2025 IUFB Season

[Hovadipo 63,033]

On 10/27/2025 at 10:58 AM, realTomCrean said:

How does a B1G tie-breaker work under these scenarios, given Ohio State loses to Michigan:

1. Iowa wins out (beats Oregon, USC)

Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State would have 1 loss

IU being the sole loss.

2. Oregon wins out (Beats Iowa, USC)

Michigan, Oregon, Ohio State would have 1 loss

IU being the sole loss.

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Michigan's sole loss is USC in all of these scenarios. So, if USC wins out it would be Ohio State, USC, and Michigan with 1 loss (USC haven beat Mich). 

I don’t know how valid this is, just remember you asking the question and it feels right. 

[realTomCrean 2,826]

23 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

I don’t know how valid this is, just remember you asking the question and it feels right. 

Thanks! Come on Michigan!!

[DChoosier 10,321]

The media assumption that it’s a no-brainer that we are going to win at PSU makes me nervous.  They have a ton of 4/5 stars, were a top 3 team (must be some talent), 100k fans and who knows how they will regroup after Franklin’s departure?  I think we will win but……

[IndyHoosier1997 259]

12 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

The media assumption that it’s a no-brainer that we are going to win at PSU makes me nervous.  They have a ton of 4/5 stars, were a top 3 team (must be some talent), 100k fans and who knows how they will regroup after Franklin’s departure?  I think we will win but……

I think what helps me is Penn State is going to most likely at minimum be on a couple game losing streak post Franklin with @OSU this week, and then already losing @Iowa. 
 

not gonna be an easy game either way, but helps that it’s not like they fired Franklin and then got hot.  

[Stuhoo 92,195]

3 hours ago, IndyHoosier1997 said:

I think what helps me is Penn State is going to most likely at minimum be on a couple game losing streak post Franklin with @OSU this week, and then already losing @Iowa. 
 

not gonna be an easy game either way, but helps that it’s not like they fired Franklin and then got hot.  

I'm also more optimistic knowing that PSU's current QB Grunkenmeyer is an immobile RS freshman who has thrown 39 career passes, with two interceptions and a TD. 

• And that's if he survives this week against OSU. Because his backup is Jaxon Smolik, a RS sophomore who has yet to throw a pass in a game. And Jaxon Smolik is questionable going forward with an arm injury.

• And therefore, PSU is likely an injury away from their QB being either:
  •  Bekkam Kritza, a true freshman 3* who has been hurt since training camp and may or may not be cleared to practice for the first time this week, or
  • Jack Lambert, an unranked RS sophomore walk-on that has never taken a snap.

Now, current PSU QB RS freshman Ethan Grunkemeyer is a talented (though non-running) young player. But if he is a flat-out disaster or goes down either during the OSU game or against us? They are really, really screwed to an extent seldom seen at the major college level.

[Brass Cannon 26,178]

What would be hilarious if somehow Penn State wins and then we go on to smack Penn State 

[Hovadipo 63,033]

14 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Jack Lambert, an unranked RS sophomore walk-on that has never taken a snap.

On name alone though that kid is liable to kick someone's teeth in. Let's keep him off the field.

[Stuhoo 92,195]

7 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

On name alone though that kid is liable to kick someone's teeth in. Let's keep him off the field.

Bonus points to the (relatively) young fella for knowing who Jack Lambert the mean as hell HOF linebacker is. 

But this is the Jack Lambert that is the current first-in-line PSU primary backup QB:

[rcbowla 8,392]

3 hours ago, Lebowski said:

I haven't noticed anything like that at all. I hear him give praise to all of his coaching staff. In the post game UCLA presser he gave a nice complement to Shanahan about being able to call plays at the right time. The most recent praise about Haines was because Coach Cig was specifically asked about Haines. 

Right but go watch it again. There was a "yeah but" kind of thing to it. He did compliment him but it seems different. There was another time when a reporter was asking about Shanahan and Cig went as far as to say something along the lines of this is still my offense. He semi said it in jest but it felt odd. 

[Lebowski 4,133]

34 minutes ago, rcbowla said:

Right but go watch it again. There was a "yeah but" kind of thing to it. He did compliment him but it seems different. There was another time when a reporter was asking about Shanahan and Cig went as far as to say something along the lines of this is still my offense. He semi said it in jest but it felt odd. 

Gotcha. I'll take a look.