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No self-imposed limitations.

https://twitter.com/IndianaFootball/status/1770570186040459554?t=w7DMnfhOrTziJPUaqVpz1g&s=19

The margin of victory and losses is the main driving metric. IUBB is suffering from wining games by less than 10 (9.6 to be exact). Even though they have one of the best, if not the best, records in the conference of wins by single digits (aka close games). Also, blowout losses to UConn and Auburn in November and December carry more weight than a winning streak or clicking at the right time late in the season. Bottom line, the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) rankings hate Indiana's resume. The NET rankings apparently carries more weight with blowout wins to mid-majors and wins in November and December over improving during the season and ending the regular season on a four-game winning streak. Basically the current system places value on blowing teams out, does not value close wins against weaker opponents and penalizes teams that suffer blowout losses even if it's to better teams. All of this happened to IUBB. IUBB basically has to win the Big Ten tournament in order to punch a ticket. But personally, I think they are good enough to make the tournament right now without anymore wins. But that's just me. It is what it is.

It is IUFB we're talking here but today, right now, I'm at the level of we're going to turn some heads this year and going to be the talk of the nation. Like, major talk. Keep in mind every year about this time I'm always thinking we're going to win at least 6 games, but this year feels different than others. Hearing the coach say words like "No self imposed limitations" or "Change the way people think" just oozes with confidence. It's what this program needs, a proven winner. I'm excited and can't wait for the season to start. But again, we're talking IUFB here so only time will tell.

This is why I'm very bullish on IUFB. My unicorn dream to see before I get fed to the worms is to witness IU become a football school. ESPN: Simply put, no one has won big here in nearly a century. How did Scott Dolson and the administration tell you it was going to be different? Cignetti: I think I sensed the commitment here that, obviously, college athletics has changed a lot. Football has changed a lot. Football's driving the bus across the country in terms of athletic revenue. And Scott has not been here that long as the AD, but he's been here 33 years and had a really good feel for Indiana. He came up as a ball boy under Bobby Knight. He and I really hit it off. I really got a sense from the president, Pamela Whitten, who had been at Georgia for five years and at Michigan State 15, that football was really important. Institutionally, the football budget and the commitment would be there. I knew there would be an NIL commitment, at least triple what it had been. As it turns out, it's been more than that. I felt like there was a commitment to get it done. And I felt extremely confident with a commitment that we would be successful. And I think in December, we made tremendous progress here. You can't really measure, it's not tangible or quantifiable because we haven't played a game. But we completely flipped the roster in December.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/39710229/new-indiana-coach-curt-cignetti-expects-big-things-bloomington

I was embarrassed during the Wisconsin road game. I stopped watching his team after that. A team's character is a reflection of the coach's character.

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Who knows, maybe IU will turn into a football school and we're all focused on CFP banners! Lol!

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