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Pack-line…LOL. Half our team is new so, according to many posts in the past, they could not have reasonably been expected to fully grasp the pack-line until the 2024-2025 season. Can’t wait for this season to start.

I agree. Iowa’s record can’t be disputed but even though they have a good defense I just don’t see them being a legit top 4 team with their average, at best, QB.

I’m pretty sure Martinez and Brady are the two oldest guys playing in nationally televised games. Think Martinez is 6 months younger than Tom.

That’s brutal. Makes our being outscored 58-6 look impressive. LOL

Just looked at the AP poll after yesterday’s games. MSU is up to 11th in the nation. Based on today’s AP rankings IU is playing 6 of the top 11 teams in the country!! 6 of the top 11! I wonder how often that has happened. Just crazy.

Pre-season….if you told me that IA, Cincy and PSU would all be in the top 7 in the country I would not have been surprised to hear that we started the year 2-3. Pre-season….. if you told me that we would score a total of 6 points vs IA and PSU I would have been very, very surprised.

I agree. Woody was probably the first coach that would be comfortable in the stripes as he wore them many times as a player. I’ll defend Archie on that point even though I’ve been following IU hoops since the ‘70’s and think Archie was a total, unquestioned disaster as the IU coach. It’s very telling that current players mention how smooth the transition has been but don’t wish Archie the best, don’t say they learned x/y/z from him or say anything at all about him. Man that was a really bad 4 years. Really excited about this year and the positive mojo currently in the program.

In 2 weeks I’ll be interested to see how we look against a more “average” team like MSU. It’s obvious we are not top tier but are we as good or better than MSU, MD, Rutgers and PU? If so, it’s still a step in the right direction in spite of embarrassments (our offense) like tonight.

That was a nice stop for the D. They have been under duress all night, against the 4th ranked team in the country, as our offense just can’t stay on the field.

Before the season started I really thought Fryfogle would be absolutely tearing it up downfield and would be heading towards being a 5th-7th round pick.

That PSU first down was “old IU”…bad attempt at a tackle.

I hope so. Beat them and we are 3-3 with a punchers chance of a bowl game.

On a positive note we start next year at home against NW instead of at Iowa.

I agree as I really admire how hard he has worked to come back from multiple injuries. For whatever reason, and through no fault of his, he is injury prone. Some guys just are.

That’s not really a big question as the OL is overmatched

Multiple people mentioned frustration that he threw a poor pass off his back foot.

It’s ironic that we endured years of being able to score against nearly anyone we faced but were unable to stop anyone. 3rd and long was virtually a sure thing first down for opponents. Things have flipped as we now have a decent defense but the offense is putrid. The offense is worse than I thought possible this year (QB, OL and receivers). In spite of that I am feeling a little better about some of the upcoming games. The alleged big improvement of Rutgers, MD and PU has been exposed when they have played better teams while we, on the other hand, are not as good as hoped but we have played the number 4,5,7 teams in the country. We are not great, to say the least, but can still get 6 W’s and a bowl.

And threw it off his back foot

I find nothing surprising, nor wrong, with Franklin’s statement. He said to play the ENTIRE play as aggressively as possible without playing dirty or getting penalties. I would think that’s what every football coach wants.

We really need to be 3-3 after the MSU game, which will mean beating WKU and MSU while most likely losing @PSU. If we can get to 3-3 we have a reasonable, although still quite tough, path to a bowl game. It will be extremely difficult to become bowl eligible, however, if we find ourselves at 2-4 while still having to play UM, OSU, improved MD and Rutgers, etc.

I would have thought it crazy if we had received votes. We are 1-2 with our lone win being against a Idaho team that lost 42-0 to mediocre Oregon State yesterday. Have we lost to 2 good teams? Yes. Have we beaten anyone noteworthy? No. We will get votes if we win some games.

I’m glad your an IU bball fan and hope you are depressed on 10/2. LOL

Props to Auburn and PSU for scheduling these games!!

I don’t like PSU, but hate the SEC more and am glad they won, but wow that is an atmosphere. PS….Looking forward to seeing 100,000 cry on 10/2.

If PSU wins the students are the MVP. They have been bringing it non-stop for hours. I’m worn out just watching/listening to them. LOL