2025 IUFB Season

[rcbowla]

56 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

IU exorcised a lot of demons this season. Beat O$U first time in last 30 tries, won B1G championship, won the Rose bowl (won A bowl) won at Penn State for 1st time, National Championship(!!) so...are there any remaining shameful streaks or records that need to be broken?  

Haven't won @Michigan since 1967

[Pagoda]

1 hour ago, Hardwood83 said:

IU exorcised a lot of demons this season. Beat O$U first time in last 30 tries, won B1G championship, won the Rose bowl (won A bowl) won at Penn State for 1st time, National Championship(!!) so...are there any remaining shameful streaks or records that need to be broken?  

We also shed the most losses record, Northwestern now has it, which is nice.  That one was annoying.

I’m sure there are some streaks out there that are interesting that we would like to break, but for me all the meaningful demons have been exorcised.  

[Home Jersey]

Beat ND is one I'd like to get.

[Brass Cannon]

33 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Beat ND is one I'd like to get.

Not sure how we will do that if they can’t even make the playoffs 

[Home Jersey]

Just now, Brass Cannon said:

Not sure how we will do that if they can’t even make the playoffs 

Lol true. They are on the schedule in 2030 and 2031 though

[Brass Cannon]

3 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Lol true. They are on the schedule in 2030 and 2031 though

I 100% think they duck us.  They scheduled that before cig. 

[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

I 100% think they duck us.  They scheduled that before cig. 

Notre Dame can't afford to cancel any big games after their USC rivalry ended and ACC relations are strained. 

If anything we may need to drop them to get a more competitive OOC game on the schedule. 

[Brass Cannon]

4 minutes ago, Home Jersey said:

Notre Dame can't afford to cancel any big games after their USC rivalry ended and ACC relations are strained. 

If anything we may need to drop them to get a more competitive OOC game on the schedule. 

Your right. They need us in 2030. But they are gonna drop somebody from their 2031 schedule. 
 

There are like 6 or 7 bowl teams on that sucker. No way they can handle that 

[Hovadipo]

9 Indianimals invited to the combine. Really curious to see Cooper and Fisher run. I think Hemby is going to turn some heads with his testing.

[BannerVille]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

9 Indianimals invited to the combine. Really curious to see Cooper and Fisher run. I think Hemby is going to turn some heads with his testing.

Nice to see Nowakowski on the list.  Surprised not to see Black or Kamara.

[Hovadipo]

1 hour ago, BannerVille said:

Nice to see Nowakowski on the list.  Surprised not to see Black or Kamara.

Black is going to be an absolute gem on Day 3. I'm pumped to see his numbers from Pro Day. He already got himself paid at the Senior Bowl and Pro Day will get him another bag.

[OliviaPope40]

4 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

9 Indianimals invited to the combine. Really curious to see Cooper and Fisher run. I think Hemby is going to turn some heads with his testing.

Oh how I really want to skip work for this. 

[Hardwood83]

2 hours ago, Hovadipo said:

Black is going to be an absolute gem on Day 3. I'm pumped to see his numbers from Pro Day. He already got himself paid at the Senior Bowl and Pro Day will get him another bag.

I like Hemby, but between the 2? I take Black everytime. 

[CSP]

14 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

I like Hemby, but between the 2? I take Black everytime. 

Hemby is younger, faster, better in pass pro, and a better receiver. 

[Stuhoo]

15 minutes ago, CSP said:

Hemby is younger, faster, better in pass pro, and a better receiver. 

All true about Hemby! (though Kaelon was also great in pass pro)

But Kaelon is bigger, stronger, has quicker initial burst, and is shiftier.

It could be either, but if I had to guess which one will be getting some NFL carries a few years down the road, it would be Kaelon.

 

[CSP]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

All true about Hemby! (though Kaelon was also great in pass pro)

But Kaelon is bigger, stronger, has quicker initial burst, and is shiftier.

It could be either, but if I had to guess which one will be getting some NFL carries a few years down the road, it would be Kaelon.

 

Kaelon got mauled a couple of times in pass pro this season. 

I don't think he's bigger. Stronger, probably, but I doubt it's by much. I think the way they run, their strides, alter some's opinion on burst. Hemby is absolutely bad fast and has serious burst but strides longer. 

There's a reason Hemby was the starter/given more carries/time on the field. I would take Hemby with the receiving ability and homerun chance. I think Black was a nice college running back, but I think NFL chances are slim. 

[Stuhoo]

27 minutes ago, CSP said:

Kaelon got mauled a couple of times in pass pro this season. 

I don't think he's bigger. Stronger, probably, but I doubt it's by much. I think the way they run, their strides, alter some's opinion on burst. Hemby is absolutely bad fast and has serious burst but strides longer. 

There's a reason Hemby was the starter/given more carries/time on the field. I would take Hemby with the receiving ability and homerun chance. I think Black was a nice college running back, but I think NFL chances are slim. 

It's interesting that even with a long of 82 vs. Kaelon's long of 40, Kaelon had a higher ypc, even though Hemby clearly had more breakaway speed. And as the season progressed Kaelon was more often the featured or even split of carries back. He led us in rushing for the OSU game and all three CFP games.

[Hovadipo]

Black was our best back down the stretch by far, imo. Rock solid in pass pro, reliably found creases, brought a different punch to the offense. He killed that Miami safety early in the game and set a tone. He's going to test something fierce on April 1st and make a GM look extremely smart. Related:

 

No. 58 Kaelon Black, Indiana, running back

One of the former James Madison players who followed Curt Cignetti to Bloomington, the 5-10, 210-pounder rushed for 251 yards and two TDs in limited action. Black vertical jumped 40 inches, bench pressed 415 pounds and squatted over 500 this summer.

“He’s our biggest Freak for sure,” said DL Mikail Kamara. “When he lifts, everything moves so fast. He’s ridiculous. I’ve never seen him struggle (in the weight room). I saw him bench press 415 the other day, and it was butter. It touched his chest and went right back up. It looked like a warmup set. And he’s hella fast.”

[Lebowski]

Keep doubting Black. 

[CSP]

27 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

It's interesting that even with a long of 82 vs. Kaelon's long of 40, Kaelon had a higher ypc, even though Hemby clearly had more breakaway speed. And as the season progressed Kaelon was more often the featured or even split of carries back. He led us in rushing for the OSU game and all three CFP games.

I just dont think he's as good as Hemby. He wasn't ever featured, they for sure split, but that was always going to happen in our offense. But Hemby still had like 4x the receptions and 50 more carries. 

I think Hemby has 3 down back capabilities in the NFL.