2025 IUFB Season

[Class of '66 Old Fart 96,176]

Great message for our defensive recruitments.  Head man ain't goin' anywhere.

[Stuhoo 93,669]

Cig says that he sits in on all offensive staff meetings and helps Shanahan game plan.

The defense? Cig says that’s all Haines.

[Brass Cannon 26,872]

Man I can’t wait till portal season. We aren’t spending this much on coaches to skimp on players.  And with an easy schedule next year. We ain’t going nowhere 

[tyappleg 8,573]

Another one. 

[cthomas 6,901]

2 hours ago, Home Jersey said:

Huge. 

Probably the second most important piece of the puzzle.

[BtownStrength 1,853]

1 hour ago, Brass Cannon said:

Man I can’t wait till portal season. We aren’t spending this much on coaches to skimp on players.  And with an easy schedule next year. We ain’t going nowhere 

I feel like next year schedule is tougher, no? Not nearly as many blowout potential, although the game at Michigan is looking better

[WayneFleekHoosier 52,435]

Phenomenal amount of money spent on the football side of things. Wow.


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[AZ Hoosier 11,653]

2 hours ago, AZ Hoosier said:

BigTen network is replaying the B1G Championship game again. Can't get enough of that game!

The Big Ten network was the game in 60 minutes thing. There's also a replay on FS2 right now.

[cthomas 6,901]

29 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Phenomenal amount of money spent on the football side of things. Wow.


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Needs to continue and increase. I love what we are doing in football right now and there's no reason why it can't continue with the proper investment. We need to ride this as far as possible.

[rcbowla 8,606]

1 hour ago, BtownStrength said:

I feel like next year schedule is tougher, no? Not nearly as many blowout potential, although the game at Michigan is looking better

I agree. OSU and USC at home. Roadies against UM, Nebraska and Washington. No clue what to expect from N. Texas. I think next year's schedule is tough.

[Bigred3588 1,561]

15 hours ago, Magnanimous said:

Notre Dame appeared to be peaking because they played no one since mid-September. I’d imagine our team would currently be drawing comparisons with 95 Nebraska and 01 Miami if we played Illinois and Wisconsin every week and ended the season with a +700 point differential. That’s Notre Dame’s schedule after the Miami game - fringe top 25 teams and absolute garbage (pausing here to bask in the fact that Indiana FB can now call Wisconsin garbage). But how does it make sense that Alabama has to play an extra game against a top 3 team, who they already beat, while Notre Dame, Texas A&M and Ole Miss sit at home, and for losing that game then Bama should be out of the playoffs?

And the whole “teams playing their best ball later in the season” argument has always been one of the more flawed and subjective metrics in CFB, even before the BCS. Why should Notre Dame’s losses and Alabama’s early big wins be discounted?

Notre Dame is more than welcome to join a conference and drop this whole special treatment charade. I really hope that USC cancels that series with them, which IMO is the linchpin to Notre Dame being iced out from playing the big boys as an OOC game, which will either relegate them to a third tier “G5” program that no brand name conference program plays anymore or finally forces them to join a league.

Notre Dame didn’t play Wisconsin (Bama did). But let’s say the early season games are given the same weight as late season games, despite the fact that the committee has historically shown that isn’t the case. ND lost its first game to Miami by 3 and its second game to A&M by 1. Bama lost its first game by 14 to a team that finished 13th in a conference that was won by Duke. Their second loss was respectable. Missouri, Tennessee, and LSU were all a game or two over .500, they looked like @$$ against SC and needed to be bailed out by the officials, and they looked mediocre at best against Auburn. Then they showed up to the conference championship and looked like the team we thought they were after the FSU game.

As far as the “teams playing their best at the end” argument being flawed, I’ll simply have to disagree. Do you think the IU team that played ODU in week 1 would’ve beaten OSU? I don’t. Some teams improve throughout the season, some stay the same, and some regress. The ones that improve are typically the ones that win the bowl games. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 96,176]

Love it!

[Brass Cannon 26,872]

9 hours ago, rcbowla said:

I agree. OSU and USC at home. Roadies against UM, Nebraska and Washington. No clue what to expect from N. Texas. I think next year's schedule is tough.

OSU and USC at home seems a lot easier to me than Oregon and Iowa on the road. 
 

UM is currently a mess.  Washington and Nebraska are both kind of meh.

We might not be able to blow as many people out but the hardest games aren’t as hard 

[Hovadipo 63,797]

[Lebowski 4,368]

I can officially say the top brass has finally taken the keys away from IUBB and handed them over to IUFB.  Buckle up folks and enjoy the sights and scenery of this beautiful ride.  

[Brass Cannon 26,872]

20 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

I can officially say the top brass has finally taken the keys away from IUBB and handed them over to IUFB.  Buckle up folks and enjoy the sights and scenery of this beautiful ride.  

I’m confident if the admin sees potential in Basketball they will get resources as well.  Dolson got money for woody for his prove it year.  That from what I hear proved Dolson what he already knew 

[WayneFleekHoosier 52,435]

35 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

I can officially say the top brass has finally taken the keys away from IUBB and handed them over to IUFB.  Buckle up folks and enjoy the sights and scenery of this beautiful ride.  

Has that feel to an extent.  We won’t be poverty at IUBB, but top 10 resources is out (imo).  Maybe even top 20.  This offseason will be the second test of that.  The HS recruiting seems to indicate that 15-30 range.   

[Stuhoo 93,669]

38 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

Has that feel to an extent.  We won’t be poverty at IUBB, but top 10 resources is out (imo).  Maybe even top 20.  This offseason will be the second test of that.  The HS recruiting seems to indicate that 15-30 range.   

Even with a giant alumni base and unimaginable success, football only now has top 20, not top ten resources.

I’m reasonably confident that Devries, like Cig, doesn’t perceive limitations, and like Cig, he is spending a larger than normal proportion on staff salaries.

A competitive budget is needed, but budget isn’t the primary factor for champions. People, process, and persistence is more indispensable.

[Lebowski 4,368]

Y'all, IUFB is by far the better product garnering the national spotlight (an exponentially larger light than the sport of basketball) and the top brass fully understand this. Finally. Hop on and enjoy this ride. Personally, I am looking forward to Memorial Stadium improvements and top recruits in the sport taking the time to see what 812 has to offer them. 

[rcbowla 8,606]

36 minutes ago, Lebowski said:

Y'all, IUFB is by far the better product garnering the national spotlight (an exponentially larger light than the sport of basketball) and the top brass fully understand this. Finally. Hop on and enjoy this ride. Personally, I am looking forward to Memorial Stadium improvements and top recruits in the sport taking the time to see what 812 has to offer them. 

There is zero reason both can't be in the national spotlight. No need to rob Peter to pay Paul. Fund/support both and be nationally relevant annually in both marquee sports in collegiate athletics.