OGIUAndy

I'll go with my same score: IU 59 Visitors 13

I actually just got an email today from IU about my ticket request/order. Got three. So I am going too.

You got alerted about or were able to buy game tickets?

IU 59-13

44% of voters had us last. https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2024/07/ohio-state-picked-as-runaway-2024-big-ten-favorite-in-14th-annual-clevelandcom-preseason-big-ten-football-poll.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-expert-picks-2024-most-overrated-and-underrated-teams-projected-order-of-finish-bold-predictions/ https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/college/football/2024/07/22/big-10-football-illinois-preseason-media-rankings-illin-players-to-watch/74502704007/ https://247sports.com/longformarticle/college-football-predictions-projecting-every-big-ten-teams-final-record-in-2024-234926629/#2467610 https://247sports.com/longformarticle/big-ten-football-10-bold-predictions-for-2024-season-234023451/#2448338 https://www.si.com/college/michigan/football/predicting-every-big-ten-football-team-s-record-in-2024-michigan-ohio-state-washington-usc-ucla-iowa-oregon-wisconsin-illinois-indiana-michigan-state Some good links. 247/B.Crawford liked us some.

F*ck Michigan. They have many built in advantages and still had to cheat.

I am a Fife "fan" but at this point, what is the point (hence why he deleted his post too). Woody's obvious flaws caught up with him. He made out with a nice payday though. It is interesting to hear the stories from both sides. Woody's issues were fairly obvious, but Fife seems to have done some weird stuff too.

I don't disagree with this at all. There were many reasons why he got fired, including some in state recruiting gaffes, but DD doesn't seem like he's going to myopically focus on Indiana. That doesn't mean he shouldn't be finding and offering guys that both Archie and Woody didn't or wouldn't recruit, it also doesn't mean it won't be his main focus (which it should be), but he seems more inclined to find guys from anywhere and everywhere.

Because they're going to get drilled :)

People complained about his recruiting tactics for sure.

I agree 100% but it's better to win these than lose them and like what was mentioned, the style of play seems more aligned to what fans including myself have been looking for ie energy and competitiveness. He seems like he knows what he is doing but way too early to tell. A friend of a friend who was at the games in PR said "...You're going to love the way we play this season...". Another one of my friends said "It is funny, D-Rock's coaching philosophy seems to be more like Crean's. Everybody thinks it is great but they didn't like Crean when all he got was a bunch of NBA guys and no in state recruits. It is just kind of ironic. Part of "modern basketball" is high major programs recruit nationally and internationally. Don't complain when we miss out of the 2 or 3 in state 5 stars." Recruiting will be interesting considering his main guy is the same main guy as Crean's.

That seems like a good start.

Posted this on HSN. For some historical context I did some research on the Serbian club IU played. In 2018 they played Kentucky and lost 100–64 then beat Michigan 81–73. In 2019 they played Texas Tech twice; losing 94–92 then winning 76-73. In 2021 they lost to IU twice in Woody's first year 79-66 and 64-53. In 2022 they split with Virginia, winning 92-73 then losing 94-87. In 2024 they played G-League United and lost both 99-81, 99-66.

Nobody would be putting up links early for something like this anyway. If someone is doing some hack stream, they'll put it up on YouTube when it starts.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-odds-ole-miss-illinois-present-opportunity-as-undervalued-conference-championship-threats/ I just don't see IL living up to all the hype. I am going to put some $$ down on our game with them.