2026 IUFB: CHAPTER 3

[Brass Cannon]

5 minutes ago, LIHoosier said:

Big Noon at Nebraska for Week 6

We will end up being in the big noon game 3 of the first 7 weeks.  
 

And a decent chance of that turning into 4 of 8. 

[realTomCrean]

The floodgates on offense are bound to explode soon. Each game has had several explosive passes barely miss, it's only a matter of time. + these players are used to dominating and they haven't so far. A neck will be stepped on very soon. Rutger or Nebraska are going to catch a right hook to jaw. Prediction: IU wins the next two games combined 63+ pts to less than 2 TDs. A ranked Nebraska is in deep deep trouble. "We don't just beat ranked teams, we...." 

[Jeff Flabjohns]

OSU hosting a conference game and it’s on BTN?! 

[LIHoosier]

1 minute ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

OSU hosting a conference game and it’s on BTN?! 

I remember this from last year when Iowa/USC was a random 4pm BTN game when they were both top 20. 
B1G teams are required per their TV deal to play at least a conference game on BTN. Home vs Northwestern is the only other obvious non-marquee game they have left though if NW played like they did versus us, that may be a CBS/NBC/FOX game depending on what the other options are that week.

[realTomCrean]

it’s crazy IU will play Nebraska to tie them at 22 straight and then immediately play Ohio State to tie them at 23 straight 

[Pagoda]

These continue to be very high quality productions.

 

[JSHoosier]

Paywall, but you get the gist of it. We made a good impression on a 4* RB from Georgia visiting for the Northwestern game.

https://247sports.com/college/indiana/article/indiana-hoosiers-football-georgia-rb-christian-schettini-has-indiana-at-the-top-after-visit-290619822/

[Brass Cannon]

Crazy if true 

 

[Stuhoo]

4 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Crazy if true 

 

That 100% tracks.

[TheWatShot]

We got our first national title in basketball because Purdue wanted to go to New York City and play in the NIT instead. History has funny ways of repeating itself. 

[Pagoda]

Yea. 

I bet Cig's camp reached out to 15-20+ schools during his JMU tenure.  It's a very basic first step to see what the situation is: are you interested in my client, what's the potential comp, and what resources would you provide to the football program.  Purdue isn’t special.

If he did interview there, maybe he takes the job, I dunno.  Or maybe he sees the crummy commitment to football and he passes.  I could see that being the case.

[Hovadipo]

Bobinski wanting P5 pedigree and having pause on a 61 year old who hadn't yet been the head guy at a P5 isn't the crazy part. That's somewhat forgivable if you dismiss hindsight, though anyone who watched JMU that first year knew Cig was a guy.

The crazy part is having that set of criteria and giving the job to Ryan Freakin' Walters.

[Lebowski]

3 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Crazy if true 

 

This is GORIOUS! LOLOLOLOL!!!!!

 

2 hours ago, Pagoda said:

Yea. 

I bet Cig's camp reached out to 15-20+ schools during his JMU tenure.  It's a very basic first step to see what the situation is: are you interested in my client, what's the potential comp, and what resources would you provide to the football program.  Purdue isn’t special.

If he did interview there, maybe he takes the job, I dunno.  Or maybe he sees the crummy commitment to football and he passes.  I could see that being the case.

Yeah, I was afraid we weren't going to be able land a proven football coach for that very same reason. So so thankful for Whitten making the commitment. 

[cthomas]

1 hour ago, Lebowski said:

This is GORIOUS! LOLOLOLOL!!!!!

 

Yeah, I was afraid we weren't going to be able land a proven football coach for that very same reason. So so thankful for Whitten making the commitment. 

For all the negatively that has surrounded her from segments of the faculty, she has been the saviour of the football program. I'd say that alone makes her tenure a resounding success.

[Pagoda]

45 minutes ago, cthomas said:

For all the negatively that has surrounded her from segments of the faculty, she has been the saviour of the football program. I'd say that alone makes her tenure a resounding success.

Applications up 20% (about 15K) since 2024.  Football is a marketing machine.

[skhoosier2]

7 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Crazy if true 

 

Since Purdue doesn’t invest in football, I think Cig would have been hard pressed to leave a good JMU situation for that sh:t hole. He was not going to take the IUFB job and we gave him guarantees we’d invest lol. It all worked out how it was supposed to. I still can’t believe our luck and the run we’ve been on for the last two + years. 

[Napleshoosier]

3 hours ago, cthomas said:

For all the negatively that has surrounded her from segments of the faculty, she has been the saviour of the football program. I'd say that alone makes her tenure a resounding success.

Whitten is the best hire for IU President since John Ryan many years ago!  God lover her!