*RANT HERE*

[OliviaPope40]

When does headband season start? Asking for a friend?

[HoosierHoopster]

Minivan drivers!

Most aggressive nutjob drivers on the road — because, driving a minivan, they’re stressed out.

(favorite bumper sticker of all time, on a minivan: “My other car is a Lotus”)

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

9 hours ago, HoosierHoopster said:

Minivan drivers!

Most aggressive nutjob drivers on the road — because, driving a minivan, they’re stressed out.

(favorite bumper sticker of all time, on a minivan: “My other car is a Lotus”)

Woah...  I drove normal in my minivan.. my wife though... Lol

[WayneFleekHoosier]

Has anyone looked forward to see how many more Bigten+ games we have?

[Stuhoo]

5 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Has anyone looked forward to see how many more Bigten+ games we have?

Looks like one and four more on Peacock:

 

Fri., Dec. 29    vs. Kennesaw State    Bloomington    6 p.m.    BTN+    
Wed., Jan. 3    at Nebraska    Lincoln, Neb.    9 p.m.    BTN    
Sat., Jan. 6    vs. Ohio State    Bloomington    8 p.m.    FOX    
Tues., Jan. 9    at Rutgers    Piscataway, N.J.    7 p.m.    Peacock    
Fri., Jan. 12    vs. Minnesota    Bloomington    6:30 p.m.    FS1   
Tues., Jan. 16    vs. Purdue    Bloomington    7 p.m.    Peacock    
Fri., Jan. 19    at Wisconsin    Madison, Wisc.    8:30 p.m.    FS1 
Sat., Jan. 27    at Illinois    Champaign, Ill.    3 p.m.    FOX   
Tues., Jan. 30    vs. Iowa    Bloomington    7 p.m.    BTN 
Sat., Feb. 3    vs. Penn State    Bloomington    12 p.m.    FS1   
Tues., Feb. 6    at Ohio State    Columbus, Ohio    7 p.m.    Peacock  
Sat., Feb. 10    at Purdue    West Lafayette    8 p.m.    FOX  
Sun., Feb. 18    vs. Northwestern    Bloomington    3 p.m.    FS1   
Wed., Feb. 21    vs. Nebraska    Bloomington    8:30 p.m.    BTN 
Sat., Feb. 24    at Penn State    University Park, Pa.    12 p.m.    BTN  
Tues., Feb. 27    vs. Wisconsin    Bloomington    7 p.m.    Peacock   
Sun., Mar. 3    at Maryland    College Park, Md.    2 p.m.    CBS    
Wed., Mar. 6    at Minnesota    Minneapolis, Minn.    9 p.m.    BTN   
Sun., Mar. 10    vs. Michigan State    Bloomington    4:30 p.m.    CBS   

[Dave from Dayton]

4 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Has anyone looked forward to see how many more Bigten+ games we have?

Ken...State is the only one.  Through the end of regular season...Peacock is the only weirdo.  The rest are Fox, BTN, ESPN, ESPNU, CBS...FS1.

When is the replay available?

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

12 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Looks like one and four more on Peacock:

 

Fri., Dec. 29    vs. Kennesaw State    Bloomington    6 p.m.    BTN+    
Wed., Jan. 3    at Nebraska    Lincoln, Neb.    9 p.m.    BTN    
Sat., Jan. 6    vs. Ohio State    Bloomington    8 p.m.    FOX    
Tues., Jan. 9    at Rutgers    Piscataway, N.J.    7 p.m.    Peacock    
Fri., Jan. 12    vs. Minnesota    Bloomington    6:30 p.m.    FS1   
Tues., Jan. 16    vs. Purdue    Bloomington    7 p.m.    Peacock    
Fri., Jan. 19    at Wisconsin    Madison, Wisc.    8:30 p.m.    FS1 
Sat., Jan. 27    at Illinois    Champaign, Ill.    3 p.m.    FOX   
Tues., Jan. 30    vs. Iowa    Bloomington    7 p.m.    BTN 
Sat., Feb. 3    vs. Penn State    Bloomington    12 p.m.    FS1   
Tues., Feb. 6    at Ohio State    Columbus, Ohio    7 p.m.    Peacock  
Sat., Feb. 10    at Purdue    West Lafayette    8 p.m.    FOX  
Sun., Feb. 18    vs. Northwestern    Bloomington    3 p.m.    FS1   
Wed., Feb. 21    vs. Nebraska    Bloomington    8:30 p.m.    BTN 
Sat., Feb. 24    at Penn State    University Park, Pa.    12 p.m.    BTN  
Tues., Feb. 27    vs. Wisconsin    Bloomington    7 p.m.    Peacock   
Sun., Mar. 3    at Maryland    College Park, Md.    2 p.m.    CBS    
Wed., Mar. 6    at Minnesota    Minneapolis, Minn.    9 p.m.    BTN   
Sun., Mar. 10    vs. Michigan State    Bloomington    4:30 p.m.    CBS   

I see 2 9 pm. I'll probably fall asleep before the end. Next year will suck with those likely 10 and 11 pm games.

[BGleas]

I actually prefer the streaming services for the 9pm games.

You get your game on time. It removes the horrible planning by the networks where you miss the first 5-10 minutes of your game while the 7pm game fouls the last 2 minutes of a 15-point game. 

[kreigh8]

4 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I see 2 9 pm. I'll probably fall asleep before the end. Next year will suck with those likely 10 and 11 pm games.

Bring on the BIG10 weekday triple headers! 6, 9, 12. Can’t wait!

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

26 minutes ago, kreigh8 said:

Bring on the BIG10 weekday triple headers! 6, 9, 12. Can’t wait!

It'll be 7, 9, 11. To make sure games start late or you miss the beginning of the others.

[kreigh8]

23 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

It'll be 7, 9, 11. To make sure games start late or you miss the beginning of the others.

Guess it was just wishful thinking of mine that with adding west coast teams being added they'd maybe push the games up ahead of my bedtime. I struggle with staying up for the 9pm starts. I'm not sure I'm looking forward to IU @ USC at 11pm tip. We still ranting in here right!?!

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

13 minutes ago, kreigh8 said:

Guess it was just wishful thinking of mine that with adding west coast teams being added they'd maybe push the games up ahead of my bedtime. I struggle with staying up for the 9pm starts. I'm not sure I'm looking forward to IU @ USC at 11pm tip. We still ranting in here right!?!

Oh it's going to be awful and you can guarantee that those games will be the least watched.

[str8baller]

On 12/28/2023 at 9:30 AM, Dave from Dayton said:

Ken...State is the only one.  Through the end of regular season...Peacock is the only weirdo.  The rest are Fox, BTN, ESPN, ESPNU, CBS...FS1.

When is the replay available?

Crap. I forgot this was a plus game. Means I’ll probably miss it. Have other stuff to attend anyways but was going to try and catch part of it.  
 

I think in the past the replay has been the following day. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I hate BTN+. Can't wait to cancel it after tonight. They'd be smarter joining BTN+ with Peacock and just running it as "spend $1 more a month and you can get all of BTN+ on Peacock." They'd probably end up making more money from that.

[AZ Hoosier]

14 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I hate BTN+. Can't wait to cancel it after tonight. They'd be smarter joining BTN+ with Peacock and just running it as "spend $1 more a month and you can get all of BTN+ on Peacock." They'd probably end up making more money from that.

Can't disagree... heard guys on sports talk complaining about NFL on Peacock... everybody had their hand out, and inflation is out of control... have to make some (not so) hard choices.

Any idea if they will replay on BTN? Usually they do within a day or two, but didn't see it on the channel guide. 

[LIHoosier]

52 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

I hate BTN+. Can't wait to cancel it after tonight. They'd be smarter joining BTN+ with Peacock and just running it as "spend $1 more a month and you can get all of BTN+ on Peacock." They'd probably end up making more money from that.

Not when Peacock is NBC and BTN/BTN+ is majority owned by FOX. 

And to AZ, I didn't see a replay either. A lot of bowl replays, bowl preview/recap shows and live women's games from now till Jan 2 or so.

[Josh]

I need to rant about cars.  Don't read if you're sensitive, I'm sure some of you will be triggered here.

If your SUV is a two wheel drive, it's a minivan.  Not that there's anything wrong with minivans of course.

Why in the world did Toyota decide that their high performance vehicles would be given the acronym TRD?  Something definitely got lost in translation there.  My brother in law has a Toyota mini truck with TRD real big on the side.  Phonetically that is pronounced turd.  My 8 year old and all her friends laugh at him because he drives a turd truck.  Bad decisions by Toyota and my BIL.  

Those tiny ladders attached to the back of some SUVs are the dumbest thing in existence.  I parked next to a Range Rover today that had a tiny plastic ladder attached to the back door of it.  What kind of fashion statement is that?  It had no roof rack, so it wasn't made to get the person to the storage on top.  Plus it must have been about 10" wide.  What child can climb that thing...and to where?  STUPID.

If you have a vehicle with a V6 emblem on it, know that V8 drivers laugh at you.  

That's all for now.  I just had to get that rant off my chest.  Be better to anybody mentioned above.

[HoosierHoopster]

56 minutes ago, Josh said:

I need to rant about cars.  Don't read if you're sensitive, I'm sure some of you will be triggered here.

If your SUV is a two wheel drive, it's a minivan.  Not that there's anything wrong with minivans of course.

Why in the world did Toyota decide that their high performance vehicles would be given the acronym TRD?  Something definitely got lost in translation there.  My brother in law has a Toyota mini truck with TRD real big on the side.  Phonetically that is pronounced turd.  My 8 year old and all her friends laugh at him because he drives a turd truck.  Bad decisions by Toyota and my BIL.  

Those tiny ladders attached to the back of some SUVs are the dumbest thing in existence.  I parked next to a Range Rover today that had a tiny plastic ladder attached to the back door of it.  What kind of fashion statement is that?  It had no roof rack, so it wasn't made to get the person to the storage on top.  Plus it must have been about 10" wide.  What child can climb that thing...and to where?  STUPID.

If you have a vehicle with a V6 emblem on it, know that V8 drivers laugh at you.  

That's all for now.  I just had to get that rant off my chest.  Be better to anybody mentioned above.

I need to rant more about cars. And to all sensitive about your cars (ahem, minivans) consider me an insensitive pr_ck and ignore :)

If you’re driving an “SUV” (supposedly a Sport Utility Vehicle), you’re driving a pickup truck. Most are just pickup truck chassis with a cargo conver and fancy rear seating. Just picture your “SUV” without the seating and cargo cover and you’ll see the pickup truck. So if you’re laughing at pickup trucks, well….

Those Landrover ladders are hysterical. On the one hand though, “real” Landrovers are built on an actual utility vehicle chassis, they’re actual off road vehicles, not trucks. On the other, the Landrover has turned into soccer mom and Mr Elitist vehicles — my old 2002 Disco Series II was badass (and oh man the 90s Defenders) the Discovery now is a joke of a soccer mom car - I hate that. 
Why can’t car companies continue their cool individualism (SAAB before it failed, even Volvo as a unique looking car before Ford ruined them) instead of all targeting the soccer moms of the world (not that there’s anything wrong with them!). 
And BMW’s now just plain suck eggs. If you want a Beemer prepare to be on a first name basis with your service advisor (I was, hi Shef)  and watch the electronics go haywire, regularly. Their lines / looks / grills are ugly now too, what happened to the designers?

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

I need to rant about cars.  Don't read if you're sensitive, I'm sure some of you will be triggered here.

If your SUV is a two wheel drive, it's a minivan.  Not that there's anything wrong with minivans of course.

Why in the world did Toyota decide that their high performance vehicles would be given the acronym TRD?  Something definitely got lost in translation there.  My brother in law has a Toyota mini truck with TRD real big on the side.  Phonetically that is pronounced turd.  My 8 year old and all her friends laugh at him because he drives a turd truck.  Bad decisions by Toyota and my BIL.  

Those tiny ladders attached to the back of some SUVs are the dumbest thing in existence.  I parked next to a Range Rover today that had a tiny plastic ladder attached to the back door of it.  What kind of fashion statement is that?  It had no roof rack, so it wasn't made to get the person to the storage on top.  Plus it must have been about 10" wide.  What child can climb that thing...and to where?  STUPID.

If you have a vehicle with a V6 emblem on it, know that V8 drivers laugh at you.  

That's all for now.  I just had to get that rant off my chest.  Be better to anybody mentioned above.

If you have multiple children in car seats...

Minivan > SUV

[fwgreenway]

9 hours ago, str8baller said:

Crap. I forgot this was a plus game. Means I’ll probably miss it. Have other stuff to attend anyways but was going to try and catch part of it.  
 

I think in the past the replay has been the following day. 

On Jan 3rd (Wed) at 11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Big Basketball in 60 on BTN. Episode 57 is replaying big ten game action, but not sure if it's IU vs Kennesaw St. That's the only replay that looks like it could be IU between today and Wed.