2024 IUFB Season

[LamarCheeks 22,030]

Up to No. 9 in AP

Top 10 is identical to coaches poll, but SMU (No. 8) and O$U (No. 7) are reversed:

https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll

[Class of '66 Old Fart 90,074]

What's the timeline for the football portal and when can Cig start making official contact with portal players?

[TTT 1,323]

Looks like transfer portal opens December 9 through December 28.

Don Fischer post game after IU 66. Purdue 0 talking to coach Cignetti.

Don: Giving congratulations and saying how happy he was for IU football.

Cignetti:  Yes, I thought our defense played great.  The offense left a couple scoring opportunities on the field.

Don:  So what do you do now while you wait for the playoff committee to make up their minds on the play off brackets?  Do you just sit around twiddling your thumbs?

Cignetti:  (kind of a taken back laugh)….we have got so much work to do….and somewhere in interview crowds were mentioned and Cignetti was grateful that fans are on board with this football historical season success….and recruiting including transfer portal.  Not satisfied yet and got a lot of work ahead.….a new breed of IU football.

(for years and less than several months ago a victory IU vs any football team was considered major success and how great a football team IU just beat…for IU football it’s great that this is a bygone time with the current coach and staff and players.  Never satisfied.
 

it could in the early 2030’s the most winning coach at IU could actually have an impressive overall and conference winning record with some bowl game wins.

 

[Banksyrules 5,332]

If SMU loses to Clemson does that kick them off and gives us a chance to host a game?

[Brass Cannon 25,380]

18 minutes ago, Banksyrules said:

If SMU loses to Clemson does that kick them off and gives us a chance to host a game?

Would have to. But probably need Georgia to lose as well

[Brass Cannon 25,380]

Just remembered we finished above OSU and Michigan in the Big Ten Standings. Brought a smile to my face 

[HinnyHoosier 6,577]

[Lebowski 3,292]

On 8/29/2024 at 10:07 AM, Lebowski said:

My IUFB predictions for 2024

• A winning season
• Offensive records will be broken
• Defense will have more than 30 sacks and at least 20 takeaways 
• Ranked and in the CFP discussion at one point during the season
• Bowl eligibility earned by November
• Multiple NFL draft picks

 

It took the last game of the season to accomplish this. They have accomplished everything on this list except the NFL draft. That will be determined in April 2025.

[TheWatShot 15,458]

Guy down the street from me put a big OSU flag on his truck after OSU beat us. After OSU lost to Michigan, he took it off. lol

[Hovadipo 61,336]

14 minutes ago, TheWatShot said:

Guy down the street from me put a big OSU flag on his truck after OSU beat us. After OSU lost to Michigan, he took it off. lol

Bet he ripped that thing down harder than Jack Sawyer took the Michigan flag off the pole in the brawl. 

[cthomas 6,617]

2 hours ago, Lebowski said:

It took the last game of the season to accomplish this. They have accomplished everything on this list except the NFL draft. That will be determined in April 2025.

You sir, are the master.

[Hovadipo 61,336]

A quiet Monday evening has me pricing travel to 4 likely CFP round 1 sites. Life is good folks. 

[Brass Cannon 25,380]

3 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

A quiet Monday evening has me pricing travel to 4 likely CFP round 1 sites. Life is good folks. 

Assuming Oregon and Texas win the likely 4 sites are all pretty close.  

[Hovadipo 61,336]

30 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Assuming Oregon and Texas win the likely 4 sites are all pretty close.  

Penn State isn’t close to anything. Been there, done that, and I’m dreading that being the draw. Other than that, two easy drives (ND, OSU) or easy flights (UGA, Texas) seem to be the possibilities. 

[Banksyrules 5,332]

UGA, Tenn- would be my “I’m definitely going destinations”.

[Brass Cannon 25,380]

7 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Penn State isn’t close to anything. Been there, done that, and I’m dreading that being the draw. Other than that, two easy drives (ND, OSU) or easy flights (UGA, Texas) seem to be the possibilities. 

Eh that’s fair. I’ve always had a pretty high tolerance for driving. I’d rather drive 8 hours than 5 hours going thru the airport 

[Hovadipo 61,336]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

Eh that’s fair. I’ve always had a pretty high tolerance for driving. I’d rather drive 8 hours than 5 hours going thru the airport 

I agree. PSU would be a drive. You’re flying to Pitt or DC/Baltimore just to drive another 3 hours to State College basically. That one is a crap sandwich no matter how you slice it. 

[JerryYeagley23 5,151]

Anybody have insight on how much tickets would be if we end up on the road and if there would be any kind of an allotment for our fans?

[Brass Cannon 25,380]

6 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I agree. PSU would be a drive. You’re flying to Pitt or DC/Baltimore just to drive another 3 hours to State College basically. That one is a crap sandwich no matter how you slice it. 

I would just drive from my place. 9 hour drive with a stop or two to go the restroom.  But like I said. Pretty high tolerance for driving. 

[Hovadipo 61,336]

1 minute ago, JerryYeagley23 said:

Anybody have insight on how much tickets would be if we end up on the road and if there would be any kind of an allotment for our fans?

Road teams get something like 3,500 tickets.  Can’t imagine those will be easy to get hands on unless you know someone. You can look on re-sale sites for other schools already, but I’m not thinking those prices are accurate at this point, for better or worse. For example, if we play at ND I’m guessing current prices would just about triple and they’re already around $400 to get in.