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He has been one of the rare portal guys we have taken without prior proven production as he didn’t do squat at OSU.

Someone stated he didn’t even travel with the team (not good) but I haven’t seen official confirmation.

I know some don’t like Gus but I’d take Klatt and Gus over these two dudes every single day.

Big bummer about Evan’s. Hope it’s just for a game or so.

I’ll bet a lot of east coast IU alums will show up. I went to the UCLA game last year, at the Rose Bowl, and could not believe how many Hoosiers were there. Several UCLA fans said that, aside from USC, they had never seen so many opposing fans.

Any updates? I know he raved about his IU visit but he subsequently also raved about his visit to Pitt and the proximity to his family/house (30 minute drive).

Me too. Nebraska beats Maryland by three, gets killed by Minnesota, beats Northwestern by a TD and Ruhle parlays that into a big extension..LOL. I realize it was to fend off PSU but I don’t think PSU would have truly wanted to hire him. I feel 1,000% better about the extension IU put together for Cig.

When Tom Allen was fired by IU a $15mm settlement was reached with no “claw back” if he found another job As we know he found 7 figure jobs at PSU, and then Clemson, and was able to keep all the 15mm and the incremental cash. It sounds like Franklin is going to Va Tech and getting a large contract. Unlike Allen’s deal, PSU’s payout to Franklin is reduced by whatever he makes at Va Tech. Bottom line is that PSU owing Franklin 50mm is a good headline but they most likely won’t be paying him much of anything beyond what he is owed for the balance of this season.

Closer than usual game for us…. IU - 45 Twerps - 10

The media assumption that it’s a no-brainer that we are going to win at PSU makes me nervous. They have a ton of 4/5 stars, were a top 3 team (must be some talent), 100k fans and who knows how they will regroup after Franklin’s departure? I think we will win but……

Watching the last 10 minutes of the BIG TEN GAME in 60 minutes on BTN. Normally I would not bother watching the ending of a Rutgers at PU game but seeing all the happy/excited PU fans and players, and knowing how they are ultimately going to pee on themselves, is must-see TV.

Would it be wrong for the IU administration to ask Maryland if we could use one of their stadium offices to sign Keys during his Maryland visit???

Was listening to SVPelt and his betting sidekick Steve who contacted one of his Vegas guys to ask the OSU-IU line if the conference championship was held today. My guess was that OSU would be favored by 3.5 but Steve’s Vegas guy said the line would be OSU favored by 7. Higher than I thought but that’s why the games are played. First things first…..Beat Maryland!

The way Cig describes Maryland, and virtually all of our opponents, they should be ranked top 5…:) He isn’t going to let the team relax against anyone.

You type faster than me :)

Looking like Kelly is finished at LSU. He is 64 but the good news is that the $53,000,000 buyout he is owed should make it relatively easy for him to delay taking social security until he turns 70.

Yep. Iowa and Washington should be top 25. Mid tier BT teams just don't seem to attract the attention that SEC teams do. As an example Tennessee beat a crappy UK team and rose 3 spots to 14th…LOL. Their 6 wins are Syracuse, East TN State, UAB, a poor MS State in overtime, a poor Arkansas by 3 and UK. #19 Missouri has beaten Central Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Umass and Auburn. SEC has some good teams but the “ranked gauntlet narrative” is overblown as they seem to get lower tiered teams ranked.

Will be interesting to see how Oregon finishes the season. Oregon still has Iowa, USC and Washington. None of the three are ranked but I think they all are (should be) top 25 teams.

We play AT Penn State. In their last game Penn State was leading , at the beginning of the 4th quarter, at Iowa and ended up losing by just a point. Not shabby. I think we will beat PSU but the amount of press making it sound like a pre-ordained cake walk seems a bit crazy to me.

Thanks but I’d really like a link to the MRI/Xray results :)

Really looking forward to Cig updating Fishers status in his Monday presser. Fingers crossed.

I don’t see it. Who in the Big Ten would want to hire him ?

We are getting our props but my issue is 10 of them in the top 25.

Bama barely beats a putrid South Carolina team and the announcers say “nothing comes easy in the SEC” (ie every game is the ultimate challenge). IU wins at Iowa and it’s almost as if the game never happened.

Iowa would be ranked 15-20th or so if they had SEC patches on their uniforms.