IUFB Offseason Updates

[Pagoda]

50% increase in season ticket sales!  Fantastic news — support is really increasing as is program revenue.

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2025/06/19/indiana-football-season-ticket-sales-reach-historic-levels-after-college-football-playoff-appearance/84255197007/

[Lebowski]

4 hours ago, Pagoda said:

50% increase in season ticket sales!  Fantastic news — support is really increasing as is program revenue.

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2025/06/19/indiana-football-season-ticket-sales-reach-historic-levels-after-college-football-playoff-appearance/84255197007/

"We're going to change the culture, the mindset, the expectation level, and improve the brand of Indiana Hoosier football. There will be no self-imposed limitations on what we can accomplish." -Coach Cig

[rayl456]

4 hours ago, Lebowski said:

"We're going to change the culture, the mindset, the expectation level, and improve the brand of Indiana Hoosier football. There will be no self-imposed limitations on what we can accomplish." -Coach Cig

 

8 hours ago, Pagoda said:

50% increase in season ticket sales!  Fantastic news — support is really increasing as is program revenue.

https://www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/sports/college/iu/2025/06/19/indiana-football-season-ticket-sales-reach-historic-levels-after-college-football-playoff-appearance/84255197007/

Great news!  Happy for Coach C, but REALLY happy for the players!  Going to be a great many sellouts next season.  Go Hoosiers!!   :))

[Demo]

https://www.espn.com/nfl/draft2026/story/_/id/45585366/2026-nfl-mock-draft-miller-early-first-round-predictions-quarterbacks-32-picks
 

Ponds in the 1st round of ESPN’s latest mock. Man, it will be so cool when an IU kid is walking on stage at the draft and I want it to be Ponds. Love that kid.

[Pagoda]

Interesting recruiting data from Taylor.  Commits are happening faster. That’s good.

 https://bitesizedbison.substack.com/p/curt-cignetti-has-shifted-indianas

[Lebowski]

7 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Interesting recruiting data from Taylor.  Commits are happening faster.  https://bitesizedbison.substack.com/p/curt-cignetti-has-shifted-indianas

I saw this and was going to share it myself. Thanks for sharing.

My first thought was, "Well, yeah, Coach Cig knows what he's doing." But I then started to think about it a little more. CTA was somewhat handcuffed compared to Coach Cig. I'm not defending CTA per se but I am wondering if Coach Cig would have been able to land recruits without the commitment from the top and NIL. CTA didn't have either.

Regardless, this kind of data just provides another example of how Dolson and Pam Whitten can truly make a difference when focusing on the football program. Hiring a proven coach that is respected by his peers and providing the funds to keep stability and a foundation is really all that was needed for IUFB all along. And I'm here for all of it! My dreams are finally coming into realization. 

[Lebowski]

 

 

[Stuhoo]

 

New turf. Looks purty!

 

 

[LIHoosier]

Cool Dad font everywhere!

[Pagoda]

I’ll take every cover we can get.

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Edit: And here are Phil's B1G rankings:

Ohio State Buckeyes (128.19)
Penn State Nittany Lions (127.87)
Oregon Ducks (123.56)
Michigan Wolverines (122.92)
Indiana Hoosiers (118.62)
Illinois Fighting Illini (117.22)
Nebraska Cornhuskers (116.43)
USC Trojans (115.63)
Iowa Hawkeyes (115.08)
Washington Huskies (113.67)
Minnesota Golden Gophers (110.94)
Rutgers Scarlett Knights (109.74)
Wisconsin Badgers (109.17)
UCLA Bruins (106.61)
Michigan State Spartans (105.8)
Maryland Terrapins (100.08)
Northwestern Wildcats (99.46)
Purdue Boilermakers (94.57)

[Demo]

19 hours ago, Pagoda said:

I’ll take every cover we can get.

And when was the last time, or has there ever been a time, when they had a choice of probably 4 different players they could have put on the cover? Love it.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

 

[Pagoda]

Ha.  Some unfinished business.

[Hovadipo]

If CFB 26 is any indication, Mikail Kamara is going to win the Heisman and the runner-up is going to be Roman Hemby. Stephen Daley will also be going to New York. 

[southsidehoosier]

[Pagoda]

Single game tickets are available to the general public today.  All games have seats available — we sold a lot more season tickets this year, but not so many there aren’t plenty of single game options.  Link to buy below if you’re interested in packing The Rock and supporting this emerging football superpower:

https://iuhoosiers.evenue.net/events/iu-football-single-game-tickets

[CSP]

I will have a pair of tickets to Old Dominion and Kennesaw St available 

[IndyHoosier1997]

One major worry I have is interior D-Line. 
 

Thought Tyrique Tucker was pretty great as a reserve last season, and then I expect Hosea Wheeler to take over the other starting spot. 
 

Dominique Ratcliff I expect to be the main reserve.

I don’t know, I just think West/Carpenter were big losses, particularly West. Hope the new guys can fill that void because it’s a big one. That’s about the one position group I’m worried about falling off a bit. 
 

 

[Stuhoo]

18 minutes ago, IndyHoosier1997 said:

One major worry I have is interior D-Line. 
 

Thought Tyrique Tucker was pretty great as a reserve last season, and then I expect Hosea Wheeler to take over the other starting spot. 
 

Dominique Ratcliff I expect to be the main reserve.

I don’t know, I just think West/Carpenter were big losses, particularly West. Hope the new guys can fill that void because it’s a big one. That’s about the one position group I’m worried about falling off a bit. 
 

 

I’m worried about depth at OL, DL, WR, and secondary.

Last year we were blessedly injury free. This coming year we are arguably more talented but with less depth.

[IndyHoosier1997]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

I’m worried about depth at OL, DL, WR, and secondary.

Last year we were blessedly injury free. This coming year we are arguably more talented but with less depth.

That’s true, im not super concerned about depth at some of those, particularly WR and secondary. 
 

We have some depth issues at corner, but Ponds/Sharpe/Grandy/Knighten are four legit corners and we have some young guys who were highly touted too, Jah Jah Boyd for one. 
 

WR is somewhat similar. Cooper/Sarratt are undeniably your top two but you still have EJ Williams/Jonathan Brady/Makai Jackson behind those guys, and then a couple young guys who will probably be getting reps like a LeBron Bond or a Davion Chandler. 
 

I will say I am really interested to see who wins that WR #3 job, I think Brady is the best body type for it, but that’ll be an interesting battle with Tyler Morris going down. 
 

Interior defensive line is the one position group I’m not sure we have a ton of depth or high end talent, but I’d love to be wrong. 

Edited July 9, 2025 by IndyHoosier1997