IUFB vs North Texas - 09.05.26 @ noon on Fox TV GAME THREAD

[Brass Cannon]

1 minute ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Martin to miss some time per Cig in the presser, but not serious

Thank god.  
 

Fix the defense and we shouldn’t need him till OSU 

[DChoosier]

Dear Sonny Dykes.:

Josh Hoover threw 4 TD passes

Josh Hoover was 13-16 (ie more TD’s than incompletions)

Josh Hoover had zero TO’s

Suck it.

 

[skhoosier2]

2 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Thank god.  
 

Fix the defense and we shouldn’t need him till OSU 

Kind of what I was saying to my wife and daughter. We need everyone healthy and available by Nebraska to gear up for Ohio State. 

[Pagoda]

9 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Martin to miss some time per Cig in the presser, but not serious

Great news.  He has been working so hard and I’d hate to see him miss much time.

[RoadRage]

I know that was not a perfect game today by IU, and the defense especially looked vulnerable, but I think the announcers today, especially Gus's second banana did their best to down play IU perhaps to justify the #6 ranking. IU, unlike OSU, Oregon, and Georgia is going to have to go undefeated in the regular season to have any chance for a bye in the playoffs because I have a feeling the media is going to be very critical and do their best to keep us as low in the polls as possible this season!

[HoosierReb01]

13 minutes ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

Martin to miss some time per Cig in the presser, but not serious

"he might be out a little bit" sounds like Cignetti when he's not giving away too much information. 

[Brass Cannon]

16 straight games without a Fumble Lost btw 

[realTomCrean]

Seeing Oregon makes me feel better about today’s outing 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

48 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said:

Him being the backup makes me think we will portal again next year 

If we continue to have recruiting power to get a top 5 type guy we’d be crazy not to.  I think the scenario to break this trend would happen through injuries and forced playing time.  

[Brass Cannon]

Just now, WayneFleekHoosier said:

If we continue to have recruiting power to get a top 5 type guy we’d be crazy not to.  I think the scenario to break this trend would happen through injuries and forced playing time.  

Perhaps we should start a topic to discuss who we want lol

[str8baller]

4 minutes ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

If we continue to have recruiting power to get a top 5 type guy we’d be crazy not to.  I think the scenario to break this trend would happen through injuries and forced playing time.  

Or recruiting 

[str8baller]

28 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

Dear Sonny Dykes.:

Josh Hoover threw 4 TD passes

Josh Hoover was 13-16 (ie more TD’s than incompletions)

Josh Hoover had zero TO’s

Suck it.

 

He looked really good especially with his timing with the recievers. I stand by my assessment that you can have a dang good season and not replicate what Mendoza did last year. But I feel pretty good about QB and our skill positions on offense. I think our WR could be the best in the nation and Becker will probably be on the shortlist for the Biletnikoff.

[LamarCheeks]

What do you do when make your debut as a defending national champion and claim your program's 17th straight victory. When your reigning national Coach of the Year improves to 28-2 in Bloomington? When you score 52 points before a sellout crowd on a 90-degree day despite a bit of an uneven performance? 

YOU SING! 

(Not exactly sure Hoover knows the words -- LOL).

 

[LIHoosier]

Thank goodness we're still singing

[Lebowski]

1-0. On to Howard. 

[Hardwood83]

24 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

(Not exactly sure Hoover knows the words -- LOL).

 

Pretty sure you are right! Good thing he'll get a lot of practice. 

 

[DChoosier]

1 hour ago, RoadRage said:

I know that was not a perfect game today by IU, and the defense especially looked vulnerable, but I think the announcers today, especially Gus's second banana did their best to down play IU perhaps to justify the #6 ranking. IU, unlike OSU, Oregon, and Georgia is going to have to go undefeated in the regular season to have any chance for a bye in the playoffs because I have a feeling the media is going to be very critical and do their best to keep us as low in the polls as possible this season!

I have fretted over our seeding the last two years but in the end the committee treated us properly.

 

[Brass Cannon]

6 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I have fretted over our seeding the last two years but in the end the committee treated us properly.

 

I disagree IU Notre Dame should have been in Bloomington 

[RoadRage]

13 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

I have fretted over our seeding the last two years but in the end the committee treated us properly.

 

They did last year, but we were #1, they didn't have much choice. All I'm saying is the media will drop us like a rock if we lose a game, it's more the media than the committee, but the committee is certainly affected by polling.

[DChoosier]

5 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

I disagree IU Notre Dame should have been in Bloomington 

I disagree because if we would have taken their seed we would have been ranked higher than ND and OSU both of whom I think were better than us in 2024.

Where we really got screwed, but it was the rule that year, was the auto bye for the G5. If not for that (ie if the games were lined up by ranking) we would have hosted Boise State which would have been sweet.