I'm ready for 2016 IU Football

[NoahW35]

Think I'll be going to the Indiana-Michigan State game this year. Should be awesome.

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I'll be taking an exam. Still mad about it

[Crimson and Cream]

4 hours ago, X-Hoosier said:

They are fun. Went to the IU-MSU game back when Blake Powers took over the QB spot. And a few others. Worst was the Minnesota game. It was like 35 degrees, made the comeback... and stupidly threw a screen pass and Minny recovered and ended the game. Other than that they are awesome. Not a single bad seat in the stadium. Not even at the tip top of the visitors side.

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Our seats are behind the Indiana bench, just below the halfway point

[Chips&Dipo]

Two of my buddies and I do a tailgate every season. We decided the Ball State game because of our schedules. Last year, I grilled a turkey. Looking for suggestions for other creative grilling ideas (that are beer friendly).

[akhosrof]

Two of my buddies and I do a tailgate every season. We decided the Ball State game because of our schedules. Last year, I grilled a turkey. Looking for suggestions for other creative grilling ideas (that are beer friendly).

Good tailgating recipe:

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/hot_dogs_and_sausages/wisconsin_brat_tub.html

Brats are really good for tailgating because they are quick and easy to make. Another simple but awesome recipe is grinding up some short rib to make burgers.

I made this last night and it came out fantastic:

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/baltimore_pit_beef.html



When tailgating it might be tough to constantly monitor grill and meat temperature, adding coals, or waiting more than two hours for something to cook.

How long did it take for you to grill the turkey? How did that come out?

[Chips&Dipo]

8 minutes ago, akhosrof said:

 

Good tailgating recipe:

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/hot_dogs_and_sausages/wisconsin_brat_tub.html

Brats are really good for tailgating because they are quick and easy to make. Another simple but awesome recipe is grinding up some short rib to make burgers.

I made this last night and it came out fantastic:

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/baltimore_pit_beef.html



When tailgating it might be tough to constantly monitor grill and meat temperature, adding coals, or waiting more than two hours for something to cook.

How long did it take for you to grill the turkey? How did that come out?

 

 

The turkey took about 21/2 to 3 hours. It was a smaller bird (I had a lot of trouble finding a good one). I injected and rubbed it the night before and it turned out great. My buddy's sister was still in college and she and her friends really appreciated having that as an option for tailgate consumption. 

I did find that it was tough monitoring and controlling the heat on the fields. That was the nice thing about the turkey, low maintenance and great results. 

[hsrtxp]

Good tailgating recipe:

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/hot_dogs_and_sausages/wisconsin_brat_tub.html

Brats are really good for tailgating because they are quick and easy to make. Another simple but awesome recipe is grinding up some short rib to make burgers.

I made this last night and it came out fantastic:

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/baltimore_pit_beef.html



When tailgating it might be tough to constantly monitor grill and meat temperature, adding coals, or waiting more than two hours for something to cook.

How long did it take for you to grill the turkey? How did that come out?

Read the recipe. Love the two beer method and agree that you can't grill without drinking. Will have to try this the next time I cook brats.


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[ThompsonHoosier]

10 DAYS PEOPLE!!! TIME TO GET EXCITED FOR A NEW SEASON! #FOOTBALLSCHOOL

[X-Hoosier]

10 DAYS PEOPLE!!! TIME TO GET EXCITED FOR A NEW SEASON! #FOOTBALLSCHOOL

Thanks for reminding us how long we have to wait lol.

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[hsrtxp]

10 DAYS PEOPLE!!! TIME TO GET EXCITED FOR A NEW SEASON! #FOOTBALLSCHOOL

At least then we will have something new to talk about around here! Activity has been slow.



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[akhosrof]

Read the recipe. Love the two beer method and agree that you can't grill without drinking. Will have to try this the next time I cook brats.


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Make sure you try the beer cheese with the leftover sauce as well! Looks awesome!

[BabyJandJDaddy]

1 hour ago, ThompsonHoosier said:

10 DAYS PEOPLE!!! TIME TO GET EXCITED FOR A NEW SEASON! #FOOTBALLSCHOOL

I've got Uverse...their programming goes a couple weeks out.  Found the IU - FIU game on 9/1.  Already got the DVR set boys!

[hsrtxp]

Make sure you try the beer cheese with the leftover sauce as well! Looks awesome!

Will do. Might try this weekend. Thanks for heads up!


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[ThompsonHoosier]

Can IU’s Tom Allen do what so many could not?

By Pete DiPrimio, pdiprimio@news-sentinel.com

Monday, August 22, 2016 6:10 PM

 

BLOOMINGTON -- Tom Allen coaches on the move. He strides around Indiana’s football practice fields like a power lifter preparing to hoist a personal best.

It’s all about the fire, you see.

The defense sets and Allen sets with it. He lines up as if he’s a linebacker. Wait. Now he’s a cornerback. Wait. Now he’s a safety. Passive coaching, it seems, won’t turn the Hoosiers’ perennially bad defense into a difference-making one.

In this goal-line practice moment, the No. 1 defense braces to stop the No. 1 offense. Allen revs up as if he will make the play. A red hat wedges low on his forehead. Dark sunglasses cover his eyes, but not his passion.

The ball is snapped. Tailback Devine Redding blasts up the middle virtually untouched for a touchdown, and Allen is instant fury. “That’s ridiculous,” he says and punches the air. “I want the 2s out here!”

That would be the No. 2 defense. The No. 1 group is kicked to the sidelines to watch, stew and wait for redemption. Allen continues firing verbal shots. He does not sugar coat. If tough love is necessary, if it needs to come at mouthwash range, so be it.

“He’s a really intense guy,” linebacker Marcus Oliver says. “He’s a great guy. He will get on you, but he never crosses the line. He doesn’t curse. Not all all. He’s strong in his faith. He’s a motivator. He’s a unique kind of guy. It’s a great opportunity to learn from him.” Adds Allen: “When you do need to get on them, if a young person knows you love him, he’ll listen. If not, he’ll rebel. “Coaching is like parenting. Your personality in parenting comes out in coaching. You still have to get all those core things. They want to be great. They don’t know how to get there. So you keep teaching, coaching, pushing.”

A few minutes later, redemption opportunity comes. Linebacker Tegray Scales stuffs the offense and Allen sprints to offer high-five congratulations. “Way to go, Tegray!”

Just over a week remains before the Sept. 1 season opener at Florida International and urgency grows. Overturning a generation of bad defense starts with this change-the-culture priority -- mediocrity is unacceptable. “Tom has done a great job of having a standard,” coach Kevin Wilson says, “and he is pushing those guys harder than they have ever been pushed.”

Allen pushes himself just as hard. Cornerback Rashard Fant remembers one practice when Allen, standing close to the line of scrimmage, caught a batted pass and ran toward the end zone, caught up in Pick-6 frenzy. “It was amazing to see,” Fant says. “He caught it and took off.” Allen didn’t show Usain Bolt speed, but it wasn’t bad, Fant adds. “It was like 4.7 speed (in the 40-yard dash). It was pretty good for an old timer. He had enough to get to the end zone. Of course, we were blocking for him. We took care of him.”

A cynic could say a 46-year-old coach sprinting down the field is begging for an injury, but Allen has no time for cynicism given the challenge he faces. With six previous college stops on his resume, including SEC power Mississippi, he has the background to push all available buttons. “It was me being me,” he says. “It was just a reaction. Afterward I’m like, why did I do that? “It’s like I jumped on a kid the other day and about broke my back because I flipped over the top of him and landed on my back. I’m like, I’m getting a little old for this.”

Old or not, such enthusiasm serves a purpose. “I think the players take on my personality,” Allen says. “I know they do. I can’t just talk about it. I’ve got to be able to show them.” Scales wouldn’t want it any other way. “That’s what we need. From a defense that hasn’t had a lot of success, we need something different. We need that energy. “He’s the first one to tell you when you’ve done something wrong and the first one to celebrate when you do something right.”

Forget the new 4-2-5 defensive scheme. In the end, it’s about playing with passion, purpose and focus. It’s attention to detail. It’s getting into position to make a play, and then making it, every down. Oh, it’s about one other thing. “If we’re not having fun, we’re making a mistake,” Allen says. “When you were a kid playing football, you were having fun. It’s like I tell them, I promise you if you weren’t having fun, you would have quit a long time ago. Don’t ever forget that.”

And so the Hoosiers don’t. “Coach Allen has great passion for the game,” safety Chase Dutra says. “He brings his juice (as in energy) every day. It’s paying off. This defense will be a great defense. We’ll surprise a lot of people.” Surprise is critical given IU has allowed at least 32.8 points a game for six straight seasons. Three times in that stretch, it’s allowed 37.3 points, including last year’s 37.6 disaster that cost defensive coordinator Brian Knorr his job.

“Attention to detail is a big deal,” Dutra says. “We have to know our stuff. It’s about knowing the playbook and bringing the juice.” Allen remains the full-throttle example. He says he could never be a watch-from-a-tower coach, and the players feed off of it. “His energy is amazing,” Fant says. “Every time we make a play, he’s out there running and jumping up and down.

“Sometimes it’s scary. You think he’s one of the players the way he’s jumping all over with no pads.” Combating the spread offense is a national defensive obsession. Allen’s three years at Mississippi (a spread team) helped prepare him to deal with it. “What I really like is that Coach Allen has been a part of a no-huddle offense and he does not stress or panic about that,” says Wilson, who has had three defensive coordinators in his six seasons. “He knows what to do, how we do it and he wants to do it“ I have been very encouraged.”

Encouragement includes better players. The Hoosiers have the talent to make a defensive impact, but it’s more than that, which leads to the ultimate defensive question: What does Allen want from a player? “It’s the ability to play for somebody other than yourself. That’s the key component for me. How do you figure that out? You’ve got to get to know them. I want unselfish guys, guys who are willing to do whatever it takes to be successful. That’s what we talk about from the beginning -- loving each other; don’t care who gets the credit; and that it’s not about me. We preach that from Day 1. That’s the No. 1 thing I look for. When you get that, you have a chance to mold him into a player who can fit in.

“Obviously you have to have a base level of talent to play at this level. I get that, but if you play hard and can play with a physical component, you’ll have success on defense. It’s not a complicated game. It’s a game of tackling, of getting to the football and making plays in space. Guys who care and who are unselfish, you can get them to do that.”

 

The season’s success depends on it.

[ThompsonHoosier]

Some highlights from Fred Glass' press conference today:

@ZachOsterman: Apparently all football season ticket holders received mini helmet package with tickets this year. #iufb

@ZachOsterman: Glass says IU will give Memorial Stadium tours on the Fridays before games. Behind-the-scenes, field access. #iufb

@ZachOsterman: Glass: IU will promote Uber, have a ride-share drop off on game days to help alleviate traffic. #iufb

@ZachOsterman: They will have pedicabs too. Free, minus tips. So we know how @BlackKeyCycling will be spending training Saturdays. #iufb

@ZachOsterman: Food trucks will now be at games, in the Red Lot and outside Gate E2. #iufb

@ZachOsterman: Glass says South End Zone project expected to be started as soon as possible after football season. December, January at latest. #iufb

@MikeMillerHT: Glass: "We're trying to be fan friendly." Glass also asking people not to be drunk knuckleheads.

@MikeMillerHT: This is part of IU's "Don't Be That Guy" initiative. Fans can text 812-369-MYIU to report those knuckleheads.

 

[Edit} link to a more detailed write up of the press release: http://indiana.247sports.com/Article/Indiana-athletic-director-Fred-Glass-announces-football-gameday--46945608

[RBB89]

Mmmmm food trucks

[akhosrof]

I don't think Glass has anything to worry about with his last two tweets as we don't host OSU this season. Although, Glass might have been better served directing his tweet at the PSU football Twitter handle[emoji1]

[LIHoosier]

Feeney named to SI's preseason All-America team

http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/08/01/2016-preseason-all-america-team

[X-Hoosier]

Feeney named to SI's preseason All-America team

http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/08/01/2016-preseason-all-america-team

He's been 1st team on all that I've seen. SI, ESPN, theScore, SportingNews, CBSSports, Athlon and another one that I've seen. He's the best guard in the country. He'd be a Top 5 pick if he had a Bama uni on.

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[8bucks]

Hoping to get down for my first game in a long time. Any suggestions on where to get tickets for the Nebraska game? Hoping to get about 6 together otherwise I might scalp

[bhaggard89]

He's been 1st team on all that I've seen. SI, ESPN, theScore, SportingNews, CBSSports, Athlon and another one that I've seen. He's the best guard in the country. He'd be a Top 5 pick if he had a Bama uni on.

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So true.


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