August 14, 2019
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After watching one IU Football practice, I’m not as hopeful as I would like – and I’m an optimist
August 14, 2019
August 14, 2019
There is this feeling in my gut that criticizing Indiana University’s football program is unfair. Indiana fans have nothing but hope to keep them coming back to Memorial Stadium – well, hope and beer. It hurts to write a post that doesn’t help IU fans hope. Hope in IU Football has almost always poorly invested as the […]
SNBS – IU Football update w/DeBoer, Ramsey, Penix; IU Volleyball with coach Steve Aird
August 13, 2019
August 13, 2019
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Indiana Football – Five burning questions about #iufb answered; Can Hoosiers win 6 while fans drink 6?
August 2, 2019
August 2, 2019
Indiana Football is the losingest football program in history among Power Five universities. That’s where all discussions about IU football must start. Fans who head to Bloomington on game days have become accustomed to winning tailgate parties, even if it means never setting foot in Memorial Stadium. That has been the state of Indiana Football for a […]
Indiana fans are excused from attending or caring about Big 10 Football Media Days
July 18, 2019
July 18, 2019
Indiana University Football has been an oxymoron since the beginning. Minus a few glorious years under Bo McMillan and Bill Mallory, and that glorious run to the Rose Bowl in 1967 that virtually no one alive can remember, IU and football have never gone together. Big 10 Football Media Days begin at Noon today, and […]
IU will sell beer at football games at Memorial Stadium – and it’s about time!
April 30, 2019
April 30, 2019
Finally. Indiana University announced today beer and wine will be available to fans attending football games at Memorial Stadium. For decades, students and alums consumed beer and liquor with vigor before leaving their tailgate for the stadium. Many fans, already having a good time at the tailgate, would refuse to head into the stadium because […]
Indiana to put names back on football jerseys because fans need them
April 16, 2019
April 16, 2019
Player names are returning to Indiana Football jerseys, and that is a very good thing. For the record, at the time of the change a year ago, I was a big fan of taking names off the jerseys. Favoring the collective over the individual is the principle lesson of football, so it made all kinds […]