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Definitely not my style. He's got no issues throwing stones back. Here's the thing though, he might be right. He's got a season to prove it.

Thanks for sharing. I'll just say this. I'm not defending Coach Prime so keep that in mind. Won 3 more games than the previous season he took over. 1-11 the previous season when he took over and he told those players to leave Doesn't bad mouth anyone publicly until they cast the first stones. Xavier Smith cast the first stone is this case Running a high risk high reward program. He's an extremely confident and brutally honest person that rubs folks the wrong the way. Personally, I don't like his style but I respect the heck out of him. The verdict is still out if he's running an unsuccessful campaign. It's only his second season but he tripled the school's wins from the previous season. I would say that's far from unsuccessful but that's just me.

What did I miss?

If I had to guess, the JMU cluster has something to prove. We'll see how that transfers to Big Ten football, but personally, I'm extremely comfortable who's running IUFB.

I think eligibility was the issue. I could be wrong though.

DT from JMU

Yeah, that was a messy deal. Who knows. I thought he as at UAB with Dilfer?

Projected starter CB Kobee Minor has entered the transfer portal.

Top 100 QB out of Middletown, OH Son of Jon Kitna, NFL QB from 1996-2013 247 Rivals On3

If I were a betting man, he's either going to Vandy or IU. I could be wrong but I'm still willing to bet it.

If this Hemenway rumor is correct, I am happy for him and his family. He's battled the injury bug pretty much throughout his college career. He'll contribute in the locker room for sure. Also willing to bet Calbert Cheney might have a lot to do with making this happen. (Cheney was teammates with Celmson's HC during their high school days.) I believe he's like Goode who always wanted to be at IUBB. I watched him play a lot in high school. He was teammates with Jack Nundge during his sophomore year at Castle. They were a lot of fun to watch. I think he played against Leal a couple of times as well. Good kid. Really happy for him.

Going to try and get to every home game this year. I already got my tickets for the Rose Bowl game in September.

This makes sense. I was thinking the same thing. Noticed he put himself in the portal.

Havodipo already covered this but I concur. We need more depth on the defensive side of the ball. It's hard to tell where we stand compared to other schools in our conference but I'm confident we are a much better football team compared to last year's. The offense is much better with a lot of depth at the skilled positions. The defense tackled for the first time last night so I'm not too concerned with some of the missed tackles. I think the biggest concern I have personally is the lack of depth on defense. Hopefully the injuries heal (James Carpenter, Jailin Walker, and Lanell Carr Jr. in particular) and the portal will take care of all that. "We've got a long way to go, and a short time to get there." -Coach Cig

Source: Active NIL engagements require the labor of athletes. This can be any form of service or work by the athlete in the engagement—things such as posting on social media, appearing at an event, or signing an autograph. These NIL activations are the most common in the industry, as brands and collectives have increasingly turned student-athletes towards participation in the influencer economy. Passive NIL engagements leverage the influence of the athlete without requiring any labor on the athlete’s end. The group licensing payments for the upcoming EA Sports NCAA Football video game can best illustrate this type of engagement. In exchange for financial considerations, student-athletes give EA Sports a license to use their name, image, likeness, voice, and jersey number in the game. No labor comes from the student-athlete, and therefore, no violation of their student visa has occurred. Based on that article I linked this is how I understand the differences between the two. I could be wrong though. Passive Examples: You buy the athlete's jersey at Dicks because the athlete signed a licensed deal to allow it. You play the athlete on EA Sports College Football 25. Active Examples: So while the athlete isn't waiting tables per se he is signing the jersey you just bought at Dicks or posting an ad of him on the cover of EA Sports College Football 25 on his social media account, or running a summer camp during the offseason, or in a local commercial slinging a product, or is the guest speaker at a corporate event. So I think there are so much more opportunity for the athlete to maximize there worth/value with active engagements. Especially if they're able to combine the two together, like at a jersey signing or what have you. It allows the athlete to do the George Costanza and 'double dip' if that makes sense.

This will be a glorified practice so the casual fan and some die hard fans of football watching will get bored will quick. Personally, I'm just stoked to see what kind of team we've got right now. I'm betting the offense will be two fold better than last year's and the team as a whole will be a lot more fundamentally sound.

He most likely got his bank through the passive method. I'm leaning more towards a "licensing revenue" way if that makes sense. This is where he can grant permission to third parties, such as apparel vendors, to use his NIL on clothing and on other merchandise. Compare it to when you buy computer software. You purchase the licensing agreements with the copyright holders of the software. Oscar Tshiebwe was able to bank $20k a month this way in just apparel sales. Regarding the lump sum, just so long as it's deemed a passive engagement he can bank in the US.

It'll be 1v1, that's how he rolls.

OL Josh Witt, TE Anthony Miller Jr., and DL Trey Laing to the portal.

Y'all have no idea what kind of ecstatic I am today. Hopefully, it's the beginning of an IUFB era I've been dreaming for my entire life. No self imposed limitations. -Coach Cig

That's exactly what I would imagine. Both Edey and Painter had been pretty vocal about the limitations he faced with NIL. I do know he partnered with his school's NIL store and released an officially licensed hockey jersey (aka a passive deal). On3 had him valuated at around $810k in November 2023. Ballo hasn't played a single second on the court in B-Town and I'm assuming jersey's haven't even started manufacturing yet. Nor is he the returning POY, like Edey was. I guess what I'm saying is if he's getting the dollar amount that folks are throwing out here, we got bent over backwards on the deal. Even if Ballo turns out to be our jackpot and brings home a banner the valuation of him probably isn't more than $900k. On3 has him currently ranked 5th in valuation (compared to last year Hunter Dickenson was 5th at $844k). With Ballo being a F-1, that dollar amount valuation is probably lower than last year's 5th ranked valuation. Ballo has NIL limitations and I would be very interested to know what kind of passive deal he got. Maybe he signed a licensed deal with Adidas or something. Who knows.

Isn't he in the states on a F-1 visa aka student visa? If that's the case, I am skeptical with the numbers being thrown because he can only earn from passive deals (i.e. Ballo gives EA Sports license to use his NIL) or active deals (things such as posting on social media, appearing at an event, or signing an autograph) outside of the US. What kind of passive deal would he get for the numbers being thrown around?