No. 19/17 IUFB vs. No. 9/8 Illinois - Sat 9/20 @ 7:30 on NBC

[iubb]

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[mamasa]

I think this Frank Cignetti guy might work out, let’s give him a shot lol

[BtownStrength]

7 minutes ago, Hardwood83 said:

The "no respect" thing gets overdone, IMO. But here are the top CFB stories on ESPN.com right now:

Obviously ESPN has completely prostituted itself to the $EC....but a top 10 team gets beat by over 7td's isn't a top story? That is pathetic even for them. 

ESPN has been a complete joke for a decade. Makes me even more satisfied as a cord-cutter 

[Brass Cannon]

25 minutes ago, iubb said:

 

 

 

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That’s pretty incredible 

[Brass Cannon]

I say this absolutely serious.  If we beat Oregon or Penn State and repeat the 11-1 year. We absolutely have to pay Coach more money. Some people came sniffing last year. But Alabama very well could be sniffing this year 

[iubb]

I say this absolutely serious.  If we beat Oregon or Penn State and repeat the 11-1 year. We absolutely have to pay Coach more money. Some people came sniffing last year. But Alabama very well could be sniffing this year 

Rename IU after him.

“The curt cignetti school of excellence “


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[Stuhoo]

In the post game presser Cig was absolutely gushing about Fernando Mendoza.

That’s the first time I’ve ever heard Cig give over the top praise like that.

Fernando for the Heisman? You betcha.

[Pagoda]

11 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I say this absolutely serious.  If we beat Oregon or Penn State and repeat the 11-1 year. We absolutely have to pay Coach more money. Some people came sniffing last year. But Alabama very well could be sniffing this year 

I’d note that regardless of how this season goes, we need to keep pumping up the NIL.  No better person to give athletic dept resources to.

But we can worry about that after the season is over.  What a great night wow wow wow!!!!

[steubenhoosier]

Guess I should have recorded my reunion.

[WayneFleekHoosier]

In the post game presser Cig was absolutely gushing about Fernando Mendoza.
That’s the first time I’ve ever heard Cig give over the top praise like that.
Fernando for the Heisman? You betcha.

He’s been remarkable the past 2 weeks. I don’t know what happened week 1. Jitters? ODU schemes? Timing?

Whatever it was I’ve seen enough to forget that start.

Nando Doza for Heizman!


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[Home Jersey]

1 minute ago, Pagoda said:

I’d note that regardless of how this season goes, we need to keep pumping up the NIL.  No better person to give athletic dept resources to.

He deserves a blank check. His program should be the #1 priority for the athletic department.

[Golfman25]

18 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

I say this absolutely serious.  If we beat Oregon or Penn State and repeat the 11-1 year. We absolutely have to pay Coach more money. Some people came sniffing last year. But Alabama very well could be sniffing this year 

I said the same thing to my wife driving home.  She hopes he likes the underdog IU vibe.  

[Stuhoo]

This may be my favorite message board post of the night, and it’s from an Illinois fan on an Illinois board. This Illini fan was at the game. His impressions:

[Golfman25]

Can someone tell me hoe this Google thing works.. :)

[Stuhoo]

11 minutes ago, steubenhoosier said:

Guess I should have recorded my reunion.

I’m in NYC. My daughter and I started at 6:30am, moved her from Boston to NYC in a UHaul truck. Finished with Indian food in West Harlem at 7:00pm.

She went out to party and I had a big ol IUFB party in a quiet apartment. A sublime day.

[Hovadipo]

30 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

This may be my favorite message board post of the night, and it’s from an Illinois fan on an Illinois board. This Illini fan was at the game. His impressions:

Haven’t been to a game at Illinois in over 10 years so I don’t have that to compare it to, but I’ve been to a lot of games at a lot of different places and for a basketball school we absolutely know how to bring it. That game tonight was miles louder and more energetic than the CFP game. 

But for the love of Cig/God/whoever you believe in we have got to fix the stadium sound system for 2026. It is abysmal. 

[TheWatShot]

Anyone remember TeamworkOrange from the old Scout boards? I hope he saw this one. 

[American HoosierX]

On 9/17/2025 at 10:58 AM, HoosierX said:

I'll be going to this one. Super pumped!!

Hopefully it goes as well as the last game I went to in Bloomington. (Nebraska)

It was even better.

[str8baller]

5 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

I say this absolutely serious.  If we beat Oregon or Penn State and repeat the 11-1 year. We absolutely have to pay Coach more money. Some people came sniffing last year. But Alabama very well could be sniffing this year 

That’s a big “if” (OSU lost at Oregon last year), but if that happens I’ll guarantee you at least one big boy, probably the aforementioned Alabama, will throw a blank check at him.  
 

At that point, I would just hope we make enough noise in the playoffs that Cig feels like he can win it all here.  
 

It’d be a good problem to have tho. 

[Dave from Dayton]

And to think, the Illinois vs IU game last night was NOT a buy-in.  Coach Cig and the team and the fans certainly turned it up a notch.  

Do it again.  Harder.