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Finally bought me a litany of IU championship tees off of Rally House, months after the fact, but hey; today was the day I finally had some spending money.

The downside of IU being a great program means that I'll have to wait for the Big Ten Championship to see them (until they kill that thing), so my plan this season is to go to the funny meme game in October that is Ball State's homecoming.

Isn't College Station surrounded by forest and swamplands?

Remember all those years we got excited about receiving votes?

If we were the ones who broke the agreement, it looks bad on us. We have practically nothing but MAC and FCS cupcakes on the docket for the next 4 years (including two MAC opponents in 2028). I know that we are used to Indiana scheduling with the mindset of trying to get to six wins, but once you win a national title, people expect you to immediately stop doing that and play some teams that look like they aren't on the brink of disaster in the FBS level because let's face it; will the MAC even be around in 10 years? But if Notre Dame broke the agreement for the sake of renewing the USC rivalry, then I get it. It does suck that Notre Dame hardly ever plays us, but that was thanks to Indiana never taking football seriously and Notre Dame opting instead for traditions, which was why the chose Purdue due to proximity and the fact that Purdue at least had moments of glory (much as I hate saying it) Still... Cignetti can't knock the SEC model and then the SEC turns around and requires those schools to play an actual opponent (even if those schools are just going to schedule Maryland, Rutgers, and Oklahoma State). We have to start playing P4 schools ourselves.

Oregon's got some funny fans.

I attended that game as event staff. Funniest **** ever.

Texas Tech won the Big XII last season, and they got more than enough talent this year alone to win again. The whole point wasn't to play him, but to stick it to the NCAA. A lot of these guys are never going to make it to the NFL, so they want to milk as much NIL as possible. And unfortunately, now we're at that point where we must ask "Okay, how long are you going to actually stick around in college, because you can't spend your entire life playing college football". Not playing him would probably make some amends, but I think we've crossed that proverbial Rubicon at this point.

The one good player we had at IU Indy, Kyler D'Augustino, is transferring. I was very pessimistic after this season. Now I'm extremely pessimistic.

The one thing I agree with Bob Knight about is how much I hate the tournament.

Eh. I want them to suffer more.

Man, I ******* hate this "we're too good for the other tournaments" mindset we still have. None of the seniors on our team are NBA material; if they wanted to keep playing, let's at least give them a chance.

I gotta say, I'm not a convert to Ben Howlett and his System as the one IU Indianapolis guy on here. But he legitimately thought he didn't need a big man in the Horizon League and that guaranteed a last place finish. Hopefully once he gets actual D1 talent he can finish 11th out of 12 teams this upcoming year. Least we finally have a new arena at last.

This is a loss that knocks us out of consideration for the tournament. And because we're too good for the lesser events, our season ended today.

Ah, ****. See, I'm fine with the Pacers losing cause of the circumstances (was at Gainbridge tonight) but this Hoosiers team losing means no postseason tournament after Chicago.