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Sammy Jacobs
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Topic starter Posted : 07/18/2025 8:49 am
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red hornet's avatar
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Memorial Stadium should be rocking!! Hoosiers by 3 scores.


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Posted : 07/18/2025 8:52 am
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This game is absolutely huge.  Big Noon will probably be in town.  Either move to 4-0 with continued excitement and momentum to have an amazing season.  Or go to 3-1, fall out of the rankings, and we'll be facing a lot of doubt heading into tough Iowa and Oregon games with an 0-3 conference start as a real possibility.  

It's kinda funny IU-Illinois could be such an important game in the B1G.

But, zooming out, it's great games like this mean so much now.  Embrace the pressure.


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Posted : 07/18/2025 9:13 am
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Sammy Jacobs
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Posted by: @tammany

This game is absolutely huge.  Big Noon will probably be in town.  Either move to 4-0 with continued excitement and momentum to have an amazing season.  Or go to 3-1, fall out of the rankings, and we'll be facing a lot of doubt heading into tough Iowa and Oregon games with an 0-3 conference start as a real possibility.  

It's kinda funny IU-Illinois could be such an important game in the B1G.

But, zooming out, it's great games like this mean so much now.  Embrace the pressure.

100% agree. I hope it's not Big Noon, but it probably will. I don't like them, but it's good for the program. Should be a top 15 game. I think the whole season hinges on this game. It's a feather in the cap win or, like you said, 3-3 is on the table. 

 


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Topic starter Posted : 07/18/2025 9:36 am
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@tammany well put. This game is just HUGE for IU. This is the kind of thing I have lived for forever! Let’s rock!


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Posted : 07/18/2025 11:42 am
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Posted by: @thehoosierhuddle

Posted by: @tammany

This game is absolutely huge.  Big Noon will probably be in town.  Either move to 4-0 with continued excitement and momentum to have an amazing season.  Or go to 3-1, fall out of the rankings, and we'll be facing a lot of doubt heading into tough Iowa and Oregon games with an 0-3 conference start as a real possibility.  

It's kinda funny IU-Illinois could be such an important game in the B1G.

But, zooming out, it's great games like this mean so much now.  Embrace the pressure.

100% agree. I hope it's not Big Noon, but it probably will. I don't like them, but it's good for the program. Should be a top 15 game. I think the whole season hinges on this game. It's a feather in the cap win or, like you said, 3-3 is on the table. 

 

dude!!!! Shut up….🤣.  B1G noon always hands out cases of booze. But yessss…they suck. 

 


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Posted : 07/18/2025 12:28 pm
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D.B. Cooper
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@thehoosierhuddle really need to win 2 of the 4 big games. Need Illinois and at Iowa. Oregon is more vulnerable this year. PSU might just be unwinable. I bet IU will be in position to win all of them too.


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Posted : 07/18/2025 12:31 pm
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Sammy Jacobs
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@d-b-cooper Ha. I haven't received a case so...Booooo


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Topic starter Posted : 07/18/2025 12:39 pm
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Posted by: @d-b-cooper

@thehoosierhuddle really need to win 2 of the 4 big games. Need Illinois and at Iowa. Oregon is more vulnerable this year. PSU might just be unwinnable. I bet IU will be in position to win all of them too.

If you can get through the first six games 4-2 (1-2), you're in decent shape. Maybe not for the CFP, but for a really nice bowl. 5-1 (2-1) with a win over Illinois and Iowa/Oregon you're going to be right in the mix for the CFP in December.

 


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Topic starter Posted : 07/18/2025 12:41 pm
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D.B. Cooper
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@thehoosierhuddle I walked through the set up area and they were just handing them out. Stacks and stacks.


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Posted : 07/18/2025 1:13 pm
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D.B. Cooper
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@thehoosierhuddle those Illinois and Iowa games will tell us a lot. I think this Illinois game is looking closer to the Nebraska game to me. Won’t be as lopsided but I think we beat them pretty decently. Iowa is a complete unknown as we didn’t play anyone like them on the road last year. Hope we can beat both and compete with everyone else on the schedule. 10-2 is my pick.


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Posted : 07/18/2025 1:17 pm
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@d-b-cooper - Are you the guy that parachuted from the plane with a bag full of cash, lol?


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Posted : 07/18/2025 1:44 pm
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Sammy Jacobs
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@red-hornet pretty sure that was Loki


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Topic starter Posted : 07/18/2025 1:48 pm
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D.B. Cooper
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@red-hornet allegedly.


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Posted : 07/18/2025 2:06 pm
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Posted by: @d-b-cooper

@thehoosierhuddle those Illinois and Iowa games will tell us a lot. I think this Illinois game is looking closer to the Nebraska game to me. Won’t be as lopsided but I think we beat them pretty decently. Iowa is a complete unknown as we didn’t play anyone like them on the road last year. Hope we can beat both and compete with everyone else on the schedule. 10-2 is my pick.

I hope so.  If we handle Illinois without much drama that means we are really good.

 


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Posted : 07/18/2025 2:12 pm
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