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If they want to vacate our 4-8 record… have at it lol. That said, I don’t know the answer to your question. Hammering IU for something so innocuous seems unlikely.

I think that's likely. Not surprisingly, it sounds like there are Loss of Eligibility/Good Standing provisions in NIL deals. Not sure if there are claw backs, but at the least if he is declared ineligible at that point no more payments are owed. And on the rev share part of his contract, it's even more likely he's toast there. And the last complication for Brendan -- Cincy is suing him for a $1M buyout he hasn't paid them related to his transfer to TTU. What a mess.

Here's the penalty guidelines. Pretty severe...

Telltale sign it was time for rehab.

UNC just had zero players drafted. First time since 2016. Tough scene for the "NFL's 33rd franchise." Go there at your own risk.

Our photoshoot props keep leveling up. Love it! The poor Brass Spittoon has been thrown in the closet.

Hmm… I forgot the angle that we had all these guys on their visit. Ugh. This forum isn’t for the nitty gritty of recent Little 5 weekend issues. But I will say given the clear trend of problems I do not know why Bloomington/BPD still allows such huge, uncontrollable crowd sizes on Kirkwood. They’re just not being proactive to solve the issue. Do something like limit the Kirkwood crowd to 10% of what it was via controlled access checkpoints. Anyways, not good.

Well, it seems IUBB is running into the headwind of not being a good, stable program. This is not surprising. Good news is this can be overcome. As we know, our roster construction was a mess and we had one returning guy who averaged 4ppg. It's hard to fix so many roster issues in one portal, because the portal is so darn expensive. If we had more contributors returning this season, we wouldn't have to spend so much on the roster. Returning players are cheaper. We've spent a boatload of money, but given all the spots we had to fill via the pricey portal, we don't have much money left for these last three roster openings. As a result there will probably be more uncertainty with our rotation next year than we would like. Our staff is going to have to show some old fashioned scout and develop skills to make it work. To be fair that's true of every team. I didn't see much of that last year, so it better start now... We're still the #1 portal class on On3 and #3 on 24/7. That's a very good accomplishment. This roster now has the on paper talent and multi-year eligibility to be a strong base to grow from. Obviously, the huge question is how well we scouted and if the staff can maximize this roster. I found last season unsettling, but I guess the optimistic view would be this roster is thoroughly upgraded and perhaps it all comes together. Who knows. It's IUBB so it's hard not to expect the worst. But, we'll see.

Yea. Our '25 team had a Blue Chip Ratio of 8%(!!!)... just smashed through the "rule" it had to be >50% to win it all. Yet we still sent all these players to the league. Cig & Co are a development powerhouse. It's incredible.

Heck of a smart move to leave Wisky and come to IU. He flourished and got launched to the NFL.

Haha. I forgot about those. Great memory. Really paired well with cutting down the nets after the OSU loss when we still clinched a share of the B1G.

Very cool.

If he goes there good riddance. I know nothing, but I’m not worried yet.

Man that was so satisfying, as was the other Hemby short yardage TD. It's kinda easy to forget now, but at the time, after Old Dominion and Iowa, we had concerns about our short yardage capabilities. This game alleviated those, to say the least.

Josh says he’s never went up against a defense as complex and disguised as Bryant’s. And it’s made him much better. ;-) Also, I just can't wait for the season to start.

Man, I really appreciate Carr coming back to IU to work with IUBB and hopefully help us get good again. Not all our former managers are willing to.

I'm pretty sure 2026 is in the mid-30's. I'd guess we're right on the edge of the top-10. Pretty nuts. I think there are 20 or 25 schools spending pretty big, like the $30-40M range, so I think about as we're spending at a very competitive level. Beyond that, no idea, but whatever it is, it kept Cig around.

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Yea. In this case I mostly got that from Cig himself when he said this in April ‘25: “I think our little pot of gold is pretty nice, but we're not at $40 million. Or $30 million. Or even $25 million." https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/the-race-to-keep-up-with-40-million-rosters-is-shaking-college-football/ I took that to mean low 20’s which I heard from a few other people. Unfortunately for some who want to explain away IUFB as buying a team or being really old… it just ain’t so. It was simply incredible coaching.

I think Carr has a lot of influence with everyone. I also think if we flop and it’s clearly on CDD, Scott will try to keep Carr and marry him up to the next guy. But, like you said I still think CDD has the final call on all things IUBB. Like Carr can’t force a player on to the roster. Regardless, this portal seemed to go pretty well. The money helped too. Time will tell…

He’s visiting IU this weekend…

Is there any difference between tampering and recruiting anymore? I think it's the same at this point. You've got to start tampering with your targets early, they love all that tampering attention. That's the key to getting players. :-)

Yea I think. It's just a discussion and the question on why it took so long was raised. And yes, I'd guess Carr had plenty of leverage the whole time, he didn't need to leave the Pacers, and it only increased once the season got wobbly. Not disagreeing with that. Pretty cool we got him, assuming we perform this season. What additional authority and autonomy do you think he has vs. other GMs?

I don’t know. After our ‘25-26 roster was set there isn’t a rush to get a GM in place. It’s pretty common for someone to need some convincing (comp, NIL budget guarantees, whatever) to change jobs. I’d guess Scott knew him before Darian. Not sure what can be concluded from that. CDD worked on Ryan for months to get him to join. I don’t think Scott forced it. But, if someone reports otherwise I’ll listen.