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Louisville first game. Play the winner/loser of WVU and Gonzaga next.

Pretty ironic from you, no?

Weather has been pretty nice lately… Maybe you’d enjoy a leisurely stroll around the neighborhood occasionally? Nobody on this board is solving the state of IUBB. Nobody here has hiring/firing authority. Genuinely… what exactly do you think you’re accomplishing by keeping this utterly tired offseason debate alive with such vigor? Until the season starts at least, most people pretty much have their minds made up… not sure why you care so much about other people’s opinions, which ultimately make no difference in the real world. Lot of energy and emotion you seem to be putting into this. Hope you find it worthwhile.

Illinois non-conference schedule

Per Twitter, Battle 4 Atlantis schedule may be dropping tomorrow.

Hope you have a reason to pull out those receipts. Not that anyone is actually going to care about an internet troll saying “I told you so” as long as it means their team is actually winning. We haven’t had a ton of that lately.

Promise?

My man... consider asking yourself the same question...

So we'll see if Woody can pass basically the same test in similar fashion this year

They really were not "literally calling for his job" at anywhere near the scale of IU fans right now for Woody. https://the-boneyard.com/threads/is-hurley-on-the-hot-seat.178039/ You can literally see on one of their most popular forums, someone asked if he was on the hot seat via a poll after a bad loss, and was basically shouted down by their entire board. UConn and IU are not remotely comparable programs in any sense currently ... they actually have a competent administration. Sad to say. But largely true.

Roster is talented for sure. Still having a tough time right now getting excited for IUBB this season. Pretty doubtful we'll do as well as many are thinking is likely, but will be happy if it happens. I'll believe it when I see it. Not much to say until then. Let's go Hoosiers

Pretty gross and transparent what they're implying. Who does this guy even think he is. LoL

Everything case by case. Seems to be plenty of supporting evidence here outside of random posters. Not gonna relitigate a topic that’s already a dead horse

Or, where there’s smoke there’s usually some form of fire.

Not an entirely regrettable miss/pass IMO

Right. Like, that's pretty embarrassing for Walsh to have out there. Such butthurt dweebs.

There's got to be a way the program can shut these dorks up, cease and desist or something. If they've got more credible info/gossip like this and continue creating drama, it's just more evidence what a mistake it ever was to do business with them in the first place. And how the way the relationship was severed, was also handled poorly, in a potentially damaging way. There is no reason for them to air dirty laundry like this unless they're comfortable going scorched earth with MBB. Sigh. They're annoying like gnats.

My take on this, as someone who doesn't actively root against the team but understands why one would, is that you'd probably go into every game thinking you're okay with either outcome. If we win, cool. If we lose, ultimately, one step closer to finding the right coach to take us where we all want to go (winning championships). I'd think it's one way of keeping yourself from being too invested in a product you don't believe in/coach you don't trust. I think you can definitely root for the team and players without supporting the coach. I don't think there is necessarily a Rubicon moment at all, because somebody who takes the approach of actively rooting against the team, would likely believe any success the team has this year is in spite of Woody, not because of Woody. If they go on a great run to finish the year, I think everyone would be happy about that. Some would remain skeptical that the success is sustainable/replicable. He would certainly get another year to prove whether he can achieve all he set out to do here.

I could go for fall weather ASAP, these heat waves are killing me over here. Don't think I've ever been so excited for IUFB. Regardless of how people felt about Walton's commentary style, he was a literal and figurative giant of the sport. Will be sorely missed during those late night Pac 12 games... which I suppose will now be late night B10 games. Truly the end of an era. I'm hoping, and cautiously optimistic, that this new era for the B10 will feature our best/most consistent guard play since the Yogi years. Seems to be the plan based on roster construction. Eager to see it on the court. Too lazy for that amount of math, but the countdown on the team site + my calculator app tell me, at the time of writing this post... We have almost exactly 2,673 hours. Spend em wisely ya'll. Go Hoosiers!

112 days until the first game of the year.

Since we're planning our call outs and storylines, can we create a BTownBanners WWE Universe?

I don't think anyone gets to tell someone else how to be a fan. I don't root for them to lose but it's similar logic to tanking for the draft. As long as nobody is being hurt, if someone does something you wouldn't/find distasteful, you can just agree to disagree/ignore. Different strokes for different folks. It's really not that serious. We're all random guys on the internet. It doesn't impact winning and losing. Who cares. We all want IU to win championships. Different ideas of how to get there, but big picture, we all want the same thing. Kumbaya, my Lord... (sing it with me Hoosier nation)

And why does he apparently have a perception that fans don't get to enjoy their team's success simply because they were skeptical in the offseason/preseason? Holier than thou much? "True fans" ... if we have a very successful season, go ahead and give yourselves a pat on the back and a big ole cookie with some milk. You good boys will have earned it. The rest of us will have to sit in the naughty corner wearing our dunce caps.