Magnanimous

Pretty good recap of the Illinois game by Fox Sports:

Totally fair, but we do have a steady stream of big money coming in from TV deals. Plus, how many cycles will Texas Tech and aTm pony up big money? It’s one thing to make a $50 mil splash like Tech did this year, but will they continue to do this year in and year out? The other big thing is the transfer portal and no one wanting to sit anymore. Top programs can no longer hoard talent. Schools like IU are cleaning up on disgruntled P4 backups, and we also are situated nicely to grab top G5/FCS players who the bigger programs may not give much attention to (too big of a leap going from JMU to Alabama, for example).

IU has the second largest alumni association and a butt-load of money to throw around. This financial windfall allows schools like us to jump the queue into relevancy. This isn’t a fluke. As long as we keep the locker room culture going and IU remains interested in being competitive then there’s no reason we can’t be ~top 6 in the conference on a near annual basis. The Big Ten should get four teams into the CFP most years. There’s no need to go to Florida or Auburn to be in the playoff conversation for Cig. Just like how it’s become harder for IU or Kentucky basketball to pull good coaches who don’t need us to win championships, the same can be said for most SEC programs going forward. The playing field is much more even, and they don’t seem to quite understand this yet.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsjAbZDx-4&pp=ygUNZmVybmFuZG8gYWJiYQ%3D%3D

Illinois is incredibly “mid,” but I’ll take the top 10 win!

Illinois did what exactly to be ranked this high?

Any update on Moore? I don’t have game audio at the bar I’m at.

Have to imagine Tom Allen is one and done at Clemson.

ESPN just doubled-down on their stupidly around this game. First they don’t come to Bloomington, and now everyone on Gameday, except McCafe, picked Illinois to win.

At risk of derailing this thread and getting myself banned…I’m sure the demographics of the student body also influence the survey results.

Of course. I’m not attacking you, and this is an interesting data point for the university. I’d much rather hear about how IU is managing today’s campus life through message boards than on national TV.

I think that survey data validity is at an all time low, especially when one is measuring perception vs actual reality and the influence of TikTok. For example, BYU will suspend a student for drinking coffee. I wonder what their position/ranking on free speech truly is? Tying this back to the “topic du jour,” many of these lowly ranked universities have condoned some horrific speech from students and professors alike the last two years. The perception of universities having some standard to quell disruptive protests does not necessarily equate to having prohibitive rules on free speech. In fact, I would say some of the universities ranked around IU have had embarrassingly lax free speech policies. And don’t even get me started on the stats when you break down the skewed political affiliation of professors and invited campus speakers…

I don’t know how they actually measure this because some of these universities let their campuses go to complete H3ll last year before doing something about it, meaning “free speech” was at its apex there until the students got out of hand and the students “free speeching” for a particular cause, a very well coordinated and externally funded cause, were told to chill. IU got ahead of that nonsense and didn’t end up on CNN for three months letting the campus become a mess. That doesn’t mean IU has become a beacon of closemindedness and anti-free speech, but it’s a narrative some folks can now run with.

Florida may be 1-2 heading into Week 4, but suddenly Texas Tech @ Utah could be another option.

I think Cig retire here, as long as IU gives him whatever he wants.

Florida is @LSU for next week’s ABC prime time game. If that’s where Gameday goes, wonder if they’ll give UF two weeks in a row.

Alabama football is dead!

Saban was stuck coaching the cast of MTV’s Two-a-Days his first season.

I feel like Deboer is already fired, they just don’t want to scare away the next hire by announcing it yet.

-22.5 spread seems like easy money on this one. Vegas missed on IU almost every game last year.

2025 Indiana is the 2024 Indiana.

It was more enjoyable going to Old Timers at Yankee Stadium and seeing 60 year old Bucky Dent rip line drives than watching IUBB players in their late 20s play again.

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