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nate82 Biloxi Shuckers

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Apparently the $20mm cap on spending is not enforceable or teams are treating it as non enforceable and are not scared of the committee watching this.  PSU, LSU and Auburn are rumored to be going anywhere between $10-16mm over the $20mm maximum.

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This BYU team is ranked in the top 15?  Only 1 loss??   College football is unwatchable- blow it all up and just merge the blueblood programs as an NFL minor league system

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I think that doesnt give nearly enough credit to what Cignetti brought to that program just by getting on campus.   I dont care what kind of NIL money shows up, in 2 seasons turning literall

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Saw a tweet/X that said that Iowa State now has 16 players on their roster.  And they had a winning record last year.

College football needs to make scholarships and NIL multi-year contracts.  Take a scholarship and it's a minimum 3-year contract.  Want to leave earlier, then just take revenue sharing and whatever NIL you can find on your own.

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homer Cooperstown

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"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
yourout Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

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If Indiana runs the table and wins this they have to be considered amongst the greatest squads ever in NCAA history

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Indiana smoking Alabama in the Rose Bowl was not on my radar before the season 

"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
yourout Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

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12 minutes ago, homer said:

Indiana smoking Alabama in the Rose Bowl was not on my radar before the season 

Bob Bostad had some really good offensive lines when he was at Wisconsin but the cats he's got at Indiana are the best I've ever seen at that level.

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I watch little college football, but I scheduled my day around this game.  Enjoyable on two levels: Indiana winning big, and 'Bama losing big.

 

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55 minutes ago, yourout said:

Bob Bostad had some really good offensive lines when he was at Wisconsin but the cats he's got at Indiana are the best I've ever seen at that level.

Indiana Center was offensive MVP of the Rose Bowl. Wonder how often an O-Lineman has won? I'd bet zero.

"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
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If I were the top ranked transfer college QB, I'd ask for a ridiculous amount of money a year and wait for someone to give it to me.

 

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Funny how Wisconsin, as bad as they were this year played Indiana and Oregon on the road better than Texas Tech and Alabama did respectively.

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15 hours ago, yourout said:

Bob Bostad had some really good offensive lines when he was at Wisconsin but the cats he's got at Indiana are the best I've ever seen at that level.

I think Mark Cuban helped out in recruiting... a little.

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14 hours ago, JosephC said:

Indiana, 50 runs, 16 passes.  Emperor Alvarez somewhere in Madison with a big grin on his face.

If Indiana has a weakness, it's pass blocking.  Teams have to be able to have good DB play and cover schemes to force Indiana to pass block for more than 3 seconds.  UW was able to get to Mendoza for 5 sacks in their game.  

To beat Indiana a team needs to have a really good defense, both run defense and pass defense.  And a competent offense...

owbc Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

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The quarterfinals changed my view on the expanded playoff. Wow is it refreshing to see the scheduling and rankings biases exposed. 

Fear The Chorizo Wilson Warbirds

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2 hours ago, owbc said:

The quarterfinals changed my view on the expanded playoff. Wow is it refreshing to see the scheduling and rankings biases exposed. 

Am I right in stating that for the 2 years of this expanded playoff, the only team who received a bye that actually won their first game was Indiana yesterday by curb-stomping an Alabama team that didn't belong?  

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1 hour ago, Fear The Chorizo said:

Am I right in stating that for the 2 years of this expanded playoff, the only team who received a bye that actually won their first game was Indiana yesterday by curb-stomping an Alabama team that didn't belong?  

This is correct.  Makes you wonder if the layoff is just too long or if it's something else.

Remember what Yoda said:

 

"Cubs lead to Cardinals. Cardinals lead to dislike. Dislike leads to hate. Hate leads to constipation."

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14 hours ago, young guns said:

This is correct.  Makes you wonder if the layoff is just too long or if it's something else.

It's a pretty small sample.

"Dustin Pedroia doesn't have the strength or bat speed to hit major-league pitching consistently, and he has no power......He probably has a future as a backup infielder if he can stop rolling over to third base and shortstop." Keith Law, 2006
LouisEly Nashville Sounds

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/mark-cuban-increases-his-indiana-football-spending-for-transfer-portal/ar-AA1TKSDr

The rumor going around is that Cuban gave $15M for the 2025 season.  Now, even more for 2026.

No wonder they are doing so well.

What if Indiana in 2024 had a strength of schedule that, instead of 14th in the Big Ten/55th in the nation, was the toughest in the Big Ten/top 5 in the nation, like Wisconsin's in 2025, and they finish something like 6-6? They played two ranked teams in 2024 and got blown out by both of them.
 
Does Cuban bankroll the program in 2025 if they finish 6-6 in 2024? Are they where they are simply because of a lucky break in their schedule?

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