Magnanimous

That’s fair. Levron’s productivity gets overshadowed by Randel El’s running ability and not playing in the NFL, whereas Howard was second in rushing yards his rookie season. I also forget that Howard only played 9 games for us. He was a workhorse though in the short time he was here.

I think Tracy would have had to add 15-20 pounds.

A little offseason discussion, what would your all-IUFB team be for players from 2000-present? Some of these are pretty obvious, but here’s mine (using the AP All-American roster format): QB - Fernando Mendoza RB 1 - Tevin Coleman RB 2 - Jordan Howard WR 1 - James Hardy WR 2 - Elijah Sarratt WR 3 - Omar Cooper TE - Riley Nowakowski OL - Carter Smith OL - Rodger Saffold OL - Pat Coogan OL - Dan Feeney OL - Jason Spriggs DL - Mikail Kamara DL - Greg Middleton DL - Tyrique Tucker DL - CJ West LB - Aiden Fisher LB - Micah McFadden LB - Tegray Scales CB - D’Angelo Ponds CB - Tracy Porter S - Louis Moore S - Jamar Johnson K - Nico Radicic P - Mitch McCarthy Returner - Marcus Thigpen 5 Honorable Mention Offense - Antwaan Randle El, Charlie Becker, Courtney Roby, Kurtis Rourke, Levron Williams 5 Honorable Mention Defense (this was a little harder to come up with, but these guys were all memorable to me) - Matt Mayberry, Isaiah Jones, Marcelino Ball (when healthy), Darius Latham, Tiawan Mullen

Hey, I’m still watching our championship game.

Think Hoover gets 4 TDs this game. Have a hunch that Cig may want him to gun for Joe Burrow’s stats this season to shut up at least part of the whole 2019 LSU narrative.

Agreed, and most colleges start the third week of August anyway. If conference championships even continue, those should be on Thanksgiving weekend.

Alright, it’s finally game time again folks! I know it’s been a long and very special offseason, but now it’s time to run this back in Chapter 3 with a season opening win over the North Texas Mean Green. I’m thinking Hoover airs it out a bit more in this game than Fernando did last year in his first game as a Hoosier. Let’s get to 1-0 today and set the tone for this season. And you know what they say about being the defending champs… IMG_2051.mov

I need to start adding smiley faces to indicate I’m BS-ing in my posts…but I’d still take Alberto over Sorsby.

Not that kids aren’t allowed to improve during their times in college, but I think that TxTech really overpaid for him. Portal QB rankings should be - (1) Hoover, (2) Alberto, and then (3) Sorsby.

3-2…27-2…what’s the difference. Btw, there’s now a sizeable part of my brain that thinks Cig was referring to championships when saying “no freaking way am I going 3-2.”

This team isn’t very good. I also think they’ll win out.

Cig would’ve fouled him.

Request to the mods - when this thread eventually dies down (in 3-5 years based on these posters), can this please be locked and pinned to the top of the BTownBanners football forum?

It should Ohio State given they’ve finished behind us in the conference the last two years.

#ManhertzSteamroller

Unless we plan on there being no third downs for the entire game, it will go off haha

I went there in 2022. DO NOT get tickets on the north side(?) - whichever side has sections 115/116. Rutgers has an outrageously loud horn go off on that side during big plays. It was very annoying even sitting in section 106. You will go temporarily deaf sitting under it.

It’s going to be a good while before I’m able to see a marquee football game in Bloomington again… Tickets aside, hotel prices are obscene if you want to stay within 20 miles of town. It’ll be cheaper for a lot of us to fly to NJ to watch the Indiana-Rutgers game than to drive down to Bloomington for another Big Ten game.

Agreed. Look, this will be a new team next year and they should be afforded patience to develop and form their own identity. There will be a new QB who may play a little differently than what we just saw with Fernando (God knows he sure will act differently haha). Our offensive philosophy may change a bit based on his tools and the weapons around him. There may be growing pains and a need to find confidence and a voice in the huddle. Hoover could also be a gunslinger with 50 TDs next year and win the Heisman. Who knows? The only thing we can say for certain is that unless next year’s team goes undefeated with a national championship, they will not match this year’s team in terms of on-field accomplishments. But is it really fair to expect that of them? The expectation should be to compete and continue the growth of this program, and if done correctly we will continue to produce top 10 wins and playoff appearances. The rest will be confetti most, if not all years. The worst thing our fans could do next season is reduce interest if they go [9-3]. Cig knows what he’s doing. We’re well positioned to compete for the playoffs again, and all things considered we are actually bringing a lot back compared to a good chunk of the country.

And it’s half a billion since they joined the conference…

Run this “ish” back. IMG_2051.mov