Micah getting ejected on BS targeting

Felt like that was the end of the slow build up we had the prior half decade.

Heartbreaking:  Lorenzo White & MSU running all over the Hoosiers in 1987.  Also, the Ohio State game when Jordan Howard & Nate Sudfeld got hurt & we still almost won with Xander at QB.  IU was the better team that night.

Ripping My Hair Out:  The entire Antwaan Randle El era.  No one deserved to play in a bowl than him.

Rutgers coming from behind by 25 or so in the 4th qtr to win at IU. 

or maybe the lateral pass with Minnesota here that Coleman did not go after because he assumed it was a forward pass. 

or… please make it stop…

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Rutgers coming from behind by 25 or so in the 4th qtr to win at IU. 

or maybe the lateral pass with Minnesota here that Coleman did not go after because he assumed it was a forward pass. 

or… please make it stop…

I would pick the same two games. 

Asleep at the wheel for the onside kick in the Gator Bowl vs Tennessee, and losing.

The kick was good, Pinstripe Bowl .

Ernie Jones getting hurt late vs Auburn in the Peach Bowl. I think we would have won, they couldnt stop him.

There are many painful bad losses, where we were not close, but I remember the ones where we catch some crap as a program and then couldve won those games.

Games I cant remember, but the result of the play stays in my head:

Whatever game against Michigan under Wilson with the simultaneous grab that went to Michigan, because they were Michigan. I think we were moving in to score?

Phantom Holding when moving in to score at the BS House under Mallory. I know the result and effect on the season but I was unable to watch that day. I saw news clips on TV in Indiana where they were searching for the holding, lol.

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Tennessee game. Masterclass in shitty coaching

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Tennessee game. Masterclass in shitty coaching

The rip my hair out event would have to be paying 3 head coaches at the same time.  

Heartbreaking was Hoeppner's illness and death.  Losing to MSU and missing the Rose Bowl sucked.

I was a sophomore trumpet player in the Marching Hundred in 2004.  Late in the year, when we played Penn State, Indiana was down 22-18, but Matt LoVecchio managed to lead the team down the field, until a long pass to Travis Haney got the Hoosiers to a first down at the PSU 1. 

Four downs to get one yard.  And Penn State was dogshit that year, too.  How hard could it be?

Folks, me and the rest of the Hundred stood there with our shakos in our hands, ready to go down on the field for the postgame concert, but not putting our helmets on until we knew whether we'd won or lost (then as now: backwards for a win, forwards for a typical L).  And we watched each attempt, as DiNardo's Hoosiers ran and ran and ran and ran and were stopped each time.  Turnover on downs.  22-18 loss.

Penn State fans would look back on that goal-line stand as a turning point for their program, as 2005 was the beginning of a serious return to glory, until Sandusky's crimes were exposed. 

Indiana kept on being Indiana.  Those were the Hoosiers I knew.

The regular season opener at Iowa in 2021 takes the cake for me.  I’d never had as much anticipation for an IU football season before in my life.  I drank the LEO kool-aid and believed that we were going to have with Tom Allen what we have with Cignetti now.  And it was all destroyed in what seemed like a few minutes.  My subsequent meltdown on the old Rivals board was pretty ugly and embarrassing.  I’m just glad it can’t be looked up anymore….

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I was a sophomore trumpet player in the Marching Hundred in 2004.  Late in the year, when we played Penn State, Indiana was down 22-18, but Matt LoVecchio managed to lead the team down the field, until a long pass to Travis Haney got the Hoosiers to a first down at the PSU 1. 

Four downs to get one yard.  And Penn State was dogshit that year, too.  How hard could it be?

Folks, me and the rest of the Hundred stood there with our shakos in our hands, ready to go down on the field for the postgame concert, but not putting our helmets on until we knew whether we'd won or lost (then as now: backwards for a win, forwards for a typical L).  And we watched each attempt, as DiNardo's Hoosiers ran and ran and ran and ran and were stopped each time.  Turnover on downs.  22-18 loss.

Penn State fans would look back on that goal-line stand as a turning point for their program, as 2005 was the beginning of a serious return to glory, until Sandusky's crimes were exposed. 

Indiana kept on being Indiana.  Those were the Hoosiers I knew.

 

Awesome story! Disappointing, of course, but awesome! Thanks for sharing!

Mine is ironically the point where even in the world of hopelessness we call IU football, we bottomed out into an even lower place.  IU was up 28-18 on Purdue in Nov of 2023, going into the 4th quarter.  We give up 17pts to give Purdue the game.  We were absolutely certain Tom Allen was never going to be the answer and we also knew he had a massive buyout (for what we assumed our administration would spend at that time).    That moment felt like the lowest of lows.  Most of the team went into the portal soon after the firing where we had no roster but in a twist of fate, 25 months later, we stand on top of the world.   But at that moment, I don't think I ever felt as little hope in IU football than that moment of the PU game. 

There is so many. I am sure there are others that pissed me off more at the time but for some reason these 2 stick out...

Damarlo Belchers(RIP) dropped pass in the end zone against Iowa on the final play. That would have been the game winner.

The Jordan Howard vs Michigan overtime game. Why in the fuck did they try and pass. GIVE THE FUCKING BALL TO JORDAN HOWARD!

There is so many more. I don't care about any of them anymore. 16-0 UNDEFEATED. UNDISPUTED. FLIPPING NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!!!!

Wisconsin hanging 80 on us was rock bottom for me.  I thought we'd never compete.