I'm not a numerologist (lol) but consider how these three numbers seem to be aligning for IU in 2026.
50 years ago, Indiana basketball completed an undefeated, 32-0 season in winning the NCAA basketball championship. No D1 men's team has since replicated that feat.
This year, Indiana football is poised to win the national championship at 16-0. No other major college football team (aside from Yale in 1894, when players protected their heads by wearing their hair long) has ever achieved a 16-win/perfect season/national championship. With NIL, revenue-sharing and the portal leveling the playing field, it could be a long time - - if ever -- until another FBS team goes 16-0.
Just to complete the 50/32/16 loop, 50% of 32 is 16.
Are we a team of destiny? We'll find out Monday night.
We're 60 minutes away from having the most recent undefeated teams in basketball AND football.I'm not a numerologist (lol) but consider how these three numbers seem to be aligning for IU in 2026.
50 years ago, Indiana basketball completed an undefeated, 32-0 season in winning the NCAA basketball championship. No D1 men's team has since replicated that feat.
This year, Indiana football is poised to win the national championship at 16-0. No other major college football team (aside from Yale in 1894, when players protected their heads by wearing their hair long) has ever achieved a 16-win/perfect season/national championship. With NIL, revenue-sharing and the portal leveling the playing field, it could be a long time - - if ever -- until another FBS team goes 16-0.
Just to complete the 50/32/16 loop, 50% of 32 is 16.
Are we a team of destiny? We'll find out Monday night.
I'll tell everyone this right now: Cig has improved my life. For older folks like myself, do you remember how you felt before every IU game when Knight had it rolling during the Bailey/Cheaney/Henderson years? That's how I feel now ... times 100.
We're 60 minutes away from having the most recent undefeated teams in basketball AND football.I'm not a numerologist (lol) but consider how these three numbers seem to be aligning for IU in 2026.
50 years ago, Indiana basketball completed an undefeated, 32-0 season in winning the NCAA basketball championship. No D1 men's team has since replicated that feat.
This year, Indiana football is poised to win the national championship at 16-0. No other major college football team (aside from Yale in 1894, when players protected their heads by wearing their hair long) has ever achieved a 16-win/perfect season/national championship. With NIL, revenue-sharing and the portal leveling the playing field, it could be a long time - - if ever -- until another FBS team goes 16-0.
Just to complete the 50/32/16 loop, 50% of 32 is 16.
Are we a team of destiny? We'll find out Monday night.
I'll tell everyone this right now: Cig has improved my life. For older folks like myself, do you remember how you felt before every IU game when Knight had it rolling during the Bailey/Cheaney/Henderson years? That's how I feel now ... times 100.
@gthomas Mine too. It's kind of crazy because it's just sports, but I think this has been the best January of my life thanks to IU football.
Saw a message that was posted on X about kids (maybe in Bloomington?) will have a 2-hr delay so kids can stay up and watch the game. The explanation is as follows:
On Monday night, for the first time in its history,IU will play in the National College Football Playoff Championship.For that reason, we will operate on a 2-hour delay
In truth, I hope a lot of students will stay up to watch, and the reason goes well beyond football. I think we all sense that, for our community, this game is more than a game. It offers a moment to step into the spirit of true festivity. A festival is a joyous pause from ordinary striving-a moment we receive as good, not merely “so that “ we can produce more. When a whole community enters that spirit together, we’re tied more closely together and share gratitude and greatness, and it is a reminder that our life together is based on more than utility.
This IU team also embodies a basic human hope: The hope that we can overcome doubt (whether ours or others) and make something of ourselves -the hope that we can enter the lists of life and prevail- the hope that a band of brothers, disciplined and united, can win out. This too is something we will share in on Monday night.
@busdrivere I like that! Well said.
A delayed school opening for a national championship game the night before, featuring the INDIANA Hoosiers, is a lot more legit than one for a couple of inches of snow!
If there's a single snowflake in the air or on the ground, Bloomington area schools should just call the whole day off. Even 10-year-olds need time to celebrate ... as do the teachers.@busdrivere I like that! Well said.
A delayed school opening for a national championship game the night before, featuring the INDIANA Hoosiers, is a lot more legit than one for a couple of inches of snow!
It's not just sports; it's history.We're 60 minutes away from having the most recent undefeated teams in basketball AND football.I'm not a numerologist (lol) but consider how these three numbers seem to be aligning for IU in 2026.
50 years ago, Indiana basketball completed an undefeated, 32-0 season in winning the NCAA basketball championship. No D1 men's team has since replicated that feat.
This year, Indiana football is poised to win the national championship at 16-0. No other major college football team (aside from Yale in 1894, when players protected their heads by wearing their hair long) has ever achieved a 16-win/perfect season/national championship. With NIL, revenue-sharing and the portal leveling the playing field, it could be a long time - - if ever -- until another FBS team goes 16-0.
Just to complete the 50/32/16 loop, 50% of 32 is 16.
Are we a team of destiny? We'll find out Monday night.
I'll tell everyone this right now: Cig has improved my life. For older folks like myself, do you remember how you felt before every IU game when Knight had it rolling during the Bailey/Cheaney/Henderson years? That's how I feel now ... times 100.
@gthomas Mine too. It's kind of crazy because it's just sports, but I think this has been the best January of my life thanks to IU football.
@busdrivere I like that! Well said.
A delayed school opening for a national championship game the night before, featuring the INDIANA Hoosiers, is a lot more legit than one for a couple of inches of snow!
I don't have to be at work until 10AM and I still may be late.
Think about how funny that is for the kids in a "Purdue family"
Watching the game should be assigned homework for them!
Then write an essay or paper or paragraph depending on age about how great IU Football is.
Bahahahaha
I remember those Bailey/Cheany years, but this is much more reminiscent of the 1976 season to me. You just can feel them dominating each opponent. Even when a team gets close like the first Mich game im ‘76 or the Penn St. game this year they find a way to pull it out. Going into the Naty game against UM there was no doubt they would get it done. I feel the same way about Monday. These guys will not be denied.We're 60 minutes away from having the most recent undefeated teams in basketball AND football.I'm not a numerologist (lol) but consider how these three numbers seem to be aligning for IU in 2026.
50 years ago, Indiana basketball completed an undefeated, 32-0 season in winning the NCAA basketball championship. No D1 men's team has since replicated that feat.
This year, Indiana football is poised to win the national championship at 16-0. No other major college football team (aside from Yale in 1894, when players protected their heads by wearing their hair long) has ever achieved a 16-win/perfect season/national championship. With NIL, revenue-sharing and the portal leveling the playing field, it could be a long time - - if ever -- until another FBS team goes 16-0.
Just to complete the 50/32/16 loop, 50% of 32 is 16.
Are we a team of destiny? We'll find out Monday night.
I'll tell everyone this right now: Cig has improved my life. For older folks like myself, do you remember how you felt before every IU game when Knight had it rolling during the Bailey/Cheaney/Henderson years? That's how I feel now ... times 100.
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