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General Category => Halas Hall Football Forum => Topic started by: Reacher on January 09, 2026, 06:43:52 PM
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The Indiana Hoosiers are on the verge of playing for a national championship, and the betting favorite to win it. Words I never thought I’d say, hear, or type.
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The Indiana Hoosiers are on the verge of playing for a national championship, and the betting favorite to win it. Words I never thought I’d say, hear, or type.
I said that in 1987 and I was correct.
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The dog rang the bell on the door signaling he needed to go out, I walk back inside a minute and a half later and IU is kicking an extra point.
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The Indiana Hoosiers are on the verge of playing for a national championship, and the betting favorite to win it. Words I never thought I’d say, hear, or type.
Maybe I should specify, football.
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These guys are playing in shorts.
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I doubt if the Hoosier offense was thinking of sitting the 1st 8 minutes
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That was a great 1st quarter
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We gave the Hoosiers a better 1st half than Oregon.
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We gave the Hoosiers a better 1st half than Oregon.
Alabama was only down 17 at half! Illinois still has a ways to go....
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"They're doing it again" says Rece. After mentioning the Illinois game. Lol
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1st downs are equal. 9 apiece.
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Alabama was only down 17 at half! Illinois still has a ways to go....
We played the Hoosiers at their house, not some neutral site.
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Indiana is going to play for a national title
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Indiana
The one program we had a chance at beating in the 90s
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Cingetti and Indiana make a deal with the devil?
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We played the Hoosiers at their house, not some neutral site.
That's the ticket!
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We played the Hoosiers at their house, not some neutral site.
Wait till they come to our house… 😎 😂
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Remember in the 90s indiana was the one team we could beat
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This game is so non-competitive I just found myself wondering “Is Mick Jagger watching this?”
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That 63-10 loss doesn't look so bad.
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That 63-10 loss doesn't look so bad.
Yeah, it still does. Oregon looks really bad too.
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Yeah, it still does. Oregon looks really bad too.
Indiana always looks good.
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Remember in the 90s indiana was the one team we could beat
The one program who was more irrelevant than us is about to win a title.
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The one program who was more irrelevant than us is about to win a title.
And anyone could have hired Cignetti.
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And anyone could have hired Cignetti.
If anyone had any idea that this was going to happen, he definitely wouldn’t be at IU.
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Losingest program in the country. Had what looked like a flash in the pan season last year, they weren’t even ranked to start this season. Their offseason was solid but wasn’t exactly heralded
Had a few close calls at Iowa, at PSU, B1G championship. Mostly just chewed everyone else up and spit them out. Then you give them a few weeks to rest and prepare and they’re now juggernaut status.
Miami D has been playing decent and is at home, might hang for a while if they have a good game plan. Beck is a better, more experienced QB than Moore, and they probably won’t shit their pants as bad as Oregon did.
Ultimately I think IU ends up winning by 17+. Just a wild story.
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Indiana recruited slightly better than us during the Tom Allen years. Their classes didn't, and don't, turn heads.
But how Cignetti can get every guy on the field to outplay his opponent on every play of every game is mind-boggling. They're just a pleasure to watch and a model to strive for.
Mendoza is 31-36 in his 2 cfp games. Dante Moore watched a Heisman winner cook and carve up his Ducks.
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Indiana recruited slightly better than us during the Tom Allen years. Their classes didn't, and don't, turn heads.
But how Cignetti can get every guy on the field to outplay his opponent on every play of every game is mind-boggling. They're just a pleasure to watch and a model to strive for.
Mendoza is 31-36 in his 2 cfp games. Dante Moore watched a Heisman winner cook and carve up his Ducks.
Yep it is amazing and sickening, at the same, time to watch.
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Yep it is amazing and sickening, at the same, time to watch.
The only way to look at it, and I've watched a game or 2 in my life, is that it's a goal to shoot for. The bar has been raised.
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