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When the dust settles and the historians write about the football program at Indiana University they will all point to the day Pam Whitten was hired. She is the catalyst, the general that gave the marching orders to her athletic director, and the reason we still have Curt Cignetti and his staff still coaching in Bloomington, Indiana. For the first time in 57 years the program is going into a football season with a sold out Memorial Stadium. We continue to see 'first time' accomplishments and everything can be pointed back to Pam Whitten. As long as Indiana University continues to support and prioritize the football program it won't matter who's coaching when it's all said and done. Coaches will want to coach in 812 and I'm here for it.

Here's a link for reference. Proposed Rule Changes The dress code rule is absurd. They must of been upset with Ponds' look. lol. I like the fair catch rule and wasn't aware that rule was not in college football. I just assumed it was. It's one of those bizarre rules that makes coaches look like geniuses when applied. Targeting. Man, it 100% needs tweaking. It's good they're trying to do just that.

Top 50 Edge out of Cincinnati, OH 247 On3 He's the older brother of 2028 five star SG Kam Mercer. Jaylen has visited Btown a couple of times already. We were one of the first to offer.

His brother Reece has not gotten an offer from IUFB but did receive one from Wisconsin last month. If I had to guess, they'll be Badgers when it's all said and done. Or perhaps another school where both of them have offers.

Big dogs are now getting in the mix. He's picked up offers from O$U and Miami this month. Also, just a heads up, UNC is the school his current HC is from. I'm not sure that really matters to him but if he's got any interest in being coached by an eight (six as a HC) time super bowl champion he can just ask his current coach about the campus life and research triangle area.

He also made a 2025 season visit to Btown for the Wisconsin game. He's interested but both the Vols and Vandy are in play. He's just outside the 4 hour radius so who knows if proximity to home matters for this young man.

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Teammate Caleb Johnson is also in the mix. Iowa looks to be our competitor for these two.

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Personally, I'd go the route of designated areas that simply have the year. Something similar to what they do at the Shoe. An area for National Champions, a separate area for Big Ten Champions, an another area for retired numbers. I'm assuming we'll start to see more numbers retired now.

We didn't have Beebe for the entire season. Prior to injury Beebe was our best RB statistically. He was averaging close to 8yds (7.7 to be exact) per carry. For comparison, Black was at 6.3yds per carry and Hemby was at 5.5 yds per carry in roughly the same amount of attempts during the same three games. Looks like the staff was trying to have the three average 10 rushing attempts per game? I know Hemby got the bulk of the load in the ODU game (might have been due to Beebe's fumble) and the attempts tapered off in the other two games when all three of them were on the field. He then picked up more attempts when Beebe got injured. Personally, I thought Beebe was the better RB of the three last year but that's just me. Richard looks like a hybrid of both Black and Hamby. Can run between the tackles with good vision, can get to the outside and can catch. Seems to always fall forward. He did have a few sub par games but that might have been due to other circumstances. I didn't watch any of his games. So if anyone knows more please share with all of us. We already know how Martin runs. I think he's gonna go off this season. Or at least I hope he does. We are in really good hands at the RB position with these three. The OL will be one of the best in the country if not the the best. Hoover will be just fine. He'll be better than he was last year and the offense will work in his favor. Just like every other QB prior to him in the Cignetti system, the QB will get the glory. Plus he's got all the things Coach Cig likes in a QB. I just hope he's able to drop his interception ratio. Again, assuming everyone stays healthy. That most likely doesn't occur.

We'll have more NFL draft picks from this team then last year's squad. Again, assuming everyone stays healthy, the running game will be better than last year's. Beebe, Richard and Martin will be better than last year's group and all three of them will be extremely productive due to the front five. The only question mark with our running game is the TE blocking. That's hands down the biggest wildcard of the entire roster. Hoover will progress just like all the other QBs have under the Cignetti system. He might be the most experienced of all QBs that have transferred into a Cignetti system. He'll be a pleasant addition. He'll get the job done and will win games in the crunch. He might also throw pics in the crunch. Hopefully Cig and staff will be able to eliminate that turnover ratio he has. The run game will bail him out, a lot. But make no mistake, the defense will be the reason we win the close games. Just like last year. Our defense should be really really good. There's no replacing #4 but hopefully the team game can fill in the holes of #4 and #5. Those two were the secret sauce to that defense last year. I'm not sure our passing D will be able to shut down offenses like last year but my hope is the front 7 will compensate for that. Exciting times for IUFB folks!

Way too early thoughts about the season. Assuming everyone stays healthy, which is next to a 0% chance that happens. But here it goes. The running game will be better than it was last year. The defense will once again be the unsung while everyone and their mother will focus on Hoover. Hoover will be in contention for the Heisman IUFB should be going into the O$U game with a 22 game win streak. CFP will be on the table, again. One of the OCs will take a HC job at the end of the season Another great season on the horizon in the 812 folks!

Current list of Official Visits scheduled for the 2027 class.

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