College Football Thread

[Stuhoo]

Without Sacramento State in the MAC it's never gonna be kosher.

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Pete Thamel -

Tennessee QB Joey Aguilar's injunction for another year of eligibility has been denied by a local judge, source tells ESPN. He'll turn pro and attend the NFL Combine next week. Tennessee will have a new starting quarterback for the fifth straight-year.

[Magnanimous]

8 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

100%.

Can you imagine the NCAA levying penalties on a school for that school following a court order?

That school would immediately take the NCAA back to court, and the school would win.

In the worst case scenario (vacated wins, which won’t happen because this is a nonsense story anyway), couldn’t we just say “no, we’re keeping them”? What are they going to do? 

[Hovadipo]

23 minutes ago, Magnanimous said:

In the worst case scenario (vacated wins, which won’t happen because this is a nonsense story anyway), couldn’t we just say “no, we’re keeping them”? What are they going to do? 

I have a feeling that’s 100% what Cignetti would do. 

[newcastle12]

1 hour ago, Magnanimous said:

In the worst case scenario (vacated wins, which won’t happen because this is a nonsense story anyway), couldn’t we just say “no, we’re keeping them”? What are they going to do? 

The Worst case scenario would be Indiana listed as a 3-0 CFP champion, since the NCAA doesn't govern the CFP Tournament, and we'd still all wear our 16-0 gear and not give a crap anyway.  

[newcastle12]

10 hours ago, Pagoda said:

IMO, this is a sensationalist headline.  The NCAA is flailing because they keep losing in court.  When a judge issues an injunction saying a player is eligible, the player is eligible.

Good detail is here: https://www.thedailyhoosier.com/the-louis-moore-eligibility-case-is-still-ongoing-in-the-courts/

Personally my concern level here is about zero.

The NCAA is really doing this over the Right of Restitution against an actual ineligible player and trying to get a backdoor ruling here because of the nature of the Moore lawsuit ending, are trying to get a judge to say that member schools agreed to the eligibility guidelines so they can't be challenged going forward.  I doubt they get that ruling.  

[Jeff Flabjohns]

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2026/02/ncaa-threatens-rule-of-restitution-against-indiana-louis-moore-case

[OliviaPope40]

56 minutes ago, Jeff Flabjohns said:

https://www.idsnews.com/article/2026/02/ncaa-threatens-rule-of-restitution-against-indiana-louis-moore-case

The NCAA drives me bonkers.

[iubb]

On 2/20/2026 at 7:25 AM, Stuhoo said:

100%.

Can you imagine the NCAA levying penalties on a school for that school following a court order?

That school would immediately take the NCAA back to court, and the school would win.

They (the ncaa) can go an stick a rusty spork up their arse. 
 

ncaa hq is located in Indy. If they try and pull this stunt cuban and IU’s millions of alumni lawyers will sue them into oblivion 

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[southsidehoosier]

 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

29 minutes ago, southsidehoosier said:

 

Sounds like self inflicted. Very sad to see this stuff regardless of age, but particularly with the Youth.  Fort Wayne has had a few of these situation with young kids and notably a young hockey player this year.  Always so sad to hear about.  

[go iu bb]

On 2/20/2026 at 4:41 PM, Magnanimous said:

In the worst case scenario (vacated wins, which won’t happen because this is a nonsense story anyway), couldn’t we just say “no, we’re keeping them”? What are they going to do? 

It would be a huge mistake by the NCAA to do vacate IU's wins this season, unless they really want to speed up their demise.

- It's a great story, public opinion would be against them.

- Telling a P4 school that their wins were vacated for using a player that they were told had eligibility would make the P4 schools just that much closer to breaking away from the NCAA.

- Could IU sue the NCAA since they were told by a judge that the player had eligibility?

Let's be real for a second here, for any of this to happen, the NCAA would first need to actually win a lawsuit. Their track record isn't in their favor.

[Brass Cannon]

I’m 99% sure the IU wins being vacated is just AI slop 

[Pagoda]

34 minutes ago, go iu bb said:

It would be a huge mistake by the NCAA to do vacate IU's wins this season, unless they really want to speed up their demise.

- It's a great story, public opinion would be against them.

- Telling a P4 school that their wins were vacated for using a player that they were told had eligibility would make the P4 schools just that much closer to breaking away from the NCAA.

- Could IU sue the NCAA since they were told by a judge that the player had eligibility?

Let's be real for a second here, for any of this to happen, the NCAA would first need to actually win a lawsuit. Their track record isn't in their favor.

I'm pretty sure IU would sue, given any penalties levied against us (not just vacated wins) would violate the judge's injunction stating Lou was eligible.  Circumventing and therefore violating a court ruling with a retroactive penalties won't go over well.

And Lou got an injunction because the judge thought it was likely he would win at trial.

As smarter people than me are pointing out, what the NCAA really wants is a ruling on this case for future cases, so they're appealing the dismissal of Lou's case so they can get a ruling.  Odds are if this proceeds they lose, and even if they win the injunction was still present.

I'm still at about a zero on the concern scale.  This seems to be background arguing and posturing in legal proceedings that has bubbled up as news because it's the offseason and On3 went with a clickbaity headline.  A bit annoying really.  The IndyStar and H-T aren't even covering it at this point.  Nor are any of the CFB shows/pods, and even the pod the reporter who started this story (Ross Dellenger) is on barely talked about it.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

Heartbreaking news about Moore. Dude was an absolute stud at Purdue. Top tier athlete. 

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

On 2/20/2026 at 2:16 PM, Stuhoo said:

Without Sacramento State in the MAC it's never gonna be kosher.

It's the funniest ****, really.  For years the MAC had the closest geographic identity... Besides the three years UCF was there.  But now UMass and Sacramento State are in the same conference and suddenly Conference USA doesn't look as demented.

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

On 2/12/2026 at 8:30 PM, AZ Hoosier said:

I hear the UFL is hiring.