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Need to absolutely piss pound Kennesaw State Saturday, even if it means pulling out tricks you aren't wanting to show in order to convert in the red zone. Predictive ratings took a bit of a bath after week 1.

IU 45 Kennesaw St 6

Ya, a 67.5 passing grade isn’t good. What’s your point?

Led Zepplin North America 75 was a party. Still have a hangover lol

I’m 72. My party days are over.

Totally trust Cig. At the same time, Cig is at the mercy of his players. Cig has had elite QB play for x amount of straight seasons. If Mendoza plays to potential, this team is fine. If Mendoza doesn’t take the next step, this season is going to be a migraine. I was not impressed with Mendoza today.

I’ve followed IU football longer than you’ve been alive. Spare me.

Play like we did today against a B10 team, 6 wins would be a minor miracle.

Because I thought Mike Woodson deserved a 4th year? Ok lol.

IU should win 8 games minimum with their schedule. They have three pre-season All-American’s and a QB who was just projected to go #1 in the most recent mock draft. We’re paying our head coach $9mil/yr and both coordinators $2+mil. 6-7 wins would be an abstract failure.

The biggest question marks concerning Mendoza were his decision making and down field accuracy. I don’t think today was any indication those question marks were put to bed. Enjoy your evening.

So if you throw into double and triple coverage and the ball doesn’t get intercepted it’s still a good throw? lol. That’s the entire point. His decision making is subpar. That’s what analytics show. Good grief.

Peep his pff grades from last year.His expected turnover %\throw was extremely high. PFF is about as analytical as it gets.

Like you said, “decisions to throw in double coverage that weren't good despite them not getting picked”. That’s not a recipe for long term success.

Deep analytics show his decision making is poor and is a high turnover prone player. At least at Cal. You can tell all the physical tools are there.

People will compare Rourke’s first game to Mendoza’s first game. I don’t buy it. Mendoza’s ability to process just didn’t seem there.

He’ll put up numbers in this system no question. But the difference between 9-10 wins and 6-7 wins is going to be the three things I listed. It is one game thankfully.

I get the Mendoza hype, but his pocket presence, decision making, and accuracy left a lot to be desired. His footwork also needs a ton of work. Mendoza going to have to reach his ceiling to replicate last year; his floor is exponentially lower than Rourke’s, that’s my concern.

Did not look like a team ready to sustain success today. And that starts at the top.

No clue if the NCAA will give this guy a 5th year (played sparingly as a true freshman albeit in 5 games but is listed as a R-Jr), but I hope the staff pursues Buffalo MLB Red Murdock as a potential replacement to Fisher should he enter the portal. Was second in the nation in tackles last year with 156 behind his own teammate who had 168. Also lead the nation in FF last year with 7. He was all over the field last night and in on 16 tackles for a pretty staunch Buffalo defense that gave Minnesota all they could handle. Is from Petersburg VA which is right in the this staffs wheelhouse and could have potentially been recruited to JMU. https://ubbulls.com/sports/football/roster/red-murdock/8408 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/khalil-murdock-1.html

IU 38 ODU 13

Cignetti may not have too, but IU as a football program most certainly does. Most pundits chalk last season up to a gift B10 schedule and a cake non-conference slate. They're still talking about future non-conference schedules to this day. It's been a longgggg time since IU has seen any kind of sustain success on the gridiron and that success typically only lasts a few seasons. The last time IU was in this position to start the year, and it wasn't that long ago, it was over before it started. Winning 9-10 games this year will go a long way. IU is not going to get the benefit of the doubt until they start winning at consistently at a high-level. I'm sure Cignetti understands this.

Respected Fife as a player. The way he's acted since being fired isn't a good look. Also, probably why he isn't coaching anymore.

I still find it incredulous that Fife and all his infinite wisdom is still selling insurance to this day. Those "yes man" on staff all landed on their feet and at P2 institutions no less in a matter of months.

They still play at Oklahoma, at USC, and at Nebraska during the first half of the schedule. Their second half schedule leading up to The Game is a travesty but very real chance they are 3-3 and out of playoff contention before the conference season really gets going.