Game Thread: IUFB vs Wisconsin Noon BTN

[HoosierX]

2 hours ago, coonhounds said:

If they make a bowl then tom allen deserves a apology from the fans lol. Not necessarily a extention. Perhaps if they win the bowl game then ok lol

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Disagree, he is the one who hired Walt Bell, which was honestly one of the dumbest coordinator hires ever. Glad he finally did the right thing, and I am thrilled we pulled out a close one today, but we’re climbing out of a hole Tom Allen dug with his absurd personnel decisions (would throw Hiller in there too).

[HoosierX]

1 hour ago, Alford Bailey said:

Yes we are playing better. Yes we are still the worst team in the conference. Wisconsin flat out refused to take the win we were handing them.

If you’re looking at the last two weeks, we are far from the worst team in the conference. 

This is a different team post Walt Bell.

[kreigh8]

12 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

Disagree, he is the one who hired Walt Bell, which was honestly one of the dumbest coordinator hires ever. Glad he finally did the right thing, and I am thrilled we pulled out a close one today, but we’re climbing out of a hole Tom Allen dug with his absurd personnel decisions (would throw Hiller in there too).

We sure Dolson won’t just promote Carey to HC after this stretch of better play rather than a search?

[Hovadipo]

7 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Hoosiers +9.5 is free money boys and girls. No Braelon Allen and a hurt Tanner Mordecai. 

:)))))))

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

I was actually rooting for a shorthanded Wisconsin to overcome the odds and beat Indiana. 

Now the Hoosiers actually believe they can go bowling. 

 

No... I did not follow the game, I actually had work. 

[Artie86]

43 minutes ago, IUFootballEndlessMisery said:

I was actually rooting for a shorthanded Wisconsin to overcome the odds and beat Indiana. 

Now the Hoosiers actually believe they can go bowling. 

 

No... I did not follow the game, I actually had work. 

….and there’s something wrong with believing that? SMH….

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Rick Bozich  -  By beating Virginia Tech, Louisville improved to 8-1. This is @JeffBrohm’s 10th season as a head coach — and his sixth season with 8 or more wins.

Hope PUke is crying in their beer.  But why can't IU ever land a coach that can mirror Brohm's record or at the very least just come close?  Rhetorical question!

 

[TTT]

Recently, IU did have a winning puzzle but the pieces were out of order.  Husky sure is a fun dog to watch.

[HoosierX]

1 hour ago, IUFootballEndlessMisery said:

I was actually rooting for a shorthanded Wisconsin to overcome the odds and beat Indiana. 

Now the Hoosiers actually believe they can go bowling. 

 

No... I did not follow the game, I actually had work. 

I don’t think Allen is going anywhere regardless after this year. Much better for us to build some momentum going into next year so the program doesn’t go into the toilet.

Even if by some miracle we make a bowl and a year is added to Allen’s contract it wouldn’t really affect anything I don’t think. The key date will be December 2024 when we will only owe half of his remaining contract instead of all of it. Half of another year in terms of the buyout won’t move the needle in terms of the decision to keep him at that date.

[TheWatShot]

1 minute ago, HoosierX said:

I don’t think Allen is going anywhere regardless after this year. Much better for us to build some momentum going into next year so the program doesn’t go into the toilet.
 

Even if by some miracle we make a bowl and a year is added to Allen’s contract it wouldn’t really affect anything I don’t think. The key date will be December 2024 when we will only owe half of his remaining contract instead of all of it. Half of another year in terms of the buyout won’t move the needle in terms of the decision to keep him at that date.

The program is already in the toilet. The only good thing about a win like today is that we can now say we've won back to back games against a program that owned us for two decades and would regularly beat us by 50+ points. 

[Alford Bailey]

It would be be a very IU football thing to beat three bad teams remaining go to a bowl and give Tom Allen an extension after going 6-21 in conference last three years

[TTT]

I estimate a 60% chance IU makes it to a bowl game.  
If 2024 matches or improves by at least even one game which I estimate a 45% chance…T.A. will go nowhere nor should he.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

60% is definitely high, I’d cut that in half. 
 

[Hovadipo]

6 minutes ago, Alford Bailey said:

It would be be a very IU football thing to beat three bad teams remaining go to a bowl and give Tom Allen an extension after going 6-21 in conference last three years

Not sure if it’s what you meant, but as a general reminder he would get an extra year on his deal for going to a bowl thanks to Uncle Fred lol. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

45 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

….and there’s something wrong with believing that? SMH….

It’s the same as Archie’s last season. Better to bottom out than risk another season. The basketball program would’ve been in a worse place if he won enough to last enough year. Same with the football program. This was his third conference win in his last 24 attempts. 12.5%. Time for him to leave. 

[Alford Bailey]

3 hours ago, Lebowski said:

They were the team from the west division that would have played in the championship game.  That's the team IUFB just beat. Wisconsin didn't execute and IUFB did.  It's that simple. 

Credit to the Hoosiers and what kind of progress they have shown.  They've been doing something right and we should give credit to the entire program.  

Yes we are playing better. But that is not a good Wisconsin team by any stretch. We hung on scoring 3 points in the second half.

[HoosierX]

26 minutes ago, DoctorP said:

60% is definitely high, I’d cut that in half. 
 

I’d cut it even more if winning all 3 is necessary. I think a 50% chance is fair for each game. That would give us a 12.5% chance of winning all 3.

[go iu bb]

4 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

I’d cut it even more if winning all 3 is necessary. I think a 50% chance is fair for each game. That would give us a 12.5% chance of winning all 3.

Even that is probably high considering 2 of the 3 are on the road so I doubt the odds in those are are as high as 50%.

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

2 hours ago, Artie86 said:

….and there’s something wrong with believing that? SMH….

Because a part of me (and by a part, I mean all of me) wants Tom Allen gone, and if Tom Allen falls @$$ backwards into a bowl game, we're stuck with him?

[Lebowski]

2 hours ago, Alford Bailey said:

Yes we are playing better. But that is not a good Wisconsin team by any stretch. We hung on scoring 3 points in the second half.

Going into today's game, they were good enough in the west division to play for the hardware. Yeah, not as good as UM, O$U, PSU, Maryland or Rutgers, but good enough to represent that weak ars division, nonetheless. 

Give some credit to a team that has been playing a lot better since the OC change.  Something is going good for us here.