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The expectations were quite high entering the season, as I stated. Barely making the tournament followed by the customary blowout would be yet another underperforming season. Would the big spenders really be happy with that return? Doubtful. Dolson didn't appear to be behind him after last season. This season won't change his mind. He'll have more pull after the season his football hire just had. He might be able to get Whitten on his side. Buckner will be in the last few months of his term, i.e. a lame duck. I just don't see him having much power to prevent the AD from doing his job. Fan attendance at home games has been noticeably down. When the team has their yearly losing streak, it'll get worse. Fewer fans in the seats means less money, which is what they care about in the end.. 3-1 so far and probably 4-1 after the next game but the conference schedule to this point has been weak. This team isn't well coached so it'll go off the tracks when the competition gets better. A win at a neutral site against Penn State doesn't change that.

That's what you think? Glad you said it because we were all unsure of where you stand since you post the same thing only 20 times a day. The expectation even from the cult was to compete for a B1G title and a 2nd weekend in the NCAAT. What, other than just being a negative person, makes you think that 10-10 gets him another year?

He struggled this year and by the bowl game was splinting snaps with another player. https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/sports/college/football/2025/01/04/alabama-football-starter-5-star-recruit-makes-transfer-portal-decision-elijah-pritchett/76822094007/

I think next year is the first year with 105 roster spots and 105 scholarships.

Rev share cap is $20.5M. So no.

Looks like he was a 3* recruit out of HS but didn't play a single game in 2 years at ODU.

People were surprised when he pulled out of the Shrine Bowl because it was thought he would go pro. USC thought he was going to be there next year after that. Then he entered the portal. 2nd team All-B1G. it would be great to land him but there will be lots of competition.

Some more new names on the TDH portal tracker: Bishop Fitzgerald, S, NC State Emmanuel Pregnon, OG, USC Bradley Weaver, Edge, Ohio

He has at least 1 and very likely 2 since this past season will likely result in a medical redshirt since he played only 3 games.

One of you Negative Nancy's please explain how a lane duck trustee is going to get Dolson fired if Dolson fires Woodson. For Domain to do that he'd likely have at least Whiten on his side. I just don't see it happening so I need details from one of you how Buckner will pull that off. You're giving him waaaay too much credit. Hell, if it really got ugly Dolson could just back off until the summer and then fire Woodson as a f-you to Buckner on July 1. There's nothing Buckner could do to stop that and everyone knows it. It could also "leak" that the university wants to fire Woodson but Buckner is blocking it and all the dirt that entails. Destroy his legacy. I doubt Woodson has as much booster support after this disappointing season is over.

I'm sure they won't have a problem considering them SEC if they win 1 or 2 more games. For anything that looks favorable to the SEC, Texas will be SEC even if they don't personally think of them as SEC.

I read a site which had them as part of the short article talking about him entering the portal. They said these were CU's official stats. https://coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.com/2025/01/02/colorado-loses-offensive-lineman-transfer-portal-kahlil-benson/

Texas' misfortune improves IU's chances at winning the NC this year. Ksawery Masiuk won't join Texas this season as previously expected. Too bad, so sad. https://swimswam.com/world-championship-bronze-medalist-ksawery-masiuk-delays-his-longhorn-debut-to-fall-2025/

The swim teams had another dual meet against a top tier team. They split with Florida (both teams ranked 4th), with the men winning. They took on Texas earlier this season. Since dual meet records don't really matter, I wish there was more of this is swimming. I'm glad they're doing it this year. Matt King and Rafael Miroslaw are swimming with the men now. No Caspar Corbeau yet. Zalan Sarkany also didn't compete. Owen McDonald won 3 individual events. https://swimswam.com/indiana-men-florida-women-claim-wins-to-kick-off-second-semester-of-ncaa-season/

I just read CU bounced him around the line a bit. Right guard, right tackle, and left guard. He got injured and played only 9 games there. It looks like he allowed 2 sacks, 1 QB hit, 3 hurries on 405 snaps. 66.7 PFF grade.

In the offseason, even his supporters said the floor with this team should be a S16 and anything less would be a failure of a season.

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-football-adds-old-dominion-transfer-qb-grant-wilson-from-the-portal/

Excellent. I like the idea of getting transfers from a school like OSU. Especially on the OL. https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-football-picks-up-commitment-from-ohio-state-transfer-ot-zen-michalski/

If only basketball teams had someone (or multiple people) in charge who could teach him something like that. Oh well, I guess he'll just have to figure it out himself

That goes into effect next season, right? I think that even though they don't all have to be on scholarship, they do all have to get some profit share or something like that. I thought no more walk-ons. They can also do partial scholarships, it'll no longer be a headcount sport. That the SEC is limiting it to 85 scholarships is probably because to increase the number of football scholarships they'd also need to increase the number of women sport scholarships and/or cut scholarships in other men's sports due to Title IX.

Assuming Cherry is out next season, the depth chart at QB: F. Mendoza A. Mendoza Bell An experienced backup would be very welcome.

Tyler Cherry injured his knee while practicing for ND. This must be why the staff went after Bell, just to get another QB for next year. It looks like Cherry will probably have a medical redshirt next year. He'll certainly miss spring and probably all offseason practices. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2025/01/03/indiana-football-qb-tyler-cherry-suffers-knee-injury-questionable-for-fall-iu-hoosiers-center-grove/77438128007/ https://indiana.rivals.com/news/indiana-quarterback-tyler-cherry-injured-in-cfp-prep-questionable-for-2025

WAB = Wins Above Bubble https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/first-college-basketball-net-rankings-released-by-ncaa-tennessee-is-no-1-ahead-of-auburn-gonzaga-duke/#:~:text=This year's NET rankings also,consideration by the selection committee. "This year's NET rankings also includes a metric called "WAB" -- an acronym that stands for Wins Above Bubble -- which is a metric formulated by analytics website BartTorvik.com that now goes on the Team Sheets for consideration by the selection committee." https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2024/7/11/24196421/ncaa-mens-basketball-selection-committee-torvik-wins-above-bubble-wab-criteria "The important part here is where the ratings and rankings on BartTorvik.com are going on the Team Sheets, as are the Wins Above Bubble ratings and rankings. Wins Above Bubble is not all that different than the idea of Wins Above Replacement in baseball. It’s the measurement of how much better you are than a team that would be right on the cut line. How many more wins do you have than a team that would be on the edge of missing the tournament seems like an incredibly valuable measurement." https://adamcwisports.blogspot.com/2017/01/if-ncaa-really-wants-to-replace-rpi-it.html

It appears from that article that Cherry has a knee injury and might miss the whole offseason. Maybe that is why they brought Bell in.

NCAA is considering 5 years of eligibility. Reading other about it, it looks like they considered giving every sport the football redshirt rule but are looking at going this direction instead.