2024 IUFB Season

[Hovadipo 55,086]

1 hour ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Indiana covered the spread, where I got it, against FIU. Idk where it ended. 

Closed at 25.5 so we don’t get credit for it when the stat is brought up. 

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 8,891]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Closed at 25.5 so we don’t get credit for it when the stat is brought up. 

Gotcha.  I got it at 23.5 

[Stuhoo 79,703]

Cig on whether playing at and against Ohio State will be intimidating: “Look; we’ve got a group of guys and a group of coaches that have won 24 of their last 25 games. So we don’t have a confidence problem.“

Cig on team health: “We’ll be at full strength for this game.“

 

[Stuhoo 79,703]

Hadn’t seen this video clip before, but it’s a really good one and not a word is spoken.

Rourke broke his thumb in the first half and Tayven takes over. When the win is finished Tayven is a great teammate:

 

[Hovadipo 55,086]

The Indiana Football Hoosiers are featured in the first ESPN CFP commercial. 

[HoosierFan1994 4,714]

5 hours ago, DChoosier said:

I’ve picked IU to win every game this season but not sure who I will pick for this weekend.

In Cig I trust but after the Michigan game a few things give me pause:

Our OL didn’t handle UM’s DL and I can see us having the same issues vs OSU. Acknowledge that we had to sub in a guy on Thursday, so he only worked with the starters for a day, but OSU really has some studs on the DL as did UM.

In the second half of the UM game Rourke looked kind of rattled. If that happens at OSU we will have issues.

Can we run vs OSU? Protect Rourke?

I seem to be in the minority but think the crowd will have an impact. Very important for us to get off to a quick start.

I'm kind of the same way..my heart says IU and my gut says OSU in a close one. We will see how I feel throughout the week lol. 

What is crazy is Indiana just had their way with the Michigan defense for the first half. Stupid PI call and it's likely 21-3. For the life of me I don't understand what adjustments Michigan made for them to only score 3 points in the second half. It certainly all starts up front. I don't think OSU has the Defensive Tackles Michigan had. Graham and Grant both projected top 20 picks. 

A quick start I think is necessary. Can't play from behind all game. 

[DChoosier 7,856]

2 hours ago, HoosierFan1994 said:

I'm kind of the same way..my heart says IU and my gut says OSU in a close one. We will see how I feel throughout the week lol. 

What is crazy is Indiana just had their way with the Michigan defense for the first half. Stupid PI call and it's likely 21-3. For the life of me I don't understand what adjustments Michigan made for them to only score 3 points in the second half. It certainly all starts up front. I don't think OSU has the Defensive Tackles Michigan had. Graham and Grant both projected top 20 picks. 

A quick start I think is necessary. Can't play from behind all game. 

You are correct about Graham and Grant (ELITE) but on the other hand, in the PFF NFL draft rankings, OSU has NINE of the top 70 prospects. NINE guys slated to go in the first two rounds. Crazy talent/depth.

[Hoosierfan1901 6,088]

OSU defense is legit, a lot of their defensive stats are in the Top 20

https://x.com/bytaylorl/status/1858524271493959805?s=46&t=0mbJ_TT4MQ8KZKv29ZqhSg

[Artie86 1,866]

I love Coach Cignetti's approach to this game, specifically. He preaches, personifies and models his "blueprint". The press is continually making loaded comments and submitting to the hype (paraphrased)... "YOU DO REALIZE YOU'RE GETTING READY TO PLAY POTENTIALLY THE BEST TEAM IN THE NATION, RIGHT?"

He always stays even keil, "not too high, not too low" and always delivers a refreshing, locked in form of confidence that is infectious. He believe and expects this team to go in Ohio State and beat them with sound assurance. I love it!

[Hovadipo 55,086]

 

Nicole Auerbach has backed us all week in the insane social media discourse and then drops this piece of crap this morning lol. I think I'm ready for this to be over.

[Home Jersey 6,598]

https://x.com/kenright21/status/1858930668849226215?s=46

All the SEC worship is obviously self serving for ESPN. Sick of them both. The video in this tweet cracked me up.

Lets beat OSU and leave no room for doubt.

[NashvilleHoosier 3,678]

27 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

 

Nicole Auerbach has backed us all week in the insane social media discourse and then drops this piece of crap this morning lol. I think I'm ready for this to be over.

Surely she meant seeds and not rankings. Has to be. This would make us ranked 9th, seeded 11th. Still trash at the moment. But it highlights my nightmare scenario where the most recent memory of us is sneaking by Michigan, then we were idle while UGA got a "big" win. And if you rank GA ahead of us, you also have to rank Ole Miss ahead of us b/c they just beat Georgia while we were sneaking past Michigan and oh wait Georgia can't jump Alabama b/c they lost to Alabama so they have to move in front of Indiana as well.....

[Hovadipo 55,086]

1 hour ago, NashvilleHoosier said:

Surely she meant seeds and not rankings. Has to be. This would make us ranked 9th, seeded 11th. Still trash at the moment. But it highlights my nightmare scenario where the most recent memory of us is sneaking by Michigan, then we were idle while UGA got a "big" win. And if you rank GA ahead of us, you also have to rank Ole Miss ahead of us b/c they just beat Georgia while we were sneaking past Michigan and oh wait Georgia can't jump Alabama b/c they lost to Alabama so they have to move in front of Indiana as well.....

Hers is a projection of the final rankings which, unlike for Penn State, kills us for losing to Ohio State. Because that tracks!

I keep hanging on to hope that they continue using the same logic for us as the weeks wind down. 

[Hovadipo 55,086]

ESPN’s first question on the bracket show is if Indiana will get an idea of what a loss will do by looking at BY FREAKING U!!! WHO LOST TO A BELOW .500 TEAM AT HOME. COMPARED TO LOSING TO #2 IN THE COUNTRY. ON THE ROAD.

[LamarCheeks 18,063]

Same old story. 

Booger loves us.

Galloway loves to diss us. 

 

[DChoosier 7,856]

6 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Same old story. 

Booger loves us.

Galloway loves to diss us. 

 

Galloway disses us. Big time.

The thing that absolutely BLOWS is that ESPN keeps referencing our 106th SOS, according to their metrics, while virtually every other ranking sites have our SOS at 55-62 or so.  Just total BS.

A bit scary that BYU dropped 8. We absolutely can’t get blown out.

[Hovadipo 55,086]

5 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Same old story. 

Booger loves us.

Galloway loves to diss us. 

 

I thought Booger was going to commit homicide on air when Galloway tried blowing off his (VERY VALID) point that 2024 IU and 2023 Michigan have similar resumes. 

[Hoosierfan2017 20,876]

They’re almost certainly going to keep us out if we lose to OSU. Why put a 1 loss Big 10 team in the playoff when you can put in SEC teams with 2-3 “quality losses”? 

[NashvilleHoosier 3,678]

48 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Hers is a projection of the final rankings which, unlike for Penn State, kills us for losing to Ohio State. Because that tracks!

I keep hanging on to hope that they continue using the same logic for us as the weeks wind down. 

This was a good start. Had they dropped us this week, with no logic as to why, we’d be doomed if we lost this weekend. 

[BtownStrength 1,116]

3 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Galloway disses us. Big time.

The thing that absolutely BLOWS is that ESPN keeps referencing our 106th SOS while virtually every other ranking sites have our SOS at 55-62 or so.  Just total BS.

A bit scary that BYU dropped 8. We absolutely can’t get blown out.

Yep, if we get blown out, it's over. A competitive loss, and we'll likely get a road game. Win is the obvious outcome. LETS GO!!!