mizzoubuckeyeiowa

re: Indiana Football Transfer Strategy

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/16/26 at 4:05 pm to KCSunshine

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Average age Indiana Starters is 23

And no one else can get them but BYU?

The low-hanging fruit passed around the Internet to explain or belittle Indiana's success is getting old [sic].

re: Why is the National Championship game not tomorrow?

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/16/26 at 11:29 am to Goombaw

Monday is dumb, not a Holiday for most, people leaving work early to race home and catch the game west of the Mississippi.

Should of course be January 1st, or at least any day where CFB has its own no work all day affair like the NFL has Super Bowl Sunday...hmm? Saturday? What a novel concept!

Plus, this Season and Playoffs should be long over.

This isn't the NBA.

re: New York Giants hire John Harbaugh to be next HC

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/15/26 at 11:15 pm to Kansas City King

18 years, .542 Playoff win % , 1 Super Bowl....

I like how (he said?), media said: he was vetting teams before deciding where he'll go...is this the Vince Lombardi bar in today's NFL? Or is the NFL still (as always historically) averse to new blood?

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re: How would you rank the SEC in NIL era? (Non-Kiffin Topic)

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/15/26 at 9:21 pm to Landmass

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8. LSU 42-24
9. Missouri 41-24
10t. Kentucky 33-30
10t. S. Carolina 33-30
12t. Arkansas 29-34
12t. Florida 29-34
14. MSU 28-34
15. Auburn 27-35
16. Vanderbilt 26-36

So apart from Georgia and some fading Bama and a flash from Ole Miss, what you're saying is that the actual historic SEC is getting left behind in the NIL era?

Good thing the SEC invited the Texas schools and Oklahoma to carry it forward.

:dunno:

re: New Redskins stadium 2030 renderings are out

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/15/26 at 7:59 pm to GreatPumpkin

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Beautiful. Hate the dome though.

You're not allowed to build football stadiums anymore, even for football.... As mentioned, Super Bowl and whatever other junk they're gonna claim to host to sell the modern multipurpose to the public.

re: Nielsen releases the Top 10 college football TV markets of 2025-26

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/15/26 at 6:44 pm to RollTide1987

Besides New Orleans out of vacation curiosity, that Top 10 is basically "Top 10 places nobody wants to go to unless they must."

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re: Explain Dylan Raiola’s decision to me

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/15/26 at 1:33 pm to ReauxlTide222

Deion groupie found.

re: The 2026 College Football Hall of Fame inductees have been announced...

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/15/26 at 1:27 pm to RollTide1987

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Ki-Jana Carter, RB, Penn State (1991-1994)

There's a reason he was drafted #1 overall.

In 1994 he averaged 8 yards a carry. :lol: With 23 Tds and 140 yards per game.

Problem is he split touches/stats and Heisman votes with his QB, Kerry Collins.

re: Stephen A. Smith says Miami winning the national championship would be the better story

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/15/26 at 1:11 pm to karmew32

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Was there a similar narrative against Kansas State in 1998 from the media? From your anecdotes I've read on this forum, they were clearly America's team much like how Indiana is now.

K-State did it "the old fashioned way!" (not really, they raided other Schools and JCs for players to jump start the moribund program)...But at least there was no NIL and we lived under a cover of hidden impropriety....so it was "true" Cinderella in the public's mind.

In contrast, Indiana is weirdly basically being passive-aggressively BLAMED for all that's wrong with CFB today....OR, "this is not good Joe public, this is bad, its not Cinderella fellas!". This is not orderly, it doesn't match my historic expectations!

While Blue bloods and fans of Blue bloods and marketers of Blue bloods like ESPN and legacy media cry in the rain. Indiana just played by the new now rules but is doing it better than everyone else and the usual suspects are in stage 3 of Grief and taking their anger out on Indiana.

re: Stephen A. Smith says Miami winning the national championship would be the better story

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/14/26 at 11:12 pm to karmew32

Josh Pate - ESPN/podcast said it would be bad for CFB overall if Indiana wins the National Title.

There was this "acceptance" begrudgingly from MSM and now this kinda openly against Indiana narrative before the Title game for some reason.

re: You're a fool if you think Miami doesn't have a chance to beat Indiana

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/14/26 at 2:43 pm to theballguy

Miami is very good at controlling the ball and being methodical... Problem is they struggle when it matters, converting long drives to worthwhile points...

...they had a 7-minute drive against Ole Miss that yielded a FG....maddening for Miami fans.

They also had two ground game drives killed by false starts (if your goal and purpose in play calling is to get in 3rd and 3 , false starts are gut punches.

Miami should've put Ole Miss away in the 1st Half, completely dominated them but was a game at Half. If Miami can just put it all together, mistake free and don't give IU short fields and cheap points like Oregon among others, they definitely have the team and certainly the talent to win...problem is the disparity in game day coaching on each sideline.

re: I would not be surprised if more older coaches pack it in like Saban.

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/13/26 at 1:30 pm to Billy Mays

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Had little or nothing to do with frustration not being able to develop players. Saban famously "processed" players all the time in the old days and nobody really faulted him for it. Those bottom roster guys weren't beyond development he just wanted the stack the deepest roster in CFB year in and year out.

Yeah...Portal culture is like Kryptonite to Saban culture.

Remember how he'd "sign" players WAY over the scholie limit, evaluate (basically give them a tryout in Spring practice) and then process them out, a kind word for cut, leaving them twisting in the wind?

Yeah, players aren't putting up with that shite now...especially when Saban's bag $ wasn't guaranteed...because you can't complain about illegal compensation.

re: Mike Tomlin "stepping down" as HC

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/13/26 at 1:24 pm to TheePalmetto

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Wouldn’t be surprised if he takes a tv job

Something nobody asked for but TV Execs probably at Ryan Clark's mothership.

Not that fans waited with baited breath for a Mike Tomlin presser.

But I guess if you played or coached and check the right demo, everyone gets thrown in front of the Camera even if they have nothing to say.

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re: Miami player transfers to Indiana before the national championship game...

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/12/26 at 7:36 pm to RollTide1987

Give the "Me Generation" tons of money and let them do nothing in free time no responsibility College but play foosball?

What could go wrong with such sage and wise 18-22 year olds? Maybe some 90s NBA Lottery picks can mentor them?

re: SEC, Big 10 deciding whether playoff expansion will be 16 or 24 teams

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/11/26 at 8:22 pm to RelicBatches86

SEC better hope for 24 teams and lean on the media during selection the way this has been going the last 3 years....they need as many Lotto balls in the Tournament as they can get.

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re: Making it to the National Championship Game without winning your conference...

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/11/26 at 3:25 pm to RollTide1987

Now do winning at least your own freaking' Division?

re: If Indiana were in the SEC how would they do?

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/11/26 at 10:04 am to Buttermilk Pancakes

Considering the SEC went 1-8 in the Postseason against non-SEC Power 4 , the question the country is now asking is how would SEC teams do in the MAC?

re: Has Paul Finebaum left the country yet?

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/10/26 at 4:07 pm to Demps

Paul's a Confederate.

"Leaving the Country" means leaving Alabama.

re: Why is nobody talking about the absurd Indiana cheating allegations?

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/10/26 at 4:04 pm to themetalreb

You give credence and automatic validity by calling whiny baseless internet trolls "allegations" :lol:..yeah, every feelings hurt fan base with a keyboard or X account has allegations.

Come back and post when the NCAA issues a formal letter...we don't have to respond to every Billy Bob whining on the Internet because they can't handle Indiana being this good...and yeah, you still lost.

re: Has any CFB team had more at stake than Indiana will in this game?

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa on 1/10/26 at 3:49 pm to UnluckyTiger

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The same Indiana that struggled to beat Iowa, Penn State,

People are totally forgetting that game, where Indiana was on the precipice of defeat against a Penn State team that had lost 5 straight games...

Penn State outgained Indiana in yards, passing, rushing and time of possession...But PSU had 2 turnovers... Just like Oregon imploding and giving Indiana scoring drives of 0 yards, 3 yards and 19 yards.

People dismiss that Penn State game like they dismiss the VaTech game when labeling 2001 Miami as the GOAT. I wouldn't hold last nights score as a rock for your better slip...if Miami doesn't kill their drives like they did against Ole Miss and controls the clock...this is a game.