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Yea. After the video statement I feel just fine though.

Lmao. Pawwwwl is so so so butthurt.

A direct message from THE MAN!!! https://x.com/IndianaFootball/status/1978914872730484763?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1978914872730484763|twgr^398321f5177fb3bc6dd5783296c58ccc26c1347a|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhoosierhuddle.com%2Fcommunity%2Ffree-iu-football-board%2Fnew-cig-contract%2F

Atta boy Scott!!!!

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This was in another thread but I'll yap about it here. IMO, Memorial Stadium has always been knocked because there was no crowd and it's actually a bit underrated and more of a mid-pack B1G stadium. First off, the north endzone is great. It incorporates our campus architecture and adds a regal/stately character most college stadiums don't have. The south endzone wasn't as good, not a great use of space, but it does generally match the rest of stadium and the outside looks very good when the pregame shows come to town. The east and west stands are steep and curved towards the field, which helps with the atmosphere, and the notched walls at the bottom are a nice touch. I think it looks pretty good, especially when it's packed on TV. Outsiders are pretty complimentary of it when they see it. We've come a long way from what it was in 2008. Yes, it's not exactly a comfortable place and the press box is way outdated, but that's pretty typical for a CFB stadium used around eight times per year. Our crowds are coming along. You can tell when a crowd really wants it, AH is that way, and it's starting to happen to Memorial. I don't know what the renovations will be -- clearly it's looking like suites/premium seating additions and a new press box, which will impact the east stand and maybe the west. Probably my biggest question is if they replace the entire east and west stands or just build up behind/on the current ones. It's sort of a project management challenge with just eight months of offseason and you don't want to lose capacity during the season. We shall see.

Sheesh. I know they put more of their rev share towards bball than the rest of the SEC, but that's a huge number that I almost don't believe. Only 9th in the preseason AP too... Gonna be funny when they don't win it all.

Credit to those who pay up when they lose a bet: https://x.com/kbowen1070/status/1978847541069263237?s=46

I’ve got serious issues with Herbie. 2024 IUFB was a great story worthy of celebrating and promoting. It’s fine to critical of us at OSU and ND, but there is context to those games (those were the best two teams in the country). But no, Kirk singled us out as undeserving and a problem with the playoff system. Didn’t hear hardly a peep about Boise, SMU, Clemson, or Tennessee who lost big. Just this week he still claims we didn’t beat a team with a winning record last year, which is wrong. We jammed him with the Oregon win and he had to give us credit. So, I’m not a fan. He is no friend of ours. I also think he has quite the ego and the whole bring his dog everywhere to boost his approval rating thing is corny and weak.

100%. Whenever we redo the press box and/or add suites, we should incorporate something like this.

Same. I was just wondering if other schools count all their campuses too so it’s an apples to apples comparison. Nothing to do with one campus being better or worse than another. If you went to an IU campus you are clearly an IU alumni.

If you want more Cig content, here is a longish Cig interview with a national guy in Klatt. Starts around 26 minutes in. Nothing direct about the coach opening rumors. Just mentions the usual he's said before about Pam/Scott, IU’s strong commitment to date, liking Bloomington, and how we have to get football investment to a top third level in the conference.

Hmm. Our Bloomington campus enrollment has been #10-20 for a very long time. I wonder if we count satellite campuses or something. I don’t get how it’s true. But, I’ll drop this topic, no one wants to see my posts disputing a stat that has IU #1 lol.

We are really pushing the this largest alumni base thing. It’s great and we do need to get everyone engaged. But if I am honest, I am pretty sure most large state schools have somewhat similar sized alumni bases.

This game averaged 5.6M viewers. CBS’ most watched game of the year so far. Sweet.

Opened at +10.5, was +7.5 at kick-off. In all our conference games the money came in on IU as the games approached, and so far only Iowa was wrong. I don't know much about the mechanics of when the sharps or the public is moving a betting line, so I just hope it's the sharps.

Yea, chance of showers goes up quite a bit by early afternoon. Hopefully that front pushes out and the forecast improves over the next few days. Line opened at -24.5 and is now around -26.5 to -27.5. As always, hope the smart $ is right.

Off the court trouble at Iowa. https://nypost.com/2025/10/13/sports/iowa-guard-tavion-banks-arrested-for-alleged-role-in-drunken-bar-fight/

I'm sure developers would love to turn the library into luxury apartments integrated with mixed use retail. "The Herman B Wells Lofts." Studios starting at $1,999/month.

Great job Carter. Also, Bob Bostad is a helluva of a coach.

It's pretty crazy how many head coach openings there are now and how many are probably coming: Current: - PSU - Va Tech - UCLA - Arkansas - Okie St. Soon: - UNC Chance of a change in next year or two: - Florida - Florida St. - Wisconsin - Auburn - Michigan State - South Carolina I probably missed a few. One that could be coming and it's a top-5 or so mega-job is Michigan. Sherrone is stumbling a bit and his buyout isn't much for UM. If he has a bad rest of this year, I could see UM losing faith in him. Anyways, I don't have anything else to say except it's quite the list.

Yep. I think it's going to be a positive that football is setting a high standard that basketball will be measured against. For once in IUBB's history they're not the biggest show in town and they will need to earn fan interest, attention, and resources much more than in past years. That means no excuses, winning, and getting better during the season and year over year.

Yea, it's got to be coming. Some guesses for fun: - Cig is at $9M/yr. Pump that up to $12.5-13.5M so he's going from just outside the top-10 to #1 or #2. Allocate another $2-3M to the staff pool so we can do all we can to keep key guys ( notably Haines and Kuntz) or hire their replacements if they take promotions. I am sure there are others who are very important. - Pump up the football NIL budget by $7-8M+, even if that means selling parts of campus. We've got a whole new universe of higher level talent interested in IU now that they have seen use make the playoff and do things like win at Oregon. But, these players are more expensive and we've got to pay their market rates. It will be hard to get intel on what's happening with NIL, but something like this is important behind the scenes. - Announce something with the stadium renovation. Exactly what I don't care, but it's time for suites and a new press box, a new PA/sound system, stuff like that. We've got that private equity money coming to help. Scott has been all over this. He identified Cig, convinced him to come here, exceed his first season NIL commitment (and probably second season), didn't wait on new staff contracts/raises last year and got them done mid-season, and did additional raises for Haines and Owings to help keep them here. That's a good track record and I expect Scott, Pam, and others are going to keep doing what they have been doing.

Yea. He might wait for Florida. That’s a better fit for him vs moving north.

FWIW, here are the betting odds at the moment.