IUFB Offseason Updates

[Hovadipo 63,346]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA

Paul Finebaum is maaad. And not especially 'truthy.' HE MAAAAAD!!

It would be kinda funny if he really understands the truth and is just trolling for ratings. But it would be truly delicious if he actually believes this stuff!

It’s absolutely the former, unfortunately. 

[Stuhoo 92,721]

52 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

It’s absolutely the former, unfortunately. 

#baldFootballDakich

[Hoosierfan2017 25,451]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA

Paul Finebaum is maaad. And not especially 'truthy.' HE MAAAAAD!!

It would be kinda funny if he really understands the truth and is just trolling for ratings. But it would be truly delicious if he actually believes this stuff!

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,264]

A tip of my hat @Hoosierfan2017

[Class of '66 Old Fart 95,264]

Courtesy of The Daily Hoosier

[Hovadipo 63,346]

A national CFB writer dropping an assistant player personnel hiring seems noteworthy.

[Demo 25,688]

1 minute ago, Hovadipo said:

A national CFB writer dropping an assistant player personnel hiring seems noteworthy.

That, and a young guy looking to grow his career in college football LEFT GEORGIA FOR INDIANA. 
Have officially entered an alternate universe.

[DChoosier 10,438]

On 8/20/2025 at 1:21 PM, DChoosier said:

I am 110% on board with scheduling “sure win” non-conference games.  That being said, 2026 looks a little more interesting than this year but 2027 is absolutely putrid. You would think we could find a couple of “less crappy” crappy teams to play.

IU's non-league schedules

2025: ODU, Kennesaw St, Indiana St

2026: Howard, Colorado St, WKU

2027: Kennesaw St, Indiana St, UMass

2028: Austin Peay, Miami (Oh), E. Michigan

So the word is that the SEC is going to 9 conference games plus require a P4 OOC contest.  If that’s the case I am sure the Big Ten will match the P4 out of conference game requirement. I’ll bet Scott D wishes he didn’t give UVA $500,000 to get out of that series as UVA would have been a perfect way to meet the requirement (the downside is that the scintillating Kennesaw State rematch would not have been scheduled). 

If we have another great year, which I am expecting, it will be interesting to see if a UVA-type team will even want to play us as I’m sure that, when the deal was originally signed, UVA assumed they had a good chance of beating us.

In any case getting both conference on 9 conf games+1 P4 schedules will be a good thing for CFB.

[Lebowski 4,178]

3 hours ago, DChoosier said:

So the word is that the SEC is going to 9 conference games plus require a P4 OOC contest.  If that’s the case I am sure the Big Ten will match the P4 out of conference game requirement. I’ll bet Scott D wishes he didn’t give UVA $500,000 to get out of that series as UVA would have been a perfect way to meet the requirement (the downside is that the scintillating Kennesaw State rematch would not have been scheduled). 

If we have another great year, which I am expecting, it will be interesting to see if a UVA-type team will even want to play us as I’m sure that, when the deal was originally signed, UVA assumed they had a good chance of beating us.

In any case getting both conference on 9 conf games+1 P4 schedules will be a good thing for CFB.

Yeah hindsight is always 20/20. I foresee us dropping ISU in 2027, AP in 2028, and most likely Howard next year.  Ideally, picking up an SEC opponent would be preferred.  UK is the most likely fan favorite.  

[Pagoda 6,471]

4 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

Yeah hindsight is always 20/20. I foresee us dropping ISU in 2027, AP in 2028, and most likely Howard next year.  Ideally, picking up an SEC opponent would be preferred.  UK is the most likely fan favorite.  

UK may be tough to schedule -- I'd guess their P4 game will be Louisville?

[Hovadipo 63,346]

32 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

UK may be tough to schedule -- I'd guess their P4 game will be Louisville?

Got them booked through 2030. Not happenin’.

[Stuhoo 92,721]

Bring Alabama or Georgia to Bloomington. Neither team will enjoy their visit.

[Josh 13,495]

We should definitely schedule a home/home with Florida

[Stuhoo 92,721]

17 minutes ago, Josh said:

We should definitely schedule a home/home with Florida

Because my kid goes to UF and that would be epic fun for my family!!

[Josh 13,495]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Because my kid goes to UF and that would be epic fun for my family!!

Oh this idea was selfish as hell for me lol.  See if your kid can pull some strings, I'll host the tailgate

[Stuhoo 92,721]

22 minutes ago, Josh said:

Oh this idea was selfish as hell for me lol.  See if your kid can pull some strings, I'll host the tailgate

Funny thing is… he’s a sophomore at UF and if Cig brought our guys to Gainesville he’d probably still root for the Hoosiers.

He’s like me; once you get an allegiance it’s for life.

[steubenhoosier 2,025]

If people are going to complain about ticket prices and not selling out the stadium, then they also shouldn’t be complaining as the program progresses and we can’t compete for recruits against the big time programs that fill 80,000-100,000 seat stadiums for every game 

[Stuhoo 92,721]

12 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

If people are going to complain about ticket prices and not selling out the stadium, then they also shouldn’t be complaining as the program progresses and we can’t compete for recruits against the big time programs that fill 80,000-100,000 seat stadiums for every game 

We need a bigger/expanded stadium.

[steubenhoosier 2,025]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

We need a bigger/expanded stadium.

Yes we do 

[Pagoda 6,471]

We need more fan interest first.  Interest has grown a lot but our FB fanbase is still quite small.

Current ticket availability per Trevor Burch:

OD - 8,518 
Kenn St - 10,541 
ISU - 9,865 
Illinois - Sold Out
Mich St - 4,734 
UCLA - 4,741 
Wisc - 7,204 

I’d love enough fan interest to justify a larger stadium.  It could happen…

The thing I’d really like to see is enough corporate interest to justify suites.  Those can be nice revenue drivers.  Lucas Oil is sponsoring the field suites, so it’s starting to happen…

My guess is over the next five years we are going to complete redo the east and west stands which are 65 years old.  Hopefully IU nails the design.

Anyways, this is all good stuff.