gilmore is a great addition. But Yannick was a cap casualty and Colts traded one of their busts (Ballard hasn't drafted CBs well at all) Smith was given an extension a year early wasn't he? I believe he still had a year, if not 2, on his rookie deal when he was given his extension. He was a very solid college guard, had a very solid rookie season moving to RT, then given a huge extension based off that year as he was injured and had Covid the other years on his deal if my memory serves correctly. Maybe he gets it ironed out, but he was just moved from RT to RG last week, why? Odd look, no? I've said before the defense is outstanding, it's just a shame that the offense is so putrid. That's another thing, Ballard's had plenty of cap space every season as GM, he could have added weapons for Wentz and for Ryan. Julio Jones was available just this offseason. Not saying he'd be a big addition, but I can't imagine it being a bad thing for Piece and even Pittman Jr to learn from one of the best WRs the league has seen the past 15 years. From the outside looking in, I'm not sure the brain trust (Ballard, Reich and Irsay) are even on the same page. Clearly Irsay is of the belief this is a Super Bowl caliber roster based on the Jax loss and moving on from Wentz after the come-to-Jesus meeting last season. I just find it odd that once again Colts have dug themselves a hole to dig out of in September. The AFC South is so bad, that it may not matter, but I'd love to see the Colts score offensive touchdowns again. Would be a welcome change. Slow Monday and it's my dog's birthday so nothing better to do. Cheers

LT? Ballard inherited Castanzo and never bothered finding a heir apparent until he'd already retired and due to that force a project OL into LT role on primetime football just this past week. He may be a project, but these games do count. Fair he's better than Grigson, but Grigson was at least aggressive in free agency. I still don't know what Ballard is waiting on there

Is it scheme or talent? He needs to go, family friend or not, but what change would it make in 2022? Beyond?

Announcer just really say IU needs to drop back pass, but they don't have the ability in a nice way?

My bad missed that - thought you were saying he should stay and only Reich should go. Wouldn't have replied as much if I knew that. Just have buddies who sing Ballard's praises similar to you do and I just don't get it

Team building philosophy is one of the most important tasks for a GM to get right. Ballard hasn't done that to your own admission. So again, I don't understand your infatuation for him. The owner believes this is a Super Bowl caliber team, if Ryan can't get this team to the playoffs, would you really want Ballard to continue making personnel decisions for what would be the 6th QB in as many years?

You can't be a great GM and have a "great eye" for talent and completely abandon the 4 most important positions in today's NFL. Very conflicting statements, no?

I've never understood why Ballard gets the love he does. Looks at his draft record and he doesn't even attempt to use quality picks on the OL. Combined that with his continued reluctance to supplement the roster through FA - it's no wonder Ryan is getting killed. He's Grigson without the FA aggression and a Trent Richardson trade.

Could he have done it on a Thursday? Not saying I want Ellinger, but the OL hadn’t been great and plays are breaking down left and right out there - having someone who’s mobile might not be the worst idea. Colts OL performing a lot like IUs OL just paid a lot more handsomely

IU will get abused by the B1G East. I don’t understand how a Power5 conference OL can be this bad. And how does a coach not make it a priority to fix it? Looking at the recruiting commitments I don’t see much help on the way either. Relegation an option? Our QBs health would welcome it

Too late to back out of the ND series? I have a hard time believing that IU football didn't peak in 2020. So embarrassing

I know one thing - we'd get our ***** kicked in the Sun Belt

Give it to him til he pukes!

Far better throwing it around - Hiller the run game coordinator I see...that adds up

Stay out and keep drinkin'

While IU needs to get serious about winning in football, and every sport for that matter, there's no way IU is firing Allen if the athletic department budget hasn't improved. There's a reason we wound up with Walt Bell as OC...

Hope we talk about how much we love each other at half. That will solve all our problems...