2024 IUFB Season

[NashvilleHoosier]

1 hour ago, Hovadipo said:

You have to promise it won‘t be as bad as last time we both took a bucket list trip to see the Hoosiers. 

It can’t go worse, right? I’m headed to the Palestra in January. If that also goes poorly, maybe I’m just bad at bucket list trips to see the Hoosiers and I’ll let you try Eugene on your own. 

[LIHoosier]

#9 in the first CFP, hypothetically against Tennessee

[Demo]

17 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

#9 in the first CFP, hypothetically against Tennessee

Probably as good a jumping off point as we could reasonably hope for. Go beat Michigan with the bye week after and all those SEC teams beating each other up for the next couple  of weeks creates a pretty nice path. 

[Hovadipo]

18 minutes ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

It can’t go worse, right? I’m headed to the Palestra in January. If that also goes poorly, maybe I’m just bad at bucket list trips to see the Hoosiers and I’ll let you try Eugene on your own. 

I get a sense that Ducks fans wouldn’t be nearly as sweet as KU fans. That could sour things in a hurry regardless of outcome. 

[BtownStrength]

20 minutes ago, Demo said:

Probably as good a jumping off point as we could reasonably hope for. Go beat Michigan with the bye week after and all those SEC teams beating each other up for the next couple  of weeks creates a pretty nice path. 

Agree, but if we lose at OSU we might need a bit of help. I don't see Penn State losing another game but if they could that would be glorious, and like you said SEC schools will eliminate each other. 

[IU_FanClub]

Looking for 2 tickets to the game Saturday if anyone is selling

[Home Jersey]

Ranked #8, seeded #9 in first CFP ranking. 

[DChoosier]

5 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Just saw that 2025 season tickets went on sale. Went to check on renewing and...wow. Prices went up astronomically.

My tier was $220 per seat for 8 games ($27.50/game) this season. Same tier for 7 games next season is $343 per seat...$49 per game. With 3 of those almost certainly being dog-walkings. Get paid while the getting is good, but my goodness.

I realize it’s apples vs oranges but UM’s season tickets started at $660 and most seating zones have an extra mandatory roughly $800 “donation” (1,400-1,500 all-in).

MSU was $343 for 7 home games (ironically, or maybe not, the exact same as IU’s 7 games next  year)

OSU, depending on seating zone, ranged from $623-1,397 plus a mandatory donation. The $1,397 zone seats required an extra $1,500 donation. (Ie nearly 3k all-in). The revenue they earn, in a 110,000 seat stadium, is insane.

[DChoosier]

1 hour ago, BtownStrength said:

Agree, but if we lose at OSU we might need a bit of help. I don't see Penn State losing another game but if they could that would be glorious, and like you said SEC schools will eliminate each other. 

The thing that surprised me is that they showed us with an 86% chance of making the playoff even if we lose to OSU. If we lose to UM our chances drop to 27%.  Take care of business Saturday and we are looking good.

[steubenhoosier]

8 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I realize it’s apples vs oranges but UM’s season tickets started at $660 and most seating zones have an extra mandatory roughly $800 “donation” (1,400-1,500 all-in).

MSU was $343 for 7 home games (ironically, or maybe not, the exact same as IU’s 7 games next  year)

OSU, depending on seating zone, ranged from $623-1,397 plus a mandatory donation. The $1,397 zone seats required an extra $1,500 donation. (Ie nearly 3k all-in). The revenue they earn, in a 110,000 seat stadium, is insane.

So, the reality is, if you give up your daily Starbucks at $6-7.00 a day, this is feasible. 

 

Priorties, people! Priorities!

[hoopsta007]

3 hours ago, LIHoosier said:

#9 in the first CFP, hypothetically against Tennessee

Garbage.  Sick of the “weak schedule” argument.  Penn St and Ohio St have both spent more game time trailing MAC teams then we have with our entire schedule.

[Gahoosierfan]

13 hours ago, Demo said:

Probably as good a jumping off point as we could reasonably hope for. Go beat Michigan with the bye week after and all those SEC teams beating each other up for the next couple  of weeks creates a pretty nice path. 

We hear a lot about SEC team's strength of schedule. Check out Tennessee's schedule. I am not impressed. Other than Georgia and Alabama it is weak. And they lost to a bad Arkansas team. 

Sat, Aug 31	vsChattanooga	W69-3	1-0 (0-0)	Iamaleava 314	Sampson 124	Thornton Jr. 105
Sat, Sep 7	vs24 NC State *	W51-10	2-0 (0-0)	Iamaleava 211	Sampson 132	White 67
Sat, Sep 14	vsKent State	W71-0	3-0 (0-0)	Iamaleava 173	Bishop 120	Thornton Jr. 64
Sat, Sep 21	@15 Oklahoma	W25-15	4-0 (1-0)	Iamaleava 194	Sampson 92	McCoy 92
Sat, Oct 5	@Arkansas	L19-14	4-1 (1-1)	Iamaleava 158	Sampson 138	Thornton Jr. 42
Sat, Oct 12	vsFlorida	W23-17 OT	5-1 (2-1)	Iamaleava 169	Sampson 112	White 71
Sat, Oct 19	vs7 Alabama	W24-17	6-1 (3-1)	Iamaleava 194	Sampson 139	McCoy 80
Sat, Nov 2	vsKentucky	W28-18	7-1 (4-1)	Iamaleava 292	Sampson 142	Kitselman 97
DATE	OPPONENT	TIME	TV	tickets
Sat, Nov 9	vsMississippi State	7:00 PM		Tickets as low as $89
Sat, Nov 16	@3 Georgia	7:30 PM		Tickets as low as $377
Sat, Nov 23	vsUTEP	1:00 PM		Tickets as low as $60
Sat, Nov 30	@Vanderbilt

[go iu bb]

https://www.on3.com/news/joel-klatt-calls-out-college-football-playoff-committee-brand-bias-have-a-set-watch-indiana-cfp-rankings/

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/heres-what-cfp-committee-chair-warde-manuel-said-about-indiana-after-first-rankings-reveal/

 

[Brass Cannon]

This is absolutely surreal.  This is so different than the Covid year.  There we were kinda skating by and the naysayers were pointing to it and the rest of the college football world kinda went “they have a point”.  Now we are dominating and the naysayers are finding new reasons and the rest of the college football world is asking “are the naysayers blind”.  
 

Spent the morning listening to breakdowns of the rankings released yesterday btw. 

[CSP]

1 hour ago, Hardwood83 said:

Only challenge left is at Minnesota, but that might be enough. I'm not sold on PSU. 

Minny playing well. That line interests me. 

[Demo]

13 hours ago, hoopsta007 said:

Garbage.  Sick of the “weak schedule” argument.  Penn St and Ohio St have both spent more game time trailing MAC teams then we have with our entire schedule.

Yup, the schedule thing would have some validity with me if they were winning a bunch of 13-10 games. But they have flat beaten down everybody. Anybody think if Bama or Georgia had done the exact same thing to the exact same schedule they wouldn’t be top 3? But that can work both ways a little bit. I imagine they’ll get extra credit for boat racing Michigan Saturday because of their brand when they really aren’t good. 

[southsidehoosier]

40 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yup, the schedule thing would have some validity with me if they were winning a bunch of 13-10 games. But they have flat beaten down everybody. Anybody think if Bama or Georgia had done the exact same thing to the exact same schedule they wouldn’t be top 3? But that can work both ways a little bit. I imagine they’ll get extra credit for boat racing Michigan Saturday because of their brand when they really aren’t good. 

They’d be comparing them to the 72 Dolphins if those teams were playing like IU

[Lebowski]

At first I was upset about the ranking but after some thought and a night's rest, I think IUFB is in the right spot.  They are driving the Ferrari and that's the only thing you can hope for at this point in the season. 

Let's hope they take of business this Saturday. 

[MemphisHoosier]

2 hours ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Minny playing well. That line interests me. 

Dont sleep on Oregon traveling to Camp Randall in a few weeks as well...Wisconsin could make it interesting.

[CSP]

2 minutes ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Dont sleep on Oregon traveling to Camp Randall in a few weeks as well...Wisconsin could make it interesting.

got handled last week by Iowa, though.