Illinois game officially a sellout.

[Magnanimous 5,556]

On 8/4/2025 at 10:42 AM, Hovadipo said:

https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/iu-football-announces-sellout-for-cincinnati-game-martinsville-announces-game-day-traffic-plans/ 

Cincy sold out 2 weeks prior to kickoff.

 

I don't hold the same animosity toward Illinois football as I do their basketball, but boy am I tired of hearing about that group. They'll be a bowl team, congrats, but that has a flame out written all over it. If I hear that 2025 Illinois is 2024 Indiana one more time I'm going to lose it.

2025 Indiana is the 2024 Indiana.

[Hovadipo 63,514]

4 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

2025 Indiana is the 2024 Indiana.

2025 Indiana is preseason ranked, has legitimate expectations, a reloaded roster, and the attention of everyone that isn't simply looking for clicks.

2024 Indiana was almost universally picked bottom three (two? one?) in the Big Ten, was coming off a trainwreck couple of seasons not to mention a century+ of suck, a new coach talking a bunch of s**t and getting laughed at for it, and a roster full of overlooked G5 guys. And then went out and busted everybody's ass with the only exceptions being the two teams that played for the title.

There will never be another 2024 Indiana.

[Pagoda 6,629]

32 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

2025 Indiana is preseason ranked, has legitimate expectations, a reloaded roster, and the attention of everyone that isn't simply looking for clicks.

2024 Indiana was almost universally picked bottom three (two? one?) in the Big Ten, was coming off a trainwreck couple of seasons not to mention a century+ of suck, a new coach talking a bunch of s**t and getting laughed at for it, and a roster full of overlooked G5 guys. And then went out and busted everybody's @$$ with the only exceptions being the two teams that played for the title.

There will never be another 2024 Indiana.

Exactly.

 

I wish I could find the graphic that had each voter — a lot of people had us last.

[OGIUAndy 1,229]

11 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Exactly.

 

I wish I could find the graphic that had each voter — a lot of people had us last.

44% of voters had us last. https://www.cleveland.com/osu/2024/07/ohio-state-picked-as-runaway-2024-big-ten-favorite-in-14th-annual-clevelandcom-preseason-big-ten-football-poll.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Big_Ten_Conference_football_season

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-expert-picks-2024-most-overrated-and-underrated-teams-projected-order-of-finish-bold-predictions/

https://www.pjstar.com/story/sports/college/football/2024/07/22/big-10-football-illinois-preseason-media-rankings-illin-players-to-watch/74502704007/

https://247sports.com/longformarticle/college-football-predictions-projecting-every-big-ten-teams-final-record-in-2024-234926629/#2467610

https://247sports.com/longformarticle/big-ten-football-10-bold-predictions-for-2024-season-234023451/#2448338

https://www.si.com/college/michigan/football/predicting-every-big-ten-football-team-s-record-in-2024-michigan-ohio-state-washington-usc-ucla-iowa-oregon-wisconsin-illinois-indiana-michigan-state

Some good links. 247/B.Crawford liked us some. 

[Lebowski 4,254]

23 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

2025 Indiana is preseason ranked, has legitimate expectations, a reloaded roster, and the attention of everyone that isn't simply looking for clicks.

2024 Indiana was almost universally picked bottom three (two? one?) in the Big Ten, was coming off a trainwreck couple of seasons not to mention a century+ of suck, a new coach talking a bunch of s**t and getting laughed at for it, and a roster full of overlooked G5 guys. And then went out and busted everybody's @$$ with the only exceptions being the two teams that played for the title.

There will never be another 2024 Indiana.

For me, the 2024 season alone is good enough to hoist a Coach Cig statue. 

[maxwell 696]

14 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

For me, the 2024 season alone is good enough to hoist a Coach Cig statue. 

# HOO HOO HOO HOOS ABIDING NOW?

[Hovadipo 63,514]

My educated, but non-expert guess has this at like 98% for Big Noon Kickoff after looking at the slate for Sept 20. Pretty likely to have the pregame show too. NBC and CBS games are already picked and the rest of the Big Ten and Big 12 games that weekend blow. 

I imagine Gameday will be at Miami vs Florida that day. 

[DChoosier 10,583]

On 8/31/2025 at 5:21 PM, Hovadipo said:

My educated, but non-expert guess has this at like 98% for Big Noon Kickoff after looking at the slate for Sept 20. Pretty likely to have the pregame show too. NBC and CBS games are already picked and the rest of the Big Ten and Big 12 games that weekend blow. 

I imagine Gameday will be at Miami vs Florida that day. 

That would be cool.

We need the Illini to beat Duke, which is definitely not a sure thing.

[Magnanimous 5,556]

On 8/31/2025 at 11:21 PM, Hovadipo said:

My educated, but non-expert guess has this at like 98% for Big Noon Kickoff after looking at the slate for Sept 20. Pretty likely to have the pregame show too. NBC and CBS games are already picked and the rest of the Big Ten and Big 12 games that weekend blow. 

I imagine Gameday will be at Miami vs Florida that day. 

Florida is @LSU for next week’s ABC prime time game. If that’s where Gameday goes, wonder if they’ll give UF two weeks in a row.

[LIHoosier 29,118]

5 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

Florida is @LSU for next week’s ABC prime time game. If that’s where Gameday goes, wonder if they’ll give UF two weeks in a row.

There's also Georgia at Tennessee and aTm at Notre Dame so they have options.

Meanwhile 'BIG noon' is going to Oregon at NW's lacrosse field.

[Magnanimous 5,556]

4 hours ago, LIHoosier said:

There's also Georgia at Tennessee and aTm at Notre Dame so they have options.

Meanwhile 'BIG noon' is going to Oregon at NW's lacrosse field.

Florida may be 1-2 heading into Week 4, but suddenly Texas Tech @ Utah could be another option.

[Hovadipo 63,514]

1 minute ago, Magnanimous said:

Florida may be 1-2 heading into Week 4, but suddenly Texas Tech @ Utah could be another option.

Definitely wasn’t counting on Florida dropping one before LSU/Miami. I think this may be in play now. Illinois will be firmly top-10, we should be top-15. They were last at Utah in 2023. Both our game and Utah will be on the FOX family of networks. 

[TadQueasy 2,604]

Have Illinois and IU ever played when both teams were ranked?   

[Lebowski 4,254]

1 hour ago, TadQueasy said:

Have Illinois and IU ever played when both teams were ranked?   

I  don't think it’s ever happened. I could be wrong though. They have played each other when both were ranked at some point during the season (1946) but I don't think they played each other were they were both ranked for the game itself.

[eddy4iu 1,021]

Stage just got bigger

7:30 on NBC & Peacock streaming.

Will Big Noon Kickoff and/or Gameday show up?

Huge day in Bloomington!!!!!

[Hoosierfan2017 25,460]

1 hour ago, eddy4iu said:

Stage just got bigger

7:30 on NBC & Peacock streaming.

Will Big Noon Kickoff and/or Gameday show up?

Huge day in Bloomington!!!!!

Night game let’s gooo!! So glad Big Noon didn’t get the chance to ruin this one.