2025 IUFB Season

[rcbowla]

Only 2 playoff teams can boast more than 1 win against another team in the field. Georgia (6 Ole Miss, 9 Alabama) and Indiana (2 OSU, 5 Oregon). 

[Magnanimous]

5 hours ago, Bigred3588 said:

Annnnd we’re back to ignoring the conference championship game. I don’t care what they did in week 3. They got absolutely dog walked by the same team in week 13. And they looked like garbage against SC, Auburn, and LSU in the games leading up to that. Hell, if it weren’t for the officials in the SC game, they’d be a 4 loss team. 

ND, on the other hand, appeared to be peaking. Their two losses were for a combined 4 points against two CFP teams. Like I said before, I wouldn’t hesitate to put my $ on ND if those two teams played Saturday. Matter of fact, I’d probably take them by 14. And I don’t even like ND.

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.

[iu2win]

I tend to dislike most things ND related.  However, I believe Alabama should have been the team left out of the CFB and BOTH Miami and ND should have been in.  I think of it this way . . . remove the logos and names off all three helmets (ND, Miami, and Alabama) then replace those names with IU.  I don't think IU gets in with any of those records: certainly not with three losses, certainly not beating any team currently in the field, and not with two horrible losses.  They can say what they want but history and brand name still carry a ton of weight in this thing and that's why I was stunned ND was left out.

[Pagoda]

Some of you may follow Sam and/or BuffedInPrime (a scout, posts on X, works with Ponds and interacts with some of our other players and staff).

Here is a very insightful and interesting interview on why IUFB is doing so well.

 

[Lebowski]

37 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

Some of you may follow Sam and/or BuffedInPrime (a scout, posts on X, works with Ponds and interacts with some of our other players and staff).

Here is a very insightful and interesting interview on why IUFB is doing so well.

 

Here's BIP's website. https://www.bipslist.com/

In this interview they talked about Daley's absence and BIP mentioned IUFB's DL is stacked. TEAM game. 

[LIHoosier]

https://x.com/60Minutes/status/1999506470660874327

 

 

[tyappleg]

Bryant Haines not going anywhere. 

[Home Jersey]

3 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Bryant Haines not going anywhere. 

Huge. 

[Hovadipo]

BANG

[Brass Cannon]

Not sure who tried to take him. But not today 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

That sound you just heard was a collective sigh of relief from the IU faithful.

Credit Dolson with being proactive in getting new contracts signed .

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-football-report-indiana-signs-defensive-coordinator-bryant-haines-to-a-new-contract-makes-him-one-of-the-nations-highest-paid-assistants-266275740/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOpkHRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETE0bmthVGZoNnREZlNQTzdNc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHicK8x7ImVKVWs9rzOtqjJPAcd6Bdnpv4DTHsGAszj1_sqficWdCpXo4lffn_aem_FfScqiCEh6NMmmQYwXFthw

 

[Pagoda]

Scott continues to deliver on the commitment to football.  Excellent!!!  

What a program.

[Demo]

21 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Bryant Haines not going anywhere. 

Would be pretty surprised if there isn’t a succession plan piece to this as well. 

[tyappleg]

Awards keep rolling in for Nando. 

[AZ Hoosier]

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

[cbp4iu]

Around 3 mil for Bryant Haines… At this point he’s the next HC barring a blue blood poaching him.

[Stuhoo]

THIS IS THE SINGLE BEST SIGNING IMAGINABLE OMG IM JUMPING UP AND DOWN LIKE A LITTLE KID AND RUNNING LIKE MY DOG WITH THE ZOOMIES———-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[OliviaPope40]

33 minutes ago, tyappleg said:

Awards keep rolling in for Nando. 

[Stuhoo]

11 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

THIS IS THE SINGLE BEST SIGNING IMAGINABLE OMG IM JUMPING UP AND DOWN LIKE A LITTLE KID AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Okay. I’m better now. Yaaaaay and then some.

This. Is. Great.