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Translation: NIL isn't working out all that well for 'Bama and the head coach sees the writing on the wall that other schools in their own division have deeper booster pockets and are serious threats.

He's the Thomas Jefferson or Teddy Roosevelt to the Mt. Rushmore of 'How are they still coaching in the NCAA?'

Updated Class Rankings 18/4 - Rivals 26/5 - 247 24/5 - ESPN+ (NOT UPDATED) LB Kaiden Turner - Fayetteville, AR (3/8/2021) LB Dasan McCullough - Bloomington, IN (04/25/2021) DE Richard Thomas - Plantation, FL (5/14/2021) LB Isaiah Jones - London, OH (6/20/2021) DB Trevell Mullen - Coconut Creek, FL (6/20/2021) OL Carter Smith - Powell, OH (6/23/2021) TE Ryan Miller - Chagrin Falls, OH (6/29/2021) DB James Monds III - Fort Pierce, FL (7/4/2021) WR Omar Cooper Jr. - Indianapolis, IN (7/7/2021) OL Bray Lynch - Austin, TX (7/9/2021) OL DJ Moore - Fort Wayne, IN (7/12/2021) ATH Phillip Dunnam - Miami, FL (7/20/21) RB Gi'Bran Payne - Cincinnati, OH (7/26/2021) DL/DE Venson Sneed - Winter Park, FL (12/12/2021) CB Jamari Sharpe - Miami, FL (12/12/2021) TE Brody Foley - Cincinnati, OH (12/14/2021) WR JUCO - Cameron Camper - Trinity Valley C.C. (12/14/2021) DL Dominick James - Bradenton, FL (12/15/2021) RB Jaylin Lucas - Houma, LA (12/15/2021) WR Kamryn Perry - Marietta, GA (12/17/2021) QB Brendan Sorsby - Cornith, TX (1/23/2022) DL J'mari Monette - Alexandria, LA (2/2/2022) Transfers ATH/RB Shaun Shivers - Auburn QB Connor Bazelak - Mizzu Edge Myles Jackson - UCLA LB Jared Casey - UK RB Josh Henderson - UNC WR Emery Simmons - UNC LB Bradley Jennings Jr - Miami DL LeDarrius Cox - Ole Miss DL Patrick Lucas - Ole Miss Edge JH Tevis - Cal WR Andison Colby - Tennessee OT Parker Hanna - West Texas A&M *Italic indicates 4* or higher on ESPN, 24/7, or Rivals

Already off to a good start compared to last year as at this time there were two commits. 30/9 - 247 34/9 - Rivals S - Deah McCullough - Bloomington, IN (4/13/2021) TE - Sam West - Greensburg, IN (3/26/2022) IOL - William Larkins - Hollywood, FL (3/31/2022) *Italic indicates 4* or higher on ESPN, 24/7, or Rivals

Define lately or killer recruiters? I ask because last year's class is the highest ranked class in the history of IUFB since the inception of ranking classes. Folks like Peoples and Wright are fairly new to the staff. And Wright is knocking it out the park in my opinion.

I'm betting ND bound.

I already made comments via twitter regarding the UM-Wisconsin post game situation. My other comment is the following: I don't buy doing away with post game handshakes. I think that's putting a band-aid on the real issue the big ten has here. The big ten has allowed certain type of play on the court. In fact they/we pride them/ourselves on it. So much so that when you talk to anyone at your local pub in big ten country you typically complain about how 'soft' (For 21 years straight the big ten hasn't brought home a championship.) the rest of the county's NCAA basketball is. It was just a matter of time with the way the games are being officiated and how Wisconsin plays basketball that an altercation like this was going happen. We all know it. Maybe it's time to re-evaluate what kind of image the big ten wants regarding the black and blue, ground and pound, rough and tough, banging body conference it is? Final comment: I don't know about your work environment but assault will get me pink slipped at my place of employment.

Honestly, I'm not sure if that's a good thing he's on twitter talking about it. This tweet might be more for his brothers that battled last night? If so, there's no need to say it on twitter when you can literally say it in the locker room and prove it by your actions. And if it isn't, then it's really not important for us to even know this in the grand scheme of things. Like I said in an earlier post, I'm looking forward to see how the team responds the next few games.

I'm really proud of the team that played last night. They were put in a really tough position and played with grit and guts. Looking forward to see how this team responds in the next few games.

Absolutely.

Speaking from personal experience, good teams don't have coaches openly discussing having issues with other coaches. Bad teams do. And the really bad ones have coaches discussing their discontent with the players. The whole LEO mantra doesn't seem to be happening behind closed doors if indeed all of these rumors are happening. But I do agree with you and hear what you're saying about other programs. It's just the good teams handle it better.

You might be on to something about Hart. I think the only RB he recruited that turned out was Scott. But I will say to be fair with all the other recruits, I don't think Barry Sanders himself would have been any good with they way the front 5 has been. An offense can't do poop without a front 5. It's the lifeblood. The heart and soul. The meat and potatoes. The... oh man, look at me rambling.

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Updated Class Rankings 15/4 - Rivals 21/4 - 247 24/5 - ESPN+ LB Kaiden Turner - Fayetteville, AR (3/8/2021) LB Dasan McCullough - Bloomington, IN (04/25/2021) DE Richard Thomas - Plantation, FL (5/14/2021) LB Isaiah Jones - London, OH (6/20/2021) DB Trevell Mullen - Coconut Creek, FL (6/20/2021) OL Carter Smith - Powell, OH (6/23/2021) TE Ryan Miller - Chagrin Falls, OH (6/29/2021) DB James Monds III - Fort Pierce, FL (7/4/2021) WR Omar Cooper Jr. - Indianapolis, IN (7/7/2021) OL Bray Lynch - Austin, TX (7/9/2021) OL DJ Moore - Fort Wayne, IN (7/12/2021) ATH Phillip Dunnam - Miami, FL (7/20/21) RB Gi'Bran Payne - Cincinnati, OH (7/26/2021) DL/DE Venson Sneed - Winter Park, FL (12/12/2021) CB Jamari Sharpe - Miami, FL (12/12/2021) TE Brody Foley - Cincinnati, OH (12/14/2021) WR JUCO - Cameron Camper - Trinity Valley C.C. (12/14/2021) DL Dominick James - Bradenton, FL (12/15/2021) RB Jaylin Lucas - Houma, LA (12/15/2021) WR Kamryn Perry - Marietta, GA (12/17/2021) QB Brendan Sorsby - Cornith, TX (1/23/2022) DL J'mari Monette - Alexandria, LA (2/2/2022) Transfers ATH/RB Shaun Shivers - Auburn QB Connor Bazelak - Mizzu Edge Myles Jackson - UCLA LB Jared Casey - UK RB Josh Henderson - UNC WR Emery Simmons - UNC LB Bradley Jennings Jr - Miami DL LeDarrius Cox - Ole Miss DL Patrick Lucas - Ole Miss Edge JH Tevis - Cal *Italic indicates 4* or higher on ESPN, 24/7, or Rivals

I've played three years of football with coaches not liking other coaches. And open about it. It was a mess. Like I said, if this is true it's not good for IUFB.

If any of this is true than IUFB is doomed.

I would assume like the Big 12 or AAC is determined? I don't think it would be that difficult to figure out the two best teams in the conference. For example, the 2021 season conference championship would have been a rematch of OSU v UM. Which were indeed to the two best teams in the conference. No knock on Iowa but they were probably the 4th best team in the conference last year anyway. And with the fixed games I'm assuming a school like UM will have MSU and OSU on the schedule. Which will help determine the conf championships for sure. I think schools out of the West will now be forced to go through a gauntlet of a schedule like IUFB which will be awesome for the conference as a whole. I'm viewing this change as a good thing for the conference overall. And a really good thing for IUFB.

All of these schools below are opponents that are established, less travel time and/or with some IUFB history involved. The 3 fixed will more than likely be, Purdue, MSU and Illinois. All three games are rivalry games. ACC opponents that makes sense the first year is Louisville and Virginia. PAC12 opponents today Washington and whoever they want to put on the schedule. But at the end of the day just have ACC/PAC12 opponents in a rotating schedule. Regardless of the schedule, this is a really good idea and will help combat the recent SEC moves with OU and Texas joining their conference.

I was at the Castle game. I basically chalk up his TOs to a couple of things. First, Castle doesn't have a superstar but they have a solid all around scrappy team that causes havoc on D. Castle plays hard from start to finish and they typically cause a lot of TOs to their opponents. Castle also caused some matchup problems for HH. Second, he's young and it showed. He had spots of greatness but he also had spots of trying way too much when things just weren't there. (Things like trying to dribble through a double team, passing across the court where the player wasn't actually open, taking a shot when he was contested, etc. etc.) Here are my personal takeaways from what I saw. However, keep in mind though I only saw him play once. So he just might of had a "bad" game. (And a "bad" game to him was a double-double, 100% from the line, 2 assist and 1 block) Regardless, he'll get better and I have no doubt he will. Positives: Three ball is solid. (He has a nice step back.) Can make free throws Can rebound (has a knack of being where the ball is) He's a competitor. (He got frustrated a bit and upset with himself when not able to make some in the paint shots in the first half. He adjusted and played better in the second half.) Negatives: Trying to do too much at times (He'll learn how to handle a team like Castle as time goes on.) Defense isn't his strength (Might be because of his opponent. But he'll get better as time goes on. ) Difficulty banging with Castle's "bigs" (he missed a lot of in the paint shots but he's only a freshman in there battling with seniors and juniors) Ball handling and court vision needs improvement. (It's not bad it's just not good enough against a team like Castle's D.) The negatives might be more so about his opponent than anything. Like I said, I've only seen him play one time so take all this with a grain of salt. Hope this helps.

Yeah when I saw it I laughed at it. Apparently at Purdue, Big Ten Championships > National Championships. I was like, who's running the marketing department and how in the world did that pitch get past the brainstorming sessions? I can see it now during the pitch session. Start scene. In walks the pitch guy with a smile on his face. His grin makes everyone in the room start to glow. He starts to pitch.... "I got the best commercial idea for the game down in BTown! Let's hire a voice over guy and have him talk about our Big Ten Championships and while he's talking let's make sure we show us playing basketball. But make sure we show us playing basketball in Assembly Hall more than Mackey! That's really important! And then end it with fancy graphics that says, 'This is our state!'. But make sure the slogan is laying over the state of Indiana. Also, let's not forget, we got to make sure the music/sound is awesome too. Because you know, it's important to tug at the emotions of Hoosiers, I mean the people born, raised, and/or living in Indiana watching it. Because you know, the slogan and what not." Then after he's done pitching everyone in the marketing department stands up and gives him a thunderous applause. End scene. Youtube 'Pitch Meeting' and I think you get the picture.

So that frees up $330k. CTA will have to find another guy to replace him, just like he did to replace Mark Hagen. Best of luck to Coach Peoples. Hope he succeeds and have positive memories while coaching at IUFB.

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