College Football Thread

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

We are what? Month away from college football season kicking off? Been pretty quite on here about it all... I know Indiana won't be good but at least Bama has some competition again... I think. 

[Hoosierfan2017]

20 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

We are what? Month away from college football season kicking off? Been pretty quite on here about it all... I know Indiana won't be good but at least Bama has some competition again... I think. 

Two weeks and a day until the first CFB Saturday. I’m super excited for the season as a whole but my iufb enthusiasm is nonexistent. 

[IUc2016]

30 minutes ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

We are what? Month away from college football season kicking off? Been pretty quite on here about it all... I know Indiana won't be good but at least Bama has some competition again... I think. 

I am def not as interested as I was at this time last year. I have started to follow it again as camp has started up and there is quite a bit more content out. 

But honestly, until the playoff system is changed its like watching the same movie over and over again. 

[TheWatShot]

2 hours ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

We are what? Month away from college football season kicking off? Been pretty quite on here about it all... I know Indiana won't be good but at least Bama has some competition again... I think. 

I've followed IU football for a long time and seen some pretty bad teams, but I think last season finally broke me. 2019 and 2020 were probably the best 2-year stretch we'll see for a long time, and what we achieved in 2020 probably won't ever happen again. Last year was like the Bill Lynch era revisited. Just depressingly bad football. And the most depressing part is, 2020 was probably our ceiling as a program and we needed factors beyond our control to get there. We're never going to have enough talent to seriously compete in this conference. I don't think changing coaches ever gets us there, either. It's just a sh*t job that's career suicide for most coaches. 

[KingPG21]

On 8/12/2022 at 11:02 AM, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

We are what? Month away from college football season kicking off? Been pretty quite on here about it all... I know Indiana won't be good but at least Bama has some competition again... I think. 

I mean I'm excited. But I'm a dumb optimist about the program so yah 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Would/could college basketball follow suit if this came to fruition?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34414293/college-football-playoff-board-discusses-possibility-potential-restructuring-how-college-football-governed-sources-say

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

On 8/12/2022 at 11:24 AM, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Two weeks and a day until the first CFB Saturday. I’m super excited for the season as a whole but my iufb enthusiasm is nonexistent. 

So, par for the course for Indiana football?

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

So the University of California board of regents isn't happy about UCLA leaving as it would impact Cal (obviously).

Now, had the Big Ten also floated getting Cal and Stanford, I certainly wouldn't think they would be complaining as the media rights would more than be enough to help fund the University of California system.

[OliviaPope40]

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-08-17/ucla-big-ten-move-uc-impact

This I find interesting I know that there has been significant talk about how the overall leadership is going to handle this.

[Hoosierfan1901]

1 more week let’s goooo

[BtownStrength]

16 hours ago, Hoosierfan1901 said:

1 more week let’s goooo

Week 1 could set the tone for the season. Winnable game, we will see! 

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

On 8/20/2022 at 6:28 PM, Hoosierfan1901 said:

1 more week let’s goooo

Nebraska vs. Northwestern in Ireland is primed to be game of the century for us freaks who like that kind of ****!

[LIHoosier]

DeBoer gave Penix the starters job at UW.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34448258/washington-huskies-name-michael-penix-jr-starting-quarterback

[Hovadipo]

The SEC is playing an entire different sport. 

[Brass Cannon]

2 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

The SEC is playing an entire different sport. 

Yep

[IUc2016]

Jason Benetti on the call for Nebraska vs. northwestern. 
 

Such an upgrade. So glad he made the switch to Fox. 

 

[LIHoosier]

Uh oh...

 

[Hovadipo]

Scott Frost going up 11 and immediately running an onside kick is hysterical. Just handing NW momentum on a silver platter. Half of me can’t wait for that dips*it to get canned, the other half gets great joy out of watching Nebraska take a dump every year under him. 

[Stuhoo]

12 minutes ago, Hovadipo said:

Scott Frost going up 11 and immediately running an onside kick is hysterical. Just handing NW momentum on a silver platter. Half of me can’t wait for that dips*it to get canned, the other half gets great joy out of watching Nebraska take a dump every year under him. 

I hope Frost makes it until we play them in October.

He gives hope to every opposition sideline.

[TheWatShot]

Were we ever given a reason why we play at Nebraska again this year, when our last meeting was at their place? 

 

I wonder how much Frost paid the Big Ten for that arrangement.