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Indiana Football ‏@HoosierFootball  16m16 minutes ago Another All-Big Ten selection! Congrats to #iufb LT Jason Spriggs for earning Second Team honors.

Indiana Football ‏@HoosierFootball  11m11 minutes ago Add another FIRST TEAMER to the list on the offensive side of the ball! Congrats to #iufb RB, @jhoward_8.

Indiana Football ‏@HoosierFootball  23m23 minutes ago Congrats to #iufb QB @NateSudfeld on an All-Big Ten Third Team selection!

Indiana Football ‏@HoosierFootball  49m49 minutes ago Congrats to #iufb RG Dan Feeney, who has been named FIRST TEAM All-Big Ten!

Someone is going to not be happy to see they're facing us in their bowl game.

Someone is going to not be happy to see they're facing us in their bowl game.

Someone is going to not be happy to see they're facing us in their bowl game.

Indiana may have slipped in the back door in terms of qualifying for a postseason bowl appearance in the 2015 season but in my opinion this was a bowl bid well earned by this Indiana football team. Here is my take.
There was one thought that kept coming back to me over and over Saturday afternoon as I sat in the press box at Ross-Ade Stadium following Indiana’s 54-36 victory over Purdue in the Old Oaken Bucket game.
 
It was simply that Indiana was soon to be headed to a bowl game that it clearly deserved to be playing in.
 
This was an IU football team that came within a touchdown of then No. 1 Ohio State in a 34-27 loss to the Buckeyes.
 
This was an IU football team that trailed 28-26 to then No. 7 Michigan State in the fourth quarter before the Spartans raced to a 52-26 victory.
 
This was an IU team that dropped a 35-27 decision to Iowa, a team that could find its way into the College Football Playoff.
 
This was an IU football team that lost in double overtime to Michigan 48-41 despite leading by a touchdown before the final play of regulation.
 
Those four games, all losses, told us something about Indiana football. It told us that the Hoosiers were fighters and deserved a chance to be playing in the postseason.
 
When IU scored 101 points in the final two weeks of the season in wins over Maryland and Purdue and did so without 1,000-yard plus running back Jordan Howard, we were reminded of just how much talent this Indiana team possesses.
 
No, make no mistake. This Indiana football team deserves to be bowling come late December. These seniors who have endured some difficult times in their IU careers deserve to be able to play together for another month. Kevin Wilson and his staff deserves to be able to coach them.
 
And Indiana football fans deserve one more opportunity to see these guys play.
 
The next stop for the Hoosiers could be New York City or Santa Clara (the town where Nate Sudfeld was born) the day after Christmas. It could be Detroit on Dec. 28 or Fort Worth on Dec. 29. It could be Dec. 30 in Nashville or San Diego, too.
 
It will be another week before we learn of IU’s bowl destination.
 
But the only thing that matters is that Indiana took care of business and removed all the guess work out of what lies ahead.
 
Had IU lost it would have had to have hoped to be one of the 5-7 teams selected to go to a bowl game. But that 5-7 advancement would almost carry an asterisk, too, as the Hoosiers would not have properly earned a postseason bid.
 
And that’s where I keep coming back to today. Indiana football earned the right to play in a bowl game. Indiana football deserves to be there.
 
Now we can sit back and learn the opponent and the destination for what will be a historic outcome for the 2015 IU football season.


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I see he fell for the old "Ohio State Weekend" trick...

Alright, enough of Morgan, he needs to go. You don't mess with Carol!

Ah I see. Yeah that stinks, he's played so hard. Maybe NFL scouts will forget about him and we'll get him for one more year lol.

Ah I see. Yeah that stinks, he's played so hard. Maybe NFL scouts will forget about him and we'll get him for one more year lol.

Ah I see. Yeah that stinks, he's played so hard. Maybe NFL scouts will forget about him and we'll get him for one more year lol.

"He's got his team playing very well."
 
 
Were these guys under a rock last week? 

Hopefully the team realizes it's a 'cupcake' and not a 'turnover'!    Would love to see 35 minutes of high quality b-ball and then turn the game over to MSB and his benchmates.

With Juwan Morgan out, tension high, and the ultimate crumbly cupcake in town, I needs me some Middle School Bob minutes tonight to provide levity.

Its official, Oakes won the "Insert Names here" kicker award and was 1st team B1G in both the coaches and media poll.
Oddly enough, no one from IU won any Defensive awards or were named to any of the All-Defensive teams.
 
The offensive awards are given out tomorrow.

For all those little nuggets that are worth recording. First up:
 
 
David Cooper ‏@IU_Coop42  1h1 hour ago IU needs to get my guy on a visit!! @ross8156 5Star All-American DB out of Florida! #IUFB #IUHoosiers he's interested

CKW and Coach Johns will both be there for a in home visit tomorrow. Lets hope thats the final push and we get a commit this week!

Went to the game again tonight and the Magic beat the Celtics 110-91.
 
Victor came off the bench again and had
 
19 PTS 5/12, 7/8 FT
8 REB
6 AST
2 STL
1 Blk shot
He played 30 mins.
 
I hate that he doesn't start because I don't get to hear "out of Indiana University" when the starting line up is introduced, but he is playing great!  Went to 3 games in 5 days and they won all three.  Pinch me, I must be dreaming!   :)

You know who I haven't seen mentioned and I thought played well? Rashard Fant. He's really the one corner we can leave on and island and still have hope he can cover his man one on one. He leads the nation in pass break ups, he's really came into his own.

i would be ecstatic about the win but it wouldn't change my opinion of Crean. A win over Duke is exiting but we have had other big wins in Crean's tenure. It's not the lack of big wins in the regular season, it's the chronic losses to Northwestern and no tourney success and the end of year slide that always happens that is the problem

Steve Alford....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Otherwise, I'm ok w/the list.  ;)   I'd prefer Dane Fife to sit on the Asst Coach bench a little longer, but that's just me.

Not sure where people were saying Troy isn't coachable, but...

@MikeMillerHT: Crean says he was late to presser because he was with Troy Williams putting in extra work. "He's very receptive to (teaching points)."

Sorry. We'll just set back and wait for you to give the ok that we've done well enough to earn a few seconds of trash talk to the sportswriters.