2024 IUFB Season

[Hovadipo 56,136]

13 minutes ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

We were wondering how this worked on here in a discussion last week. I didn’t know if that was a moving metric and would improve after playing OSU. Helps that our wins have gotten better records since as well. This was the one number everyone was using the hate on us. 

Yep. Very happy to have had that wrong. Shouldn’t have to hear about it anymore. 

[Hoosier987 1,160]

59 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

SOS is now 51 

Notre Dames is 78 

And Notre Dame lost one of the worst teams in College football with our loss coming to the National title favorites. Frankly, we have a better resume and therefore should be ranked higher than ND.

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,167]

55 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

And Notre Dame lost one of the worst teams in College football with our loss coming to the National title favorites. Frankly, we have a better resume and therefore should be ranked higher than ND.

I agree. I don't really understand how you could argue them ahead of us. 

[Josh 12,640]

When you lose matters.  IU just lost, Notre Dame lost early.  They'll easily be ahead of us

[Certified Sunshine Pumper 9,167]

9 minutes ago, Josh said:

When you lose matters.  IU just lost, Notre Dame lost early.  They'll easily be ahead of us

Shouldn't be relevant at all, though. 

[Golfman25 5,403]

Projected 9th.  just take care of turdue.  
 

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2024-11-24/predicting-college-football-playoff-rankings-bracket-week-14

[go iu bb 6,001]

42 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Shouldn't be relevant at all, though. 

You're right, it shouldn't matter. Yet the reality is that it does.

[go iu bb 6,001]

9 minutes ago, Golfman25 said:

Projected 9th.  just take care of turdue.  
 

https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2024-11-24/predicting-college-football-playoff-rankings-bracket-week-14

I cant open that site at work. Projected to be ranked 9th or seeded 9th?

[LIHoosier 26,200]

1st sense of where the wind is blowing, IU falls to 10th in the Coaches Poll.

With the U and SMU just above us, it feels like we usurp whomever of them loses the ACC title game.

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy 753]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

When you lose matters.  IU just lost, Notre Dame lost early.  They'll easily be ahead of us

Look... they're Notre Dame.  They're always going to get the benefit of the doubt.

Besides, a lot of the SEC lost, and that's gonna throw the playoff bids into chaos, so with our one loss, we're fine.  Losing to Ohio State actually is a blessing.  Now, if we lose to the Toiletmakers, on the other hand...

[Golfman25 5,403]

25 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

I cant open that site at work. Projected to be ranked 9th or seeded 9th?

Guy doing playoff analysis.  He calls them ranking, but basically seedings.  Has us going to ND. :)

[DChoosier 8,436]

Sporting News is projecting us as a 9th seed opening at #8 Georgia which would be a very tough environment.

The good news is that I haven’t seen a single updated bracket that excludes IU. Just beat the snot out if the Boilers.

[DoctorP 1,059]

Crush Purdue and we’re in. 

Also we’re rooting for SYR over Miami

Gamecocks over Clemson

USC over ND

Vandy over Tennessee

GT over UGA

Cal over SMU

[DChoosier 8,436]

19 minutes ago, DoctorP said:

Crush Purdue and we’re in. 

Also we’re rooting for SYR over Miami

Gamecocks over Clemson

USC over ND

Vandy over Tennessee

GT over UGA

Cal over SMU

Won’t surprise me to see 3/6 of those happening.

But the most important thing is that we cannot allow PU eternal joy by ruining our season.

[Magnanimous 4,600]

27 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Won’t surprise me to see 3/6 of those happening.

But the most important thing is that we cannot allow PU eternal joy by ruining our season.

Nope! Back in 2007, which is probably the closest year that parallels this crazy season, West Virginia was a win away from playing for the national championship. They just had to get past a 4-7 Pittsburgh, at home no less, and they lost. They still talk about that game like Buckner in Boston.

Now this Purdue team is awful, but we need to get our passing game rolling again before the post season. There is going to be more chaos next weekend. Texas, Miami, Notre Dame, and Tennessee are all on the road against competitive opponents. Then there is Clemson v South Carolina and Cal v SMU. If Michigan’s offense clicks like it did yesterday, they have enough talent on defense to hang with OSU. Even Georgia Tech isn’t going to be easy for Georgia, nor Arizona for Arizona State.

You cannot understate rivalry week chaos when there’s finally parity in this sport. Just win and don’t give the committee any excuses to think twice about Indiana being on the bubble.

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy 753]

1 hour ago, DChoosier said:

Won’t surprise me to see 3/6 of those happening.

But the most important thing is that we cannot allow PU eternal joy by ruining our season.

We need the eternal joy of piling 50+ on them.

[JerryYeagley23 3,487]

5 hours ago, Golfman25 said:

Guy doing playoff analysis.  He calls them ranking, but basically seedings.  Has us going to ND. :)

That would be best case scenario. Them or Penn St. I’d take either one in a heartbeat as the lower seed. I want no piece of going to Georgia or Texas. 

[Hoosierfan2017 21,373]

Crazy that the author of this is an IU alum. Some people will do anything for a check.

https://twitter.com/babaresq/status/1860680225098490185?s=46&t=LoczziaTWuqlhvyvHGT92A

[HoosierFan1994 4,746]

Found this to be interesting..looked at ESPN's Top 100 NFL Draft Rankings. There are three teams that have 4 or more guys on defense in the top 100. 

Ohio State and Georgia with 5. (Downs would make 6 but he is a So.) Michigan with 4. It's obvious why IU struggled with Michigan in the 2nd half and Ohio State most of the game. I would hope to certainly avoid Georgia in the playoffs. Outside of them and OSU... Other playoff contenders with 2 guys in the top 100: Penn State, Tennessee, and Texas A&M. 

Kind of makes me feel better about the playoffs. Notre Dame only has one and I think he is out for the season. Texas on defense only has one. 

As big of an IU homer I am, Kurtis and Kamara are the only guys that I've read getting real draft buzz. Maybe Katic and Carter Smith late. I think we get easily overmatched against teams that have NFL talent all over the field on defense. 

[Banksyrules 4,792]

I want to play Ohio State again……..