Footballking16

Expected $20 million fine and Moore gets 1 game suspension.....in 2026. Pathetic. Most severe punishment is 10 year ban for Harbaugh, like who cares at this point.

This rule will affect P/P's in Metro areas (which is almost every P/P out there) more than it will rural small schools.

Smith could have doubled his worth on the open market in the portal but chose to stick around to try and win a championship. TKR as well. I actually admire that in this current climate. Football is a completely different story however and the roster shakeup parallels that.

Purdue is bottom of the barrel when it comes to NIL

IU brought in a coach with an .800 winning percentage that brought several players with him. Cignetti preferenced production over potential in the portal. How many 5th and 6th year guys who had played 50+ games suited up for IU last year? A ton. Purdue is one of the youngest and most inexperienced teams in the country next year. Look at their QB room, the most important position on the field. Not a single receiver has over 400 yards. Purdue’s starting LT hasn’t played a competitive snap since high school…4 years ago after Notre Dame forced him to medically retire. IU caught lightning in a bottle last year no doubt, but there weren’t anywhere close to as many roster unknowns like there are at Purdue. I do think Odom is light years better than Walters and will one day bring Purdue back to a level of respectability, but it’s not going to happen overnight. It’s not likely to happen in year 2 either.

The fact that they went 1-11 last year, lost any and every player worth a salt to the portal, and have EIGHTY-TWO new faces on this years roster. Of the 5 teams projected to finish at the bottom of the B10 not including Purdue who was picked dead last (NW, Maryland, Mich St, and UCLA) they only get Northwestern on the road. 2.5 is an appropriate O/U win total. You might beat NW.

Sales is only a junior, Bardo and Guilford are seniors. Sales is a 5* and a top 20 recruit nationally in the class of 2027.

Monshun Sales is the best receiver in the state and he plays at Lawrence North. He's a 5* recruit and 2nd nationally at his position.

Todd Wagner would be my bet. Former business partner of Mark Cuban and IU alum...worth several billion dollars. Has already contributed immensely to IU's NIL collective.

I read it, it's certainly a hot take...they're called hot takes for a reason. Purdue is the worst P4 team in the country.

Purdue has almost 60 new faces, mostly underclassmen with little to no experience. Good thing Ball State and Southern Illinois are on the schedule because that’s all they’re going to win. I don’t think the question is by how much IU beats Purdue this year (because it’ll be a lot) but whether or not IU shuts PU out for a second straight year.

The SEC has been doing this for years. And they play one less conference game than everybody else to avoid having half their teams adding a loss to their resume. They pad their win totals and pound their chests. Rinse, wash, repeat.

Anyways....back to IU. Hoosiers picked 6th in the B10, behind Illinois and Michigan. Puzzling no doubt. IU has 4 preseason All-Americans varying on the publication and 7 guys that garnered preseason All-B10 recognition. None include transfer QB Fernando Mendoza who has quietly entered the top 10 in the majority of mock drafts with a few having him as the first QB selected. Another favorable schedule should have IU once again in playoff contention. Dare I say some are sleeping on IU? Sure you can. Gene Keady had the better H2H record than Bobby Knight. Not a soul would argue Keady is a better coach, it's why rivalries are great. Not so hot take, Sherrone Moore will be unemployed before Ryan Day.

Where would put Ryan Day? He's 46-5 in the B10. Sherrone Moore will have more B10 losses on his resume before the end of October than Day does in 7 years on the job. Think about that?

Still a national champion Both Riley and Moore have the ability to move up or down. Riley is a season away from joining James Franklin. Ryan Day is 70-10

National Champion -Ryan Day Really good coach with bright future -Dan Lanning Program builders who do more with less -Curt Cignetti -Bret Bielema -Kirk Ferentz Born on 3rd base -Lincoln Riley -Sherrone Moore Can't get out of his own way -James Franklin The rest Here's what CBS thinks https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/big-ten-coach-rankings-2025-ryan-day-remains-on-top-with-curt-cignetti-bret-bielema-among-biggest-risers/

They aren't a threat, there's just zero reason (or upside) as to why a B10 team should be playing an inferior opponent on the road. Would Ohio State or Michigan voluntarily play in Charlottesville? Of course not.

Clemson might be the best team in the country this year. They have one of, if not the most talented rosters on paper next year with potentially 6 first round draft picks. Will know out of the gate for sure as they open up with LSU. I think he could be even a better recruiter in the SEC.

Why wouldn't they? There's zero upside in playing Virginia....only downside. IU and the rest of the B10 already play 9 conference games and subsequently 9 P4 opponents. Until the SEC gets rid of their 8 game conference format, no reason IU or any B10 team for that matter should handicap themselves by playing 10 or potentially 11 P4 games in the regular season. It's not needed.

correct. With the amount of time these guys spend on campus/online availability, graduating in 3 years is more and more common these days. Factor in redshirting and it's very possible to graduate and still have two years of eligibility left.

I think all but Elijah Hughes finished their undergrad at their previous destinations so therefore are considered graduate transfers. ND took a very good underclassmen safety from Northwestern a few years back, so they do accept some non-graduate transfers. But it's rare and usually from another university with a similar prestige.

They have a kid committed to Alabama (Finch) and another trending towards Ohio State on that side of the ball. Believe they pulled in a few transfers as well who have D1 offers. Unless their new coach is in completely over his head, they'll be a tough out for anybody.

You still can't refute that at least half of the 5A title have been won by schools who aren't traditional 5A enrollment schools. That's exactly what watered down means.

Agreed. IHSAA screwed up splitting up 5A into two classes. Top 32 enrollment schools should have formed 6A and the bottom 32 enrollment schools should have formed 1A. A 64 team class comprised of the 32 5A schools and the top 32 enrollment schools in 4A would form a pretty darn competitive class.