Stats is closed. We're posted up at Gibneys
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.
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Meehans is where we are now. Gibneys underestimated their staffing needs when IU is in town
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.
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oh shoot! We ate at Meehans too. Wish I’d seen this I’d found you to say hello!Meehans is where we are now. Gibneys underestimated their staffing needs when IU is in town
Just pulled up to our tailgating spot in a very sketchy area! Bunch of homeless people and construction workers walkn Around! If yall are around the CNN building, lock yer doors! But we here and beers a poppn! If anyone knows this area and can recommend a good eatn spot lmk!
Wife and I are in the hotel.
Got a great deal on a 1st Row ticket for my couch, but I'll be there in spirit.
What a game
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.
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Got a great deal on a 1st Row ticket for my couch, but I'll be there in spirit.
I picked a good year to upgrade both my big screen TV and my recliner.
"You can't make someone listen to reason if they aren't willing to think"-- Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
I’m drunk. Fuck Hooky…
GOAT SHITPOSTER
It was a nice touch last night when the IU band did their pregame show. In the part where they normally spell out INDIANA in stead they spelled out CIGNETTI.
You guys and girls were awesome!
The best part of the post game was the players showing their awe when asked about our fans.
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I’m drunk. Fuck Hooky…
Headaches are temporary. Peach bowl beatdowns are forever.
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.
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I was there. Section 205. Our fans were awesome!! That was a cool venue. I’ll just say this: getting parked, restroom availability and the concessions were head and shoulders above the Rose Bowl setup. Hell, I think the drive down I-75 and that usual mess was more enjoyable than trying to get parked for the Rose Bowl.
Back home in Charlotte and what an incredible weekend. Bought PB tix the morning after Bama beat OK, because watching that game I didn't believe either team could beat IU as sloppy as they played. Couldn't swing going to Pasadena, but Atlanta? 4 hour drive from Charlotte so I bought pretty good tickets and took my adult 27yo son, who could never understand supporting IU, because we weren't good at bball and especially football! I finally birthed a Hoosier fan, in 1 day! He was hoo hoo hoo HOOSIERING all day! We stayed with friends in N Atlanta, drove down Friday morning/afternoon and decided to take Marta from Sandy Springs down. We get to the station and we're the only 1s there, then another Hoosier group showed up, and we hoo hoo Hoosiered them over and another group jumped on the train before the doors closed. Josh Pates description of kicking over an ant mound and Hoosier fans pouring out was perfect. Ground Zero of the mound was the stadium and as we got closer, we just kept encountering more waves of IU fans. Got down there around 4pm and every place was packed in Cream and Crimson. Honestly, like 100:1 on the streets around the stadium. The venues were so packed and understaffed my son and I just went in as soon as the gates opened, which was a great call because we got to watch the stadium fill and warmups and had a great bar area and bathroom right at the top of the stands. We were row 27 in Section 106 right in the middle of the IU side, which was really the entire arena. The bands were in opposite corners and on our side it was 99:1 Hoosiers to OR, maybe more. The other side, which was the OR side, was still 60:40 OR to IU in the lower section and the upper 2 sections were all red and white 360 degrees. It was beautiful.
Watching the warmups, I could feel my anxiety build thinking this could be the end of our season and some doubt crept in, but being surrounded by Hoosier fans was reassuring. Watching Franke warm up, I thought he was coming up short on several FG attempts. In retrospect, no, he was practicing short kickoffs to entice a run back. We literally baited them into a return, so we could pin them deep, which is exactly what happened, setting up Ponds amazing pick 6, which I think was the single most amazing sporting moment I've ever witnessed in person. The crowd lost it's mind. At that point, even though they mounted a nice drive in response, you felt the game was over, and in retrospect it was. Sorry for the long writeup, but this was the highlight of my Hoosier football fandom. Get it done in Miami Hoosiers, and I believe we will. Thanks for allowing me to share! GO HOOSIERS!
Good write up. Thanks. I think the stadium when Ponds made that interception was the loudest environment I have ever been in a football stadium. assembly hall used to get louder in the BK era but that is much smaller room. The Hoosier Dome used to get very loud when Manning was there but as for a single moment the Mercedes Benz Stadium was unbelievable!Back home in Charlotte and what an incredible weekend. Bought PB tix the morning after Bama beat OK, because watching that game I didn't believe either team could beat IU as sloppy as they played. Couldn't swing going to Pasadena, but Atlanta? 4 hour drive from Charlotte so I bought pretty good tickets and took my adult 27yo son, who could never understand supporting IU, because we weren't good at bball and especially football! I finally birthed a Hoosier fan, in 1 day! He was hoo hoo hoo HOOSIERING all day! We stayed with friends in N Atlanta, drove down Friday morning/afternoon and decided to take Marta from Sandy Springs down. We get to the station and we're the only 1s there, then another Hoosier group showed up, and we hoo hoo Hoosiered them over and another group jumped on the train before the doors closed. Josh Pates description of kicking over an ant mound and Hoosier fans pouring out was perfect. Ground Zero of the mound was the stadium and as we got closer, we just kept encountering more waves of IU fans. Got down there around 4pm and every place was packed in Cream and Crimson. Honestly, like 100:1 on the streets around the stadium. The venues were so packed and understaffed my son and I just went in as soon as the gates opened, which was a great call because we got to watch the stadium fill and warmups and had a great bar area and bathroom right at the top of the stands. We were row 27 in Section 106 right in the middle of the IU side, which was really the entire arena. The bands were in opposite corners and on our side it was 99:1 Hoosiers to OR, maybe more. The other side, which was the OR side, was still 60:40 OR to IU in the lower section and the upper 2 sections were all red and white 360 degrees. It was beautiful.
Watching the warmups, I could feel my anxiety build thinking this could be the end of our season and some doubt crept in, but being surrounded by Hoosier fans was reassuring. Watching Franke warm up, I thought he was coming up short on several FG attempts. In retrospect, no, he was practicing short kickoffs to entice a run back. We literally baited them into a return, so we could pin them deep, which is exactly what happened, setting up Ponds amazing pick 6, which I think was the single most amazing sporting moment I've ever witnessed in person. The crowd lost its mind. At that point, even though they mounted a nice drive in response, you felt the game was over, and in retrospect it was. Sorry for the long writeup, but this was the highlight of my Hoosier football fandom. Get it done in Miami Hoosiers, and I believe we will. Thanks for allowing me to share! GO HOOSIERS!