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Are those averages of B10 contenders the total roster. Because the IU 22 year average was from players that played regular and produced, not the average age of 105 players?

Thanks. I watched when IU played baseball at Oregon last spring, blowing an 8th inning lead. LOL

Cig has had two very good recruiting classes back to back. Two QBs in each year a 4 and a 5 star. The recruiting class for 2027 has a lot of 4 and a few 5 stars. Winning helps recruiting. He said in his intro press conference when ask that he prefers HS recruits to develop them but "we have a lot of holes to fill and until that time we will use the portal."

In all these preseason predictions on B1G standings. One team people are not considering, Penn State. A better coach, 17+? experienced players from Iowa State added to the returning starters ... and a damn easy B1G schedule. They could go undefeated in the B1G and play in the B1GCG ... it will not be the first time I have been accused of being crazy. 😂

Just think of the coach at UCLA coming from the same school as Cig did. No pressure/spotlight there. Yes what he did upset the coaching world in the future and not in a good way.

Interesting point. I might have to go back and read the long post again. I think the main point was they were not the 24 years old, the average that ESPN was talking about and then was adopted by everyone else. 12/22 starters return and a few of them were sophomores last year. The other 10 were 5th year players, which would be 22 years old for a college student. Some were even spouting off that IU had 26 year olds playing.

I know this is a forum about Oregon Ducks, so I apologize in advance for posting Indiana info. Yet I found last winter after joining, B1G or even Indiana info was enjoyed by some. I saw this a few minutes ago on X and it was just too good not to share. MAYBE a few Duck or college football fans will enjoy it but I will say IT A IS LONG READ. IU was OLD

I like that Indiana in most predictions are going undercover. I will say this in all seriousness ... this team could be better than last years. I know I know, but hear me out. They return 3 OL's 2 LBs, 2WRs and their leading RB from last year BEFORE he went out with a season ending knee injury. The changes ... RBs and WRs now have "breakaway" speed where they did not last year. More depth due to young (yes really, actual recruits) players getting playing time last year, with some eventually starting due to injuries. Their season will be determined IMO ... OSU at home, USC at home, Michigan on the Road and even the game in Seattle. A tidbit .. their new QB Josh Hoover was actually signed recruit at IU when Cig was hired. After a week or two decided to get a release and go home to play for TCU. Threw for a lot of yards and a lot of TDs ... although in the spring game he did not look that good because IU's defense was playing as if it was the championship game even with new players ... we all know some QBs have problems with Bryant Haines defensive schemes.

Honestly there will never be "the next Indiana". Sure, teams can build in today's NIL world within 1-3 years after losing for years and win the natty but I doubt anyone can do that if they have the same 100 year history of Indiana. IU was the losingest program in the history of college football until Cig won at Northwestern. That win moved them up to the 2nd losingest team in the history of college football. That 110 years of losing most of the time is what makes it different and why there will never been another "the next Indiana". Just my opinion.

I have returned to the forum out here in Indiana. I see my last post was back in February. Why some may ask ... well this is the best forum I have found since following my first one in 1995. CIVIL discussion can take place even if you are the opponent. Plus I love talking football. Well this new ruling ... what a mess. It will get sorted out most likely for 2027 season but what about now? The rosters are set at 105, NIL money paid or on contract, freshmen on campus ... I always said never mix politics and sports. Too bad the overpriced NCAA admin couldn't run their own organization.

When living in Washington and attending a few Dawg/Duck games home and away I had a chance to compare the hatred of the Oregon and Washington to the IU/PUkes (purdue) rivalry. I would see the hatred, believe it or not, might be a little more intense back in the state of Indiana. Yet in 2003 I am sitting at Husky Stadium watching Gerry DiNardo's (BTN now) IU's Hoosiers play UDub. Of course Washington has won the game by early in the 3rd quarter, when a Husky fan stands up in the section next to the IU Visitor section and yells "**** IU we HATE THE DUCKS" and is waving a 10' pole with a duck hanging by a noose around it's neck .... it brought the loudest roar from the crowd the game had. Add on the Twitter posts I see now between Duck and Dawg fans ... I would say the hatred is real between you two ... but until you shut down an IU and PUke forum for two weeks due to personal threats in the Indy Star forum many years ago, the UO/UW hatred might rank #2. I understand not wearing colors of rivals. I follow the same policy. So Drake, it is not irrational excluding purple and orange from your wardrobe ... it just makes sense to do so with the colors of our rival teams.

I would say that Riley is dangling by a thread of that rope and he better hope that highest paid recruiting class of freshman can play big time football fast.

I will add a third sport that has be watched live ... Hockey. As far as baseball, I agree. Luckily 4 miles from my house we have the infamous Frontier League Evansville Otters, played in the same stadium as Tom Hank's movie A League of Their Own was filmed. For college football I can watch that any time, any day, live or on tv and I seemed to be counting days until the 2026 season stars.

To many years ago I took a 14 day vacation with a company that did MLB tours. We saw 13 games in 14 different cities and the day off was spent at the HOF in Cooperstown. We would usually get to the cities early enough to do a little touring around the city. In Pittsburgh my brother and I found where the old stadium use to be. It was mostly a park but some of the original wall still stood and some were remembered in the sidewalk. They showed the exact spot where Mazeroski's HR went over the fence.

It seems to automatically renew every year whether I pay for it or not.