bigrod

I believe he is saying that you don't know for fact that those are the finalists.

...and lucking into Tom Brady is what allowed him to keep his job. Nothing happens in a vacuum. It's not a coincidence that we had Penix and Deboer when Allen had his best years.

Yeah, that's the thing with this team. They're not playing great, but at least they are still winning. I had a bad feeling about this game coming into it, but they managed to pull out the win. Not sure this is sustainable going into conference play though.

I don't see this team having an easy game all season.

Jeff Saturday

You mean, won by us, right?

Yeah, as much as I hate it, this is the best and most likely move. Like you said, unless we have a slam-dunk hire chomping at the bit, we have another year to dream about mediocrity. Maybe TA will decide for himself to move out/on, but I seriously doubt that will happen. What's one more year of disappointment? It's just IU football.

James Madison > Thomas Izzo

I wish I didn't feel this way, but it would be nice if he had the vision to make the necessary changes BEFORE his back was against the wall. I'll believe last Saturday wasn't a fluke if they don't crap the bed this week. He hasn't given anyone any reason to believe he can sustain success.

I think I gained 2 lbs just reading "6000 calories."

I think this is impossible to under estimate.

I would think it would backfire if they did. Geronimo and DQ are totally different players. That's not even taking into consideration that Miller recruited Geronimo.

Can we get someone else to make the tacos???

It all depends on what the camera footage shows. If it's not the official story, they're known to malfunction :D

I totally agree that Baker is not good, but if you read that rule, it was called incorrectly. It's dependent on who initiated contact, and the Browns player clearly ran into Baker. At the very least, you don't call that because it wasn't a clear violation. But instead, they called a penalty that had absolutely nothing to do with the fumble and recovery. I'm not sure how you can say that didn't effect the outcome. They went from getting a TO to close out the game to giving the Browns yardage and possession. Compound that with the next call that was totally ridiculous, and the fact that it came right at the end of the game, and the refs totally effected the outcome.

Two calls where the refs decided to put their mark on the game. The first had nothing to do with the play, and even then was questionable. The second was clearly an un catchable ball. That game was a microcosm of why I don’t make watching the NFL a priority any more. As it was, I only watched the second half. It was an exciting half until the refs decided to make sure the Browns won.

Lots of doom and gloom here today. We just have to hope that Cupps gets some good experience this year and is ready to start next year. I think (hope) he is going to surprise a lot of people. We are still tending in the right direction, and any reasonable person knew it wasn't going to happen overnight. I always felt like the third year for a new coach is a good tell for the future. Let's hope we keep building and maybe finish better than expectations. If that happens, a couple of these players get drafted, and maybe someone makes a nice jump, I think we're in good shape for the Spring.

I was worried about drafting Young because he wouldn't be able to handle NFL hits. Too bad, he looked really good before he got knocked out.

Could be - I'm just going off what I was told. I'm not even sure where to look that rule up.

I think once he plays, even if it's only one play, the rollover is done. If he really wants to leave, the best thing he could do is play and play well for the rest of the season. How many teams are going to want to give a big multi-year contract to a RB who has been injured most of the last two seasons? I think you're right though that his best bet is to stay with the Colts.

The way I look at it, the more he is doing, the less TA is doing. Win-win...

Yes. Personally, I'm fine with being the kind of team that is trying to just get into a bowl every year, averaging 5-6 wins. Some years we don't make it, but every once in a while, we're sniffing the top 20. I'm not asking for us to have an awesome football team, just not to suck so badly.

They were so worried he was going to go to a bigger and better job. Instead, the real people behind the success went elsewhere. I remember when people on here were saying that we are now a football school? Can you imagine if he had left and DeBoer took over?

Their offense was a little disappointing, but that may have been due to Minshew not having a great game. Pierce is seeming more and more like a wasted pick. But, they play the Rams next. Have to feel decent about our chances with the Rams coming off a Monday night game and traveling to Indy for a 1pm game. They almost lose two days there.

Excessively ingratiating or insincerely earnest. Just trying to help! (Is that smarmy of me?)