2024 IUFB Season

[go iu bb]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[Jeff Flabjohns]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

I want to play Ohio State again…….. 

[RoadRage]

To be honest I never really expected us to beat Ohio State in Columbus, but I have seen them play 3 or 4 times this season and this was Howard's best game, maybe not numbers wise, but his decision making was his best, maybe partly because he faced very little pass rush. On the other hand I thought this was easily one of our worst games, of course part of that was the OSU DL, but we also made a number of unforced errors and had dropped passes and the play calling did not find the weaknesses in Ohio State's defense that other teams found. When teams like Alabama, Georgia, and Texas have bad performances they are considered a fluke, but when Indiana lays an egg it is who we are....I think this team can still, win a game in the CFP, maybe more?

[Banksyrules]

Heather Dinich is such a traitor. She keeps attacking us. 

[Lebowski]

1 hour ago, RoadRage said:

... but when Indiana lays an egg it is who we are....

This will change through more wins. Most of the country has this perception of IUFB and rightly so. This is brand new territory for the program. It's not for the coaching staff but it is for the program. We'll make noise in the CFP wherever we end up playing. I foresee this being the new expectations for IUFB going forward... and it's spectacular!!!!

"We're gonna change the culture, the mindset, the expectation level, and IMPROVE THE BRAND of Indiana Hoosier football." -Curt Cignetti Introductory Press Conference 12/1/23

 

 

[Lebowski]

5 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

Heather Dinich is such a traitor. She keeps attacking us. 

She's just a talking bobble head for ESPN at this point. She knows who signs her paychecks. Most of the folk at ESPN keep going after IUFB. It's all good though, being 10-1 in the Big Ten will get you in the EXPANDED CFP. 
 

[BtownStrength]

40 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

Heather Dinich is such a traitor. She keeps attacking us. 

SEC shill

[HoosierX]

On 11/26/2024 at 1:28 PM, RoadRage said:

To be honest I never really expected us to beat Ohio State in Columbus, but I have seen them play 3 or 4 times this season and this was Howard's best game, maybe not numbers wise, but his decision making was his best, maybe partly because he faced very little pass rush. On the other hand I thought this was easily one of our worst games, of course part of that was the OSU DL, but we also made a number of unforced errors and had dropped passes and the play calling did not find the weaknesses in Ohio State's defense that other teams found. When teams like Alabama, Georgia, and Texas have bad performances they are considered a fluke, but when Indiana lays an egg it is who we are....I think this team can still, win a game in the CFP, maybe more?

I would feel great about a PSU - Miami path to the final 4.

[BtownStrength]

7 minutes ago, HoosierX said:

I would feel great about a PSU - Miami path to the final 4.

I feel the same way, but I bet enough teams lose in rivalry week to see a shake-up. As long as we don't have to go to Georgia, we have a good shot.