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BTW -- anybody happen to know who won the AL Cy Young Award?

SWEET! Needed a little something to get this crowd going!

If he didn't step on the baseline, he traveled.

Upon further review -- that was a foul!

D-rock not happy.

Dorn from distance!

The lineup ...

Did someone fill up the BTB tank so we don't run out of gas again tonight??? We stalled out during the PSU football game and during the Marshall women's game --- and I think a couple times in between!

IU 43, Marshall 30 -- after 30 minutes. Feels like it should we should be up by 18-20 -- but still some early season blahs. Struggling at times with their press.

I put three quarters in the slot -- so we should be good to go for a few hours. Someone may need to check after that ...

We are shooting 90% as a team from the FT line. Made 36 of 40 in our two games. Don't necessarily expect to continue at that pace, but wow -- what a difference from years past. HATE leaving free points out there ...

Hoosiers 91 Panthers 71

Really sweet message from the Nits' interim coach about his daughter, who has Down syndrome ... https://x.com/BigTenNetwork/status/1987989448307458514?s=20

Remember a huge win over Marquette a few years back. A couple months later, the entire season went off the rails. I have confidence D-Rock won't let that happen again.

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Two travels against Marquette within 3 seconds. Neither called.

Dipsy-doo for TS!

Didn't get to post this yesterday, so am doing so now. What do you do when you win a game in front of 107,000 fans you probably should've lost on an incredible Mendoza-to-Cooper toe-tap TD pass that keeps you unbeaten? YOU SING! https://x.com/IndianaFootball/status/1987264225484677489?s=20

I think Chumbawumba said it best -- both about IU football and the BTB site ... We get knocked down But we get back up again You're never gonna keep us down What a wild ride yesterday. I had at least three heart attacks during that game. I'm still pretty sure Joel Klatt and I we were watching different games. When we were up 20-7 early in the third -- he said we were on the verge of blowing them out. I couldn't figure what he was watching. We scored 10 points off two lucky turnovers and both lines were having issues -- we were struggling to protect 'Nando and were struggling to get pressure on Grunkemeyer. We were NEVER on the verge of a blowout. Are we a championship team? I still don't know. But I do know THAT'S the type of game championship teams win -- when you're not playing your best and are battling injuries.

IU 79 Marquette 74

Entire “Gameday” crew picked us to win and cover. That worries me. I think most picked Illinois against us, and all but McAfee picked Oregon against us.

Waffle House closed today — at least according to “Gameday.”

I’m on vacation with my family, and my brother has “Gameday” on — Saban might just have the worst dye-job ever done. He looks ridiculous. He should sue his hair person for malpractice!

Still a little surreal to me that we're two touchdown-plus favorites over the Nits in Happy Valley, when we're 2-25 against them overall -- with both wins in B-town. This was the country's No. 2 preseason team. My former boss is a PSU grad and emailed me saying he thought the spread wasn't enough -- that he didn't think his boys could stay within 3 TDs of us. After nearly two-plus seasons of this wonderful football ride, I don't think skeptical is the right word. I wouldn't say I'm skeptical, but to used a hoary cliche -- I just don't like to count our chickens before they're hatched. So, while I'm expecting us to win -- if somehow we don't, it might not surprise me all that much. This is till Penn State and they'll still have a stadium full of 106,000 hostile fans.

Hoosiers 31 Lions 21