RaceToTheTop

Coach Michael Woodson Is not Curtis Cignetti Now a football school

MIght be a blessing in disguise. He was having trouble getting court time this year, so if he redshirts would give him an extra year.

In 7 years his current girlfriend will be 31 and he'll be looking for a new 24 year old girlfriend.

North Carolina letting 73 year old Mack Brown and going after 73 year old Bill Belichick. For Belichick, this sounds more about ego than sound decision.

Not often a team shoots 58% from the field and loses. Not a great defensive performance by UM and they killed themselves with 17 turnovers.

SMU quarterback Preston Stone enters. Started for SMU in 2023, throwing for 3200 yards, 60% completion and 28 TDs to 6 interceptions. Lost the starting job to Kevin Jennings this season. In limited play, completed 30 of 51 passes for 421 yards, 5 TDs and 1 interception.

Current rumor is that UNC has made a big push but Belichick has not agreed to anything. Another rumor out there is that the hang up might be that Belichick basically wants complete control of the football program with no interference from the athletic department...and that could be his way of trying to set his son up to inherit the position.

Report on Dawgnation.com is that he is getting a second opinion, so I would assume the UCL rumor is true. And if it's true, it doesn't matter what opinion any doctor offers him, he can't throw.

Not sure why you would say that. His numbers at Miami (F) are basically what Rourke put up against MAC competition when he was at Ohio. There are differences in the way that numbers translate and I'm sure that Cignetti looked at more than Rourke's numbers, but Van Dyke has talent. After he got the job at Miami near mid season as a freshman, he put together a six game string where he threw for 300+ every game and had 20 touchdowns. If Cignetti felt he was the guy for the system, I'd have no problem with it.

IU up three spots on Pom after the Minnesota game, now at 41; 37 on Torvik.

Gotcha.

Considering that IU plays Nebraska on the thirteenth and then only plays two what should be easy non-conference games prior to January 2nd, this is one that probably will end up coloring the IU fanbase's mood for the next three weeks.

Good win. Effort there, offense there. Second half defense not real good, but I'll take the win.

He's one step from getting blow byes that are ending up getting blocked. Needs to improve there.

Giving up too many layups/dunks this half.

Very selfish shot there by Mitchell.

Torvik had it at IU by 10.3. Don't confuse NET rankings with power rankings.

They just can't keep up in terms of NIL. Johnson actually did a good job with his team last year -- 9-11 in the Big Ten and win a game in the NIT.

Sloppy last couple of minutes.

Four on Carlyle

I like this version of Carlyle.

Offensively playing well. Defense okay but we've allowed like three straight line drives to the hoop this half which isn't good.

They were. It should be noted, though, that Mike Mitchell had only played in three games. He's a career 41% three point shooter and probably their second best player.

I heard he was allergic to championship banners.

Ballo and Reneau a combined 8 of 8 in the paint in the first half.