Three seasons ago, it was Tony Petitti and the Big Ten that were being roasted. Today, across the USA, the tables have turned, and now it's your turn to cry!

However, It Doesn't Just Mean More; it means what the scoreboard says you are.

No one will be surprised when an SEC team wins its next championship. But to claim that SEC football is better than the Big Ten, "by far"?

Please, keep the hubris coming; it simply sets you up for a B1Gger fall.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2026/07/30/big-ten-football-cfp-record-sec-nick-saban-best-conference/91097653007/?utm_source=usatoday-sports-strada&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=usatbaseline&utm_

Et tu, Pawaallllllll? 😁

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Longtime SEC analyst Paul Finebaum backs Big Ten in top c...

Paul Finebaum has been known by monikers such as

I won’t argue about their past history.

However, the SEC is becoming USC, no respect for others, and tout stats from years ago….it is a bad look.

The next Indiana?

When this question was asked before last season, I answered with Indiana. I'm that smart; it was a WAG.

But this could also be the correct answer for the 2026 season.

https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/next-indiana-college-football-programs-built-to-shock-2026

Last three champions

3 BIG

0 Everybody else

Last six finalists

4 Current BIG

1 ACC

1 Notre Dame

0 SEC

On 7/30/2026 at 1:24 PM, Jon Joseph said:

The next Indiana?

When this question was asked before last season, I answered with Indiana. I'm that smart; it was a WAG.

But this could also be the correct answer for the 2026 season.

https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/next-indiana-college-football-programs-built-to-shock-2026

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.

1 hour ago, iubhounds said:

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.

Good call.

As Cig said, Indiana coming from the bottom of the pile to the top "would make a helluva movie." But Hoo would have believed it? It would be Hickory High Hoosiers on steroids.

Another thing Cig changed: the calculus for how long a coach has to turn around a down-in-the-dumps program.

Ryan Silverfield has two seasons to get the Arkansas Hogs back to the trough, if that.

Best to the Hoosiers in 2026. Indiana is no longer considered a one-hit wonder and will likely be ranked in the AP preseason poll top 5 and not in the 20s like the 2025 preseason poll.

Off to a good start with Cig winning the B1G Media Days pressers.

SI

‘We Don’t Cry a River’: Curt Cignetti Takes Aim at SEC St...

As the Big Ten celebrates three straight national titles, the Indiana coach argues the conference lets its results speak louder than the SEC’s explanations.

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.

18 minutes ago, Jon Joseph said:

Ryan Silverfield has two seasons to get the Arkansas Hogs back to the trough, if that.