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So your expectations for IUFB is bowl eligibility every year? And if this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl; those advocating the termination of CTA still want him gone? Follow up questions, if you still think he should go, what are your expectations for IUFB? If you think he shouldn't go, is it as simple as bowl or bust for you? Keep in mind this program has only been bowling 13 times in 136 years.

Man, I'll be very happy in the 5 to 6 win range for IU!

Andre Carter is playing one heck of a season so far. I'd surprised if he's not playing Sundays. So far, the transfer portal has been good to us in that aspect.

Thanks for sharing. Appreciate it. So a bowl qualification for only the fourteenth time (four of those being coached by CTA - 30.7% of IUFBs total bowl count) and winning only its fourth in IUFBs 136 year history would still want you to remove a coach that actually accomplished this for the program. Read that sentence again. I'm not clear on your expectations for IUFB but I'm under the assumption based on your response that your expectations is maybe something like an Iowa; where bowl appearances, winning more than 7 games is a consistency, every now and then top 20 rankings and in a conference championship race? If that's the case, that has never happened under any coach throughout IUFB's entire 136 years of existence. Read that last sentence again. The winningest coach in program history, Bob McMillin, had 7 winning seasons out of 14 and was not consistent. Those 7 win seasons were ebb and flow and spread out throughout his career. If it's just you want a team that 'plays consistent, competitive, smart, and fun to watch' than I've got nothing for ya because all of that is completely subjective. For example, I think this season alone IUFB has played consistent, competitive, smart, and I have enjoyed watching them. Personally, I don't think that's a valid reason to terminate CTA. But that's just me. I mean the most consistent thing IUFB has been the last 6 years is having a head coach with bowl appearances multiple times. I get it though. All of us probably get it. All of us want a coach that will come in and create something magical that we've never had in 136 years. But a coach that does that will not coach here for 4 years yet alone 14 years. A coach that accomplishes bowl consistency here at IUFB is getting hired somewhere else because that coach will not stay at a historically bad school like IUFB. That's just the way it is, unfortunately. Unless. Unless, of course there's a coach that considers IUFB a dream job. EDIT: IUFB has 13 total bowl appearances. Making corrections to stats regarding bowl games.

Not that any of this matters but Coach Prime was also a high school coach with zero experience coaching at the college level when he got hired at Jackson State. To this day, he still has less college coaching experience than CTA. I'm just pointing that out because personally, I don't think it matters if someone coached high school football. What matters is what kind of other coaches you surround yourself with and how you manage your staff. X's and O's don't change at any level. Just my two cents.

Thanks for sharing and there's a lot to unpack here. I don't want to discuss the specifics of that OSU game because I don't think it's really necessary in the grand scheme of things. I'll just say that I don't agree with you about his game plan. But like you said, no one can convince you and I'm certainly not going to try. I'd rather discuss the bigger picture if that makes sense. You're definitely bring up some valid points about accountability. I've already mentioned on here that his loyalty will most likely be the reason for him ultimately getting let go. That trait is something you want in a friend but when it comes to performing a job sometimes being loyal to a friend doesn't work and makes matters worse. As it did for him. Your expectations are actually pretty fair considering the history of IUFB. Is it safe to say you never liked the hire to begin with? If so, did you still feel the same way when they were ranked 11th in 2020 and had 8 wins in 2019? Basically asking if you felt the same when IUFB reached well beyond your own expectations. Like way above your ceiling. If you did like the hire, when did it change for you? Like when the wheels fell off after 2020? Again, thanks for sharing and appreciate it.

Now we're talking if we can manage to put together a full game like we played in the 2nd half of the Louisville game. Six wins will be in reach if that happens.

Folks, Meyer isn't going to coach IUFB. Nor is any big time established winning HC. It's a pipe dream to think this. This job isn't that kind of job. Nor is ARE a Coach Prime type hire. Come back down here on Earth 1 and evaluate the current and overall picture of IUFB. Serious question, if, and it's a big if, this year's IUFB team goes bowling and wins said bowl; those advocating the termination of CTA still want him gone? Follow up questions, if you still think he should go, what are your expectations for IUFB? If you think he shouldn't go, is it as simple as bowl or bust for you?

So full disclosure, I missed a good part of the ISU game due to Friday Night Lights. I did manage to see bits and pieces of it. And the D technically put up a shutout. Which is what I thought might happen. This D is good folks. We'll have a fighting chance during league play. Very encouraging stuff.

Not so fast my friend! We are hosting UCLA in 2024. PSU is the game that we might end up dropping to add another west coast school. I am basing this on PSU and Rutgers having the type of schedules that makes sense to shuffle around. I could be completely wrong but if my hunch is correct, PSU is a home, so the hope is to host another west coast school. Who knows. We'll see it all play out.

Not that you're wrong but next year's B1G schedule is pretty favorable to IUFB. And I do agree regarding regional schedule etc. etc.. If I'm being completely honest, I wish we would schedule UK and bring back the Bourbon Barrel game. However, having said all that it absolutely makes sense to do this.

If Shedeur Sanders plays like he played against TCU the remainder of the season, they will be competitive in every single game against a top 25 opponent. And he will most likely be 1 or 2 overall pick in next year's NFL draft. That's how good he played against TCU. Every defense in the nation will be extremely challenged to stop him. What's most important about him is that he doesn't throw picks and he's incredibly cerebral on the field. He's able to find the open space. A lot of his dad in him. I'll go even farther and say if Colorado played OSU instead of us last week, Colorado wins that game.

This is really encouraging. My worry is that OSU isn't as good as they think they are. But still encouraging nonetheless. Opening against a team like OSU, where they've got new personal (QB, etc. etc.), doesn't really help get a confident gauge in my opinion. We've got a gauge that we didn't get blown out like in years past but is that because they don't have a Fields/Stroud on the field. Let's hope OSU is as good as they've been the past few years. That means, IUFB is actually a really good football team. We'll get a better feel this Friday with this team.

Damn shame this game is on a Friday. I'll be watching it on my phone while attending Friday Night Lights.

Jimmies and Joes

No argument from me. Hindsight tells us they should have punted. But I still like the call, especially how the D was playing.

Man, you're cracking me up! Keep it coming. I didn't mind that we went for it on 4th. I actually preferred it. Especially if they convert it and we get more points going into the half. I also felt good about keeping them at bay if we didn't convert it because our D was doing yeoman's work. Now, I did lose my poop when we didn't convert it because we called time out for that play! And I completely raged when the zebra called taunting on us.

If he plays like he played against TCU the remainder of the season, Shedeur Sanders will guide Colorado to a lot of wins, will be a Heisman candidate and part of the discussion for the 1st overall pick in the NFL draft. He's that good. Does anyone know what kind of depth Colorado has? I'm wondering if Coach Prime is one injury away from the wheels falling off or if he's actually got plenty of spares.

Schedule https://iuhoosiers.com/sports/football/schedule First game against conference foe OSU in the books. I'm thinking 4-6 wins after losing 23-3. This week vs Indiana State Friday, September 8th I'd be surprised if this isn't a blowout with the possibility of shutout.

Maybe CTA wasn't looking for another job and he made it clear that he wasn't interested in leaving IUFB? I think that's what sucks about all of this. I truly think this is his dream job and he doesn't want to go anywhere else. Like he doesn't view this job as a stepping stone if that makes sense.

Same boat. And to add, Mallory never achieved a 2020 type season, ever. Historically, since the last 100 years there's only been one IUFB HC (McMillin) that was .500 or above overall. And of all the coaches since Mallory, CTA's overall record is the best. It's nice to see folks on here wanting something better than CTA. I really appreciate that because I too have a desire to become a solid football program. But also have come to the realization that isn't likely to occur in my lifetime.

That's what I'm thinking as well. If we get six wins CTA isn't going anywhere. But I do wonder if we don't go bowling this year will CTA get let go. We'll see it all play out for sure.

Well, they were ranked 11th by the end of the season and had Penix not been injured they most likely finish the final rankings in the top 10. But it really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Today his team isn't remotely close to the 2019 and 2020 teams. The wheels have fallen off since then.

For IUFB standards he absolutely achieved. He had his team ranked 11th overall and would have qualified for next year's CFP. Now if you don't think that's an achievement then I got nothing for ya. Regarding contracts, it not his fault. He just signed the dotted line. Lol.

Yep. They managed to get a W to a team "equal" or "better" to them one of those years. I'm not understanding the point. They won more games than they lost. How is this a negative thing?