So IU now controls its own destiny for a Big Ten Title and the CFP. Although, they probably get jumped by Alabama with their blow out win over LSU
Our SoS takes a hit... Northwestern without Chiles getting smashed. Nebraska smashed. Minnesota smashed. Ohio State smashed. Michigan State smashing Michigan. Rutgers smashed by Wisconsin.
All six of our big ten opponents have lost or likely to lose.
@kelly_32 Alabama was 5th and yes LSU is now 6-3 that was BTA and the committee will likely jump IU. The games that helped IU’s resume didn’t really go IU’s way. Michigan is down 9-0, OSU got blown out, Minnesota lost by 2 scores at home.
IU did gain the control your destiny button, so it really doesn’t matter at this point.
Alabama, UCLA, Texas, Notre Dame, and maybe Tennessee will all move ahead of IU in the next CFP rankings.
Maybe. Then if we beat USC all those that lose that weekend will move below us, and if we beat Washington, all those that lose above us will move, and if we beat Purdue all…well you can get the picture surely. Just win and we will be fine.
@walt542 For sure. But in a world where SEC teams are losing, home and on on the road, with many maintaining their CFP standing, IU dropping in the rankings without playing a game would be noteworthy. It comes off as pretty negative to focus on what happens if IU loses a game. But it is a real dynamic. Odds makers seem to think a 10-2 IU team would still make the CFP. It'd sure feel very tenuous though, and I think we'll be squarely on the bubble, and at risk of getting bumped by 9-3 SEC teams.
Big scheme, IU just needs to start playing better. If they limp through with 3 more wins, how they've won their recent games... they really won't have much of a chance to make noise in the CFP, anyways. Being in the B10 title game, and then the CFP... will NEVER be anything but amazing. So its such a weird dynamic to be in that position again, and have any negative thoughts at all about it.
Big scheme, IU just needs to start playing better. If they limp through with 3 more wins, how they've won their recent games... they really won't have much of a chance to make noise in the CFP, anyways. Being in the B10 title game, and then the CFP... will NEVER be anything but amazing. So its such a weird dynamic to be in that position again, and have any negative thoughts at all about it.
Never in my lifetime did I think this would be a point of discussion. We're having a down year and that means worrying about 2 losses putting us on the bubble for the CFP.
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and likely Hoosier basketball fan. POTFB
Think of it, as a fan base (in Under 3 years) we’ve gone from: “Will we ever qualify to go to another Bowl Game?” , to booing the guy (who’s injured) who had just beaten Michigan up at The Big House for us (for the 1st time in 57 years [!]) and being in a foul mood because we’re 8-1 (by 6 inches) and not putting enough points on the board…
Rather amazing transformation… I’m not certain all of our fans completely appreciate where we’ve come from to get here…
Big scheme, IU just needs to start playing better. If they limp through with 3 more wins, how they've won their recent games... they really won't have much of a chance to make noise in the CFP, anyways. Being in the B10 title game, and then the CFP... will NEVER be anything but amazing. So its such a weird dynamic to be in that position again, and have any negative thoughts at all about it.
Big scheme, IU just needs to start playing better. If they limp through with 3 more wins, how they've won their recent games... they really won't have much of a chance to make noise in the CFP, anyways. Being in the B10 title game, and then the CFP... will NEVER be anything but amazing. So its such a weird dynamic to be in that position again, and have any negative thoughts at all about it.
Never in my lifetime did I think this would be a point of discussion. We're having a down year and that means worrying about 2 losses putting us on the bubble for the CFP.
During Allen's flameout, I was honestly resigned to the Mallory years being this program's salad days. I still can't wrap my head around Indiana Football being the defending national champions off an undefeated year with a Heisman winning QB that was drafted #1. Yesterday's Niners Raiders game was an IU reunion. Just amazing.
Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for. - Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and likely Hoosier basketball fan. POTFB
