LamarCheeks

Hoosiers 74 Trees 62

It's about time!

Would a goal end it, or do they play all the way through the extra period(s)?

Good god -- that was 10 feet over the crossbar. You gotta put that into the back of the net.

Seems like we should be up by about 3-0 by now. Maybe even more. ... I keep hearing Hackenberg for Penn State, so I looked it up. He is the brother of the former PSU QB.

The BTN is really honking me off. I pay an arm and a leg for my cable package -- of which BTN is a part. So why would I have to pay even more to watch an Indiana basketball game (IU-Indy game was only available on BTN-plus)? Heck, at the very least, I figured I could watch a replay on BTN2go for free today, but no -- you even have to pay extra to see that. I didn't necessarily want to review the entire game -- just check it out for a few minutes. I haven't seen us under Archie yet. Very disappointed in these money-grubbing scumbags!

Darius Garland also liked a picture of Billy Donovan on Instagram.

I know it probably didn't make much of a difference in the long run, but I still don't understand that replay that ruled we fumbled. For one, I'm not sure that the video proved enough to overturn the original call. For two, the official came running in, blowing his whistle and gesturing that the runner was down. Isn't anything that comes after that moot because the play was blown dead? If a runner is wrapped up by a defender, his progress is stopped and the official blows the whistle, that's it. If you hit the guy after that whistle, you're gonna get 15 yards added on. So why, when a play was blown dead, should anything that happens after the whistle matter? I've seen games with plays like that in which a ref, after a review, says, "The ball was fumbled, but the play was blown dead. So the ruling on the field is upheld." ... I just don't understand that call.

And there probably will be 22,000 fans at the Rutgers game -- making us look absolutely ridiculous on whatever channel that game is on.

Might have to look pretty hard to find a Power 5 conference game that will have less interest than Indiana vs. Illinois next weekend. I know we can win out and still go to a bowl game, but 6-6 does not excite me.

Damn. Get Taylor to fumble and of course, Bucky recovers!

No. 11 has been all over our receivers all game. How do you miss that!

And when you're playing a top-10 team, why not pull out all the stops? That 3rd and 21 killed me. We didn't even try. Lagow ran 3 yards and slid, then we punted. That's chickensh-t football!

Yep. SSDS.

I think it would be interesting to see Lagow run suicides with the IU basketball team. The hoopsters would be to the mid-court line and back before Lagow even makes it to the first free-throw line. That dude is really, really, really, slow.

Hell, I'm not sure that receiver had possession on the TD!

That's a BS call, in my opinion. The official blew the play dead. Once the whistle blows, you stop. How can Wisconsin recover a fumble on a play that was dead?

Yes, it's third and 21. But why give up on the drive? Why not at least try to get a first down!

I can't help but think Bucky is just toying with us!

Huh?

I don't think we're a particularly good football team, but I think we're better than those years. Plus, for some reason Bielema got off on running up the score on us when we were really awful. Don't have any illusions of us winning, but I don't think it'll be 56-3 bad.

Hoosiers 88 'Hounds 66

Bucky 33 IU 24

Just a few days ago, there were posts here saying Garland could announce his decision to go to IU by Nov. 1. And once Nov. 1 rolls round, many are expecting him to announce soon that he will go to Vandy. For one, the only ones who really know what's gonna happen (and they might not even yet) are the Garlands. For two, who knows what will be the scuttlebutt in 4-5 more days? It might be as dramatic a change as has been in the past 24-48 hours.

Here's my prediction ... Winston Garland played at Gary Roosevelt with Renaldo Thomas. To help counsel Darius, Winston asks Renaldo to sit and speak with the lad. Renaldo didn't have much of a college career, but was on those Phi Slamma Jamma teams at Houston. He asks Darius if he's thought about the Cougars and encourages him to check them out. "Why not," Darius thinks and heads to Texas for a visit. He's very taken with the Houston coach and loves what he has to say. So on Nov. 9, he goes on ESPN and announces his commitment to Houston. The greatest recruiting coup in the history of the American Athletic Conference becomes known as "Sampson's Revenge."