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Twitter account is certainly credible. Brockway writes for the same papers Hutchens did and replaced him. Not sure if IU is telling the truth but reporter and this account legit and credible.

Maybe I am drinking the Kool aid but naming Penix the starter feels different. For to long IU has gone the safe route and it has gotten us nowhere. Finally we are taking a risk with the raw talent which is a great change and makes me hopeful for a 7-8 win season. This reminds me of two years ago with IU soccer when I went to an exhibition game vs. Louisville. Watching that game I kept texting my friend that this team feels different and it was the first time I saw a team that really looked elite since the Jerry Yeagley days (and fans around me kept saying it's 'about time' when watching the team so I think everyone got that feeling). Two years later while it didn't result in a championship, it resulted in the two best seasons of elite soccer since Jerry left (yes they were better then the 2012 team who got hot and won title). While IU football is not on the same level and it may not result in a new years day bowl, four years of Penix makes me feel like something finally different and maybe we are a consistent bowl team for the next 4 years and we return to the Mallory era which is the best IU football has seen. Excited for the season!

The timing is terrible. So far Ballard has hit right on the money with every draft pick almost. Now, next year he has to hit the biggest of all in what will make or break his tenure with the next franchise QB. The worst thing would be for Brissett to overachieve this season and Colts signing him long term. Take your medicine this year and then let Ballard try to work his magic in the draft next year as he has so far with other picks.

I agree. I was about to post about this saying the same thing.

I figured, but just wanted to point that fact out in case he really was thinking that way.

You do realize Galloway announced late Friday afternoon two weeks ago? He may pick Stanford, but the time has zero to do with what school he is picking.

Guess you can add Baseball and Ice Hockey to that but otherwise I had the rule correct. Thanks for finding the exact wording. Much appreciated.

I believe outside of Football and Basketball everyone is allowed a one time transfer waver to be eligible immediately but I am not positive on that. I seem to remember being told that when Dlyan Mares transferred to the men's soccer team and was eligible right away way back in 2013. I could be remembering wrong and rules may have changed but this would make most sense.

I was hearing this was going to happen, but Eli Dunham officially announces he is coming back despite being drafted. Means we lost 8 of 10 draftees but return him and Barr which is huge. With Mercer, I fully expect them to take next step forward and be top 10-20 round picks next year. I could see both being in contention for Big Ten Player of Year.

I knew about one of those not the other. Again, 5 guys who barely played and Walker. Busald was flat out terrible the couple times he pitched and Bridge didn't play enough to know anything. All these guys except Walker were never going to play here. They are the type of players who may of played ten years ago when team was lesser talented pre-Tracy Smith but now very unlikely. As for guys that are returning, Sommer was flat out dominant on Tuesday and pitched 5 shutout innings in summer league which is good to see given he is projected as the Saturday starter probably.

I'll get this out of the way and tell you guys there is going to be at least a fifth transfer (not going to name it until it's "official" but this player is gone) as well I know of for sure. It is not anyone who plays regularly and makes little difference but found out about it last weekend. I will say to have 5 transfers is a lot, but other than Walker, it is guys who never play and Walker is mediocre at best. What you have to worry about is when you lose your core which we did not. None of the guys who left are guys I had pencil in to play this year. In this day in age of instant gratification (especially after a coaching change) anytime players don't play, they leave. Trust me we have the right guy in charge in Mercer. With what is coming in and what's returning I expect another pretty good year where we are right in contention assuming Sommer and Bierman take a leap and we find a third starter for Sunday which I think we will.

Not what I was told. I have heard he tried and was declined the RS by NCAA.

That was obvious. He was a senior so unless he got a medical red-shirt (which I did not expect) he exhausted his eligibility. Never projected him onto next year's team and the red-shirt was a Hail Mary he did not get.

I am not sure but I know since Supposedly they have a waiting list, if I drop, someone on it should be given chance to get tickets. The fact they called and pleaded with me to renew (and yes she definitely pleaded) tells me they are having trouble getting season ticket commitments. If the interest was high she would of just moved on and gone to someone on waiting list I assume.

Not entirely but if they had enough people interested to replace me I would not of been called. The fact that they needed to call me means at the very least they are struggling to get renewals. They may in the end get it but at the very least they are having trouble. I for one half hope (and half don't since I want fans to support team and don't need the bad press) they lose 3-4K season ticket holders and get a kick in the butt to change how they do things. Getting hit in pocket is surest way to make changes to how things run.

I think IU is finally gonna get a wake up call this year and are about to get hit in the pocket with a lot of non ticket renewals and individual tickets available every game much like in 08-10 when Crean rebuilt. This is not insider knowledge but I was one who did not renew (It had nothing to do with performance but a job add that keeps me busy at nights and weekends at times) and got a call from IU just now about why I did not renew? I asked the woman on the phone if a lot of people did not renew and she stated she cannot disclose that but they are trying to get as many renewals as possible. This tells me a ton of people of dropped and IU is about to get hit in the pocket in athletic revenue which hopefully is the kick in the butt IU needs to get it together.

I was at the 11 game watching Femi last night so I did not fully processed that this had happened until this morning. Either way this is very interesting and I am curious to see who IU gets to replace him.

I am not making excuses and have been very clear that McRobbie needs to go and the University needs to find a president who is more transparent and balances athletics and academics. But trust me when I tell you that when you hire a foreign president it is very hard for them to grasp the importance of athletics within an American University when you are not from here. I know of at least one other University that ran into the same scenario with a foreign president who didn't grasp the depth of how much athletics matter in this country and had been there just as long and had to resign as a result. You cannot understand how athletics matter within a university culture in this country unless you grew up in this country since no other nation has big time sports within the school. It has nothing to do with being dumb.

Trust me when I tell you that being from Australia he does not fully get how athletics work within a University. Its got nothing to do with being dumb. Unless you grow up in America, you cannot truly grasp how college sports in America fit within a University, since no other country has big time athletics as part of a school.

McRobbie has done some good things for the University academically. He's also far easier to work with then the previous presidents and a lot of people I know like him for the most part. He's not perfect but cares about the University far more from an academic standpoint (even if rankings don't show it). He is decent compared to the past 2 president's and does some good things. He just doesn't get athletics being from a foreign country. We certainly improved who we got compared to Brand and Herbert. Now need to strive even higher for someone who is slightly better with the academics and gets how athletics work within a University culture. IU's biggest problem is they keep everything in house and try to ignore crisis' like this one and its happened time and again (I have been told this again by people who work within the University) and that far proceeds McRobbie and it allows bad PR stories like this to blow up into much bigger issues then they would be. This is where the mindset needs to change and that's what we need is a president who believes in transparency and that's what Brian Davidson is pushing for (more transparency) in running for trustees.

That's exactly what I meant is that he retires or mutually parts ways in 2021 when contract is up. That's less than 2 yrs away. I didn't mean he was leaving today or before that.

I know Zach and I can guarantee you he is not doing this to carry the Universities bell or help them. I think he is just presenting facts and then everyone can draw their own conclusions. To some it will help IU's case and to some it won't and make them look just as bad like you think. Its up to you to decide. I will not defend what University is doing and mostly against it, but I will defend Osterman to the death and know for a fact he did this with well researched facts and giving perspective for people to understand.

I'm guessing with most things its probably somewhere between Zach's article and Rabjohn's outright crusade against McRobbie which started it all (where he has resorted to 'facts' mentioned above that make no sense). I think every team pulls some but IU is pulling the most or at least the most based on what they make which is somewhat what article is saying. I think a big part of it is McRobbie is from Australia and doesn't completely get college athletics as a result, so I don't really blame him and I am sure is doing what any Australian school would do and what he thinks is best for University. I am not going to go into details but Butler had something similar happen where a president from another country didn't get athletics and resigned as a result after Final Four runs. I think McRobbie doesn't like all the heat and leaves in 2021. It's something to consider when hiring foreign presidents and fielding big time athletics (I am not saying disqualify them, but make sure they understand US athletic model and how important they are in this country and will fully support that within University mission).

And Osterman finally with a story that has some answers: https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2019/06/19/indiana-university-using-big-ten-network-money-more-than-just-athletics/1357099001/

They didn't get into that.