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TMZ captured video of him going to an interview for an internship last summer.

ESPN has us at No. 6. Hoping this is a sign that we're working our way back toward being among the nation's elite teams.

AP National Coach of the Year -- back to back. https://apnews.com/article/ap-coach-of-year-indiana-cf177fc230d69e794bba129ecccd9267

I'm not qualified or smart enough to accurately judge Glass' tenure as AD. I think, though, that my biggest disappointment was how he handled things after he fired Kevin Wilson. When he trotted out Tom Allen during that presser, I thought for sure he was gonna say "And while we sort through things and determine what's next, Tom Allen will be our interim coach." Instead, he announced that he'd given him a six-year contract as the new permanent HC. No search. Nothing. Granted, Allen did go on to have a couple decent seasons -- but one of those was the bizarre COVID year, which turned out to be a real outlier. But IMO -- that's no way for a major university to make a major hire. You gotta do a national search. Fred always struck me as a guy willing to put his nose to the grindstone, but geez -- he sure took the path of least resistance in that case. I'll give him this, though -- he did hire Teri Moren. I was vehemently against that at the time (shows you what I know. LOL).

Did not get to watch the Heisman show Saturday night. As much as I love 'Nando -- I'm a little disappointed with his reaction to winning. I don't think it was very sportsmanlike (although I thought Pavia deserved what he got): https://x.com/Gloc_Rivers/status/2000742232735780941?s=20

Former Illinois football coach Mike White died Sunday. He was 89. Took the Illini to the Rose Bowl after the 1983 season with Jack Trudeau as QB. They got clocked, however, by UCLA -- whose quarterback was ... Rick Neuheisel.

Del Sol coach: "HOW IN THE BLOODY HELL DID WE LET THEM HAVE THAT ONE POINT! TOMORROW NIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA RUN TILL YOU CAN'T EAT SUPPER!"

Gus is always the guy you love when your team is doing well, but hate when it's not.

B1G Network is showing the condensed version of the Penn State game. Just saw 'The Catch." Get such a kick out of Gus Johnson's call: "MENDOOOOOZA! ... IN TROUBLE! ... END ZONE! ... TOUCHDOWN! ... WOW! ... AGasrasa. jasturasa. ... UNBELIEVABLE! ... GIVE HIM THE HEISMAN TROPHY NOW!" Still amazing what 'Nando did -- 80 yards, 2 minutes, no timeouts and he was sacked on the first play. Also still can't believe we squib kicked after that. Did we have a brain fart and forget they needed just 3 points to tie. Still, quite a ballgame.

In a shocker ... 'Nando was named AP's first-team All-American QB. https://apnews.com/article/ap-allamerica-college-football-f0a2aa9aa723b453d0015ee197c8ff6f

Dude's trophy case is filling up pretty quickly. Hope he's saving space to add one the night of Jan. 19!

Dayum -- a 7-foot Shay Ciezki would be absolutely unstoppable! Sign me up!

Not surprising that Pavia sorta resembles former U. of Miami scumbag Nevin Shapiro ...

Cieski with a sweet fast-break feed to Makalusky. Bounces of Makalusky's hands out of bounds. Sigh ...

Cieski on a 5-0 run that puts up back up 36-32.

And EMU pulls ahead. 32-31 with 2 mins. left in half.

Makalusky to the bench with three fouls.

Makalusky fakes a 3, then dribbles right into a triple team. Rookie mistake!

Yikes -- we're tied at 25. 6 min. left in 2nd quarter.

On Fox pregame, Jay Glazer said going into the season, Fernando was considered a bottom of the second round or top of the third round pick. Now, he's considered the No. 1 pick.

More NYC fun ... https://x.com/IndianaFootball/status/2000205803312091321?s=20

And if memory serves, they had lined up in the victory formation ... If you want to line up and try to run plays like normal although the game is in hand, that's fine. Just let us know and we'll try to stop you. But to line up in victory formation, then run a play ... that was bush league and really chapped my a$$. Because at that point, everyone is just trying to bring the game to an end with nobody getting hurt.

I don't get it. An IU football player won the Heisman tonight. Our football team is 13-0, B1G champs, No. 1 in the country, is the top seed in the CFP and will play in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1. Why's everyone getting so worked up about a silly little basketball game? Who cares about basketball!

Late in this second half, we looked like one of those Archie or Woody teams that just packed our bags when we got down. Didn't do that at Minny or against Louisville. Very disconcerting.