IUFB at Penn State - Saturday, 11.08.25 @ Noon on Fox-TV

[RoadRage]

Looked like a push in the back!

[Hoosierfan2017]

“IU has never won here”

”This team has never played here”

God I want Coach Cig to coach IU football forever. 

[DChoosier]

Just now, RoadRage said:

Looked like a push in the back!

Twice.

Here we go.

[TTT]

Woooooooooh! 

[JSHoosier]

That last drive was a moment. Incredible throw and catch for the game winning TD.

[Magnanimous]

Was this site down during the game? I was at the game, and with 100,000 people in attendance there was no cell service and no checking BTB during the game.

Let me tell you all that that was a great win despite Penn State being 3-6.They still have top 15 talent playing for them and when they click they can compete with most teams. It’s incredible how much they have tripped up late in games this year, because they could easily also be 8-1 with a loss still to Ohio State. Yesterday felt like their last stand and they showed up against us.

I’m from a Penn State family and have gone to games there since I was a kid. While it wasn’t a nighttime whiteout environment, their crowd still showed up and brought a lot of intensity once Penn State showed they were going to play with a pulse today. It affected our execution at some times, but Mendoza and Coogan were largely unfazed. But the point is that we got their crowd’s best in the second half and still rallied with complete composure.

I wouldn’t look too much into this game from the “are we legit for barely winning?” lens. Penn State is a very talented team with a top 5 home field advantage. When it mattered most, with our best WR out of the game, we drove right down the field and won it. Some pundits will see this as a gritty road win against what was supposed to be a national title contending team. Others will hold it against us and say we got lucky to beat a winless Big Ten team. And all will say we clearly are a step behind Ohio State…It’s nonsense. We won in a situation that plenty of top teams lose every year, including Ohio State last season with Michigan. I also remember Ohio State once struggling with a Zander Diamont team at home the same year they won the title.

We may get jumped by A&M this week in the rankings, but who cares. This team is a national title contending team, and we now have Wisconsin, Purdue and a bye to clean things up and get healthy for the Big Ten Championship, which we very much can win.

[Home Jersey]

That was the happiest I've ever seen Cig. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

The catch was incredible but how did Fernando make the throw?  And yes, btb was down for reasons that are above my pay grade.   I blame it on @Hovadipo but he's passed 3 separate lie detector tests absolving him of blame.

[johnsoniu]

Wow wow wow wow

coffee tastes a bit like fingernails this morning since I still have that taste in my mouth from chewing them down to the nub.

but its Damn.Good.Coffee

[str8baller]

53 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

And yes, btb was down for reasons that are above my pay grade. 

Good to know. I thought maybe I was going crazy. 
 

one of the greatest catches I have ever seen. Crazy how high he was. His head was 18” from the crossbar 

[LamarCheeks]

I think Chumbawumba said it best -- both about IU football and the BTB site ... 

We get knocked down 
But we get back up again
You're never gonna keep us down 

What a wild ride yesterday. I had at least three heart attacks during that game. I'm still pretty sure Joel Klatt and I we were watching different games. When we were up 20-7 early in the third -- he said we were on the verge of blowing them out. I couldn't figure what he was watching. 

We scored 10 points off two lucky turnovers and both lines were having issues -- we were struggling to protect 'Nando and were struggling to get pressure on Grunkemeyer. We were NEVER on the verge of a blowout. 

Are we a championship team? I still don't know. But I do know THAT'S the type of game championship teams win -- when you're not playing your best and are battling injuries. 

[Pagoda]

This great promo art IU made when the schedule was released sums up yesterday.

[RoadRage]

1 hour ago, Home Jersey said:

That was the happiest I've ever seen Cig. 

 

[RoadRage]

Glad the forum is back!

[LamarCheeks]

Didn't get to post this yesterday, so am doing so now. 

What do you do when you win a game in front of 107,000 fans you probably should've lost on an incredible Mendoza-to-Cooper toe-tap TD pass that keeps you unbeaten? 

YOU SING! 

https://x.com/IndianaFootball/status/1987264225484677489?s=20
 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

[Stuhoo]

Good to have this back.

Yesterday was the kind of magical snapshot moment that special teams have.

The kind of moment champions have.

[OliviaPope40]

Me on that last throw and play

[OliviaPope40]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Good to have this back.

Yesterday was the kind of magical snapshot moment that special teams have.

The kind of moment champions have.

I blame you just kidding.

[Pagoda]

13 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Didn't get to post this yesterday, so am doing so now. 

What do you do when you win a game in front of 107,000 fans you probably should've lost on an incredible Mendoza-to-Cooper toe-tap TD pass that keeps you unbeaten? 

YOU SING! 

Re: the crowd: That was more red than I've ever seen at PSU.

I think we had ~10K or maybe a little more at Maryland.  Some other games have had decent IU fan showings too.

We're starting to travel a bit as a football fanbase!