IUFB 2024/25 Portalstravaganza

[Stuhoo]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Shanahan is following Jackson Arnold. Wasn’t yesterday. 

He'd be perfect. He's kinda another Tayven; super-high ranked recruit that hasn't reached the mountaintop yet. Letting them battle it out with each having two years eligibility remaining would be just right. Also, Arnold is a finance major - can't hurt if he's truly interested in academics.

[Hovadipo]

6 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

He'd be perfect. He's kinda another Tayven; super-high ranked recruit that hasn't reached the mountaintop yet. Letting them battle it out with each having two years eligibility remaining would be just right. Also, Arnold is a finance major - can't hurt if he's truly interested in academics.

Fwiw, Pete Nakos says that’ll be a UGA, Auburn, Miss State race as of now. Just found it interesting. 

[Hovadipo]

This kid is interesting. Nice stat line, but is also really versatile. Plays edge, inside, drops into coverage. 

I love killer, productive FCS guys. 

[HinnyHoosier]

On 12/4/2024 at 12:42 AM, Hoosierfan2017 said:

We definitely need to bring in a portal quarterback to compete for the starting job. I trust Coach Cig completely, so I’m sure that’s the plan. I honestly feel like a lot of the love for TJ is because his brother is TJD. TJ was decent in the Washington game, but he hasn’t shown anything that suggests he’s the guy who can lead a team to the playoff. 

We'll see. If he's the right kind of personality this season's taste of success could/should be a positive stressor to breed noticeable improvement in the coming off-season.

[CSP]

13 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

We'll see. If he's the right kind of personality this season's taste of success could/should be a positive stressor to breed noticeable improvement in the coming off-season.

Personality and a winning attitude are the last two things Tayven lacks. Those two things he oozes. 

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Personality and a winning attitude are the last two things Tayven lacks. Those two things he oozes. 

The Jackson family raises leaders and dedicated Hoosiers.

When I saw Tayven put his arm around an injured Rourke's shoulder and walk him to the student section for appreciation post Nebraska game? That was as good as it gets. 

 

[Home Jersey]

Not sure if it was posted already but there was an Osterman tweet yesterday that Cig said they’re definitely going to pursue a portal QB.

[HinnyHoosier]

35 minutes ago, Certified Sunshine Pumper said:

Personality and a winning attitude are the last two things Tayven lacks. Those two things he oozes. 

I only assumed so, given the pedigree, and I believe he will take the next big step heading into next season. Cig can get the most out of him.

[FootballSchool]

IU has offered Transfer DE Santana Hopper

Sophomore had 5 sacks and 2 FF

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/_/id/4698710/santana-hopper

Edited December 5, 2024 by FootballSchool

[JSHoosier]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

This kid is interesting. Nice stat line, but is also really versatile. Plays edge, inside, drops into coverage. 

I love killer, productive FCS guys. 

That's one I'd like us to go after. Productive and versatile.

[Hovadipo]

This kid was a Heisman dark horse coming into the season. Great athlete. Would be a LOT of fun. 

[go iu bb]

21 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

This kid was a Heisman dark horse coming into the season. Great athlete. Would be a LOT of fun. 

He had some insane numbers as a sophomore. 2800+ yards passing, 32 TD to 6 Int, 61% completion rate, over 1000 yards rushing, 12 rushing TD.

Came back to earth this year but still decent numbers. It would be exciting to see what Cig and company could do with him.

[cthomas]

23 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

He had some insane numbers as a sophomore. 2800+ yards passing, 32 TD to 6 Int, 61% completion rate, over 1000 yards rushing, 12 rushing TD.

Came back to earth this year but still decent numbers. It would be exciting to see what Cig and company could do with him.

Does losing our qb coach diminished our chances with him?

[MemphisHoosier]

21 hours ago, MemphisHoosier said:

Who is now followed by CCC & Haines....that's spicy

....and CCC is no longer following Thienaman - that was quick.

CCC is however now following QB Fernando Mendoza from Cal (Alberto's big brother,) I am curious how Tino's transition impacts these short QB portal recruitments.

[Stuhoo]

10 minutes ago, cthomas said:

Does losing our qb coach diminished our chances with him?

It means that as of today we no longer have a good connection to JuJu Lewis.

;)

[Stuhoo]

8 minutes ago, MemphisHoosier said:

....and CCC is no longer following Thienaman - that was quick.

CCC is however now following QB Fernando Mendoza from Cal (Alberto's big brother,) I am curious how Tino's transition impacts these short QB portal recruitments.

Alberto’s big brother is a pretty damn good quarterback!

[go iu bb]

39 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

It means that as of today we no longer have a good connection to JuJu Lewis.

;)

I was thinking when I saw that news that he'll get a release from CU and look at UCLA now. lol

[RaceToTheTop]

1 hour ago, go iu bb said:

He had some insane numbers as a sophomore. 2800+ yards passing, 32 TD to 6 Int, 61% completion rate, over 1000 yards rushing, 12 rushing TD.

Came back to earth this year but still decent numbers. It would be exciting to see what Cig and company could do with him.

I say he more than came back down to Earth…56% completion and dropped by about 2 1/2 yards per pass.  Also saw his rushing numbers basically cut in half.

[Hovadipo]

I knew Salter on a surface level. Did some more digging and…yikes. DUI back in the day at Tennessee, lots of transferring/threatening to transfer, lots of social media drama. Think I’m good on that. 

[Stuhoo]

4 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I knew Salter on a surface level. Did some more digging and…yikes. DUI back in the day at Tennessee, lots of transferring/threatening to transfer, lots of social media drama. Think I’m good on that. 

“Mendoza brothers” sounds fierce.