DC2345

Just now, btownqb said:

It certainly seems Carlyle is in the fold, and one of Conwell/Hickman. I'm sitting up in my seat. 

Carlyle is what people in football recruiting love to call a silent commit. 

There seems to be some smoke around Payne right now too which is kind of odd to me.

9 hours ago, IUfaninIllinois said:

If we got Conwell and Carlyle would Carlyle be ok not starting? 

I don't know. I don't make those decisions. I will say that although he played well we really don't know how Conwell would do playing in a major conference for an entire season. I believe he would translate just fine but nobody has seen it yet. 

Conwell will visit this week barring something unexpected 

1 hour ago, Fkfootball said:

Translation: He wants to see the salary offered by UofC. The portal is the same thing as Job interviews. 

He already knows that. He’s an IU lean at this point. 

28 minutes ago, Indykev said:

why delete the ciny visit might be off post you made?

It was bad info. He’s taking the visit and hopes to make an announcement mid week. The IU visit went really well.

45 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

Strange we haven't heard anything about how his visit went. Pretty sure he won't come here if we get Ballo

Slow playing him. Ballo is option 1

6 minutes ago, IU Scott said:

When is Payne visiting 

Already did. His started Friday 

Things are going well with Hickman. He might still visit Cincy tomorrow but things are going well.

3 hours ago, Indykev said:

Shooters incoming!!! @RoadToZion what have you got?

Hickman on campus 

25 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Gotcha!! I thought UNC, UL, KU were the suitors for Ballo. Didn't know OM was involved. 

3 minutes ago, IUfaninIllinois said:

Think ole miss counters back? 

I don’t think Ole Miss is a serious contender. The set the market and that was probably higher than some of those other schools and IU really wants him so they just went ahead and jumped everyone and got the first visit.

37 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Who the deuce are they paying a million bucks to? 

That’s what they offered Ballo. IU countered with 1.2 

8 hours ago, btownqb said:

How much? 

When's he committing? 

Ole Miss set the market at 1 million 

6 minutes ago, 5 championships said:

I've heard it as well from a legit source this week

I truly believe if his kids were older when IU offered him the last time he would be the IU head coach right now. I think he’s getting the itch to coach again, he wants to win an NCAA championship, and he probably thinks his role of running an NBA franchise better sets him up for the NIL landscape. That said he likely wants to win a championship with Boston first. Regardless of what he said before Stevens has always wanted the Indiana job.

Just now, btownqb said:

See the writing kid. You can be a piece to the puzzle. 

I think he’s the backup option to Hickman 

17 hours ago, IU247 said:

*THATS BAIT*

This isn’t the first time things like this have been said the last few weeks fwiw. Nothing will happen this year but the talk of Stevens returning to college in the near future has picked up recently.

Essegian visit might happen this week 

31 minutes ago, Hoosierdave said:

Think we’ll cancel the Payne visit to secure the commitment or they trying to get both of them? 

Not likely considering it starts today 

29 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Think he’s a take? I haven’t got a good read about him.. 18th is a long time portal wise lol

Yes

9 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Crystal ball for Ballo!

Like I’ve said already. I would too

Momentum is a crazy thing 

7 minutes ago, BobSaccamanno said:

@Andrew and @DC2345

is Blazi out of the mix?  Did we offer?

If you Google him and see his social media he sure doesn’t seem locked in. I could see him scaring coaches off.  We have no idea how he is in a meeting.  If he gave me a flighty vibe, I’d pass.  But if he seems serious, the athleticism could be interesting with maybe a redshirt.  

I don't expect IU to offer him unless something changes.

1 minute ago, IUfaninIllinois said:

Does this takes us out of Conwell though?

Well IU is still going to try but I find it unlikely that he would come to IU. I could be wrong though.