Footballking16

No, President Whitten did however. LSU should have a formal president (and new AD) by the time the next LSU coach is hired.

To a 65 year old who left the sport with no intention of coming back? Like I said, spineless.

Marginal at best equals a 14 year show-cause?

So because they won AFTER they stopped cheating makes it alright? How does that even make sense? I'm allowed to steal from the grocery store for the month of November and I should get a lighter sentence in the event I get caught if I show receipts for the items I purchased in December? Of all the dumb things you've said on this website....

I can't answer as to why the NCAA is spineless. I've repeatedly stated that. I do know they didn't hand out the single largest show-cause in their institutions history (among multi-year show-cause to several other coaches and staffers) to a team that "won fair and square". Why did Paul Manafort only receive a 43 months for a conviction that carried a 25 year sentence? I can't answer these questions. Acting like Michigan did nothing wrong because the NCAA let them off easy doesn't excuse what they did. Maybe Sherrone Moore coaching your team is retribution and karma for the rest of us.

Your Head Coach received the largest show cause penalty in NCAA history. That's "massive".

I've never once argued the NCAA had a backbone now did I?

Mysteriously obsessed? It doesn't take any joy out of my time watching Indiana this year to acknowledge that Michigan got off easy for one of the biggest cheating scandals since SMU back in the 80's.

I don't disagree with you are saying, but I do disagree that it was the Governor of Louisiana that had to meddle in the decision to fire Kelly. Woodward made the decision to fire Kelly and then the Governor had to get involved as there is no acting president to bailout the university for the buyout money. He's pissed because LSU is now out $53 million not because Brian Kelly didn't win enough football games. Big difference in my opinion.

That's not what I took from his rant at all. In fact, if you watch the whole thing, the Governor sheds light on wanting to be the first university to offer incentive based contracts rather than fully guaranteeing near 9 figure contracts. I'm sure the Governor is a big fan of football who wants LSU to succeed as LSU athletics is a huge revenue generator for the state. I don't think he personally cares who coaches LSU, rather not have to be called upon to bail out the athletic department again. He scorned Woodward multiple times for not living up to his fiduciary duty as AD. Woodward has hired the two college football coaches who have received the two largest buyouts in history: Jimbo Fischer while at A&M and now Kelly at LSU.

I'm not sure I follow? I don't think the Governor believes he can do a better job than an actual AD in identifying a talented coach. Rather, the premise of his rant was the financial irresponsibility of AD Woodward who fully guaranteed a $75million to a coach that he later fired 3.5 years later at the expense of Louisiana taxpayer dollars. I'd be shocked if the LA Governor actually hires the next coach. I do believe he will have a say in the written language of the contract however.

Forgot I was an "IU fan"? I'm an IU alumnus. What are you? I bet on different college football teams weekly that I'm neither a fan nor alumnus.

I'm sure he does like football, but when there's no acting university president and a state-funded public university is not only going pay a coach $53 million to make a coach go away, but then commit another $80-90 million to his replacement, the Governor is bound to get involved especially at the expense of taxpayer dollars.

Victory lap? We beat you last year and have a significantly better team this year. I enjoy beating teams with cheating programs and arrogant fan bases. You're on a board with primarily Indiana/Purdue/Notre Dame fans, why would any one fluff the Michigan Wolverines?

Selfishly want a rematch with Ohio State, but beating Michigan 35-10 at LOS would definitely bring a smile to my face.

I think it's the monetary and financial decisions that are driving his involvement.

LSU currently doesn't have an acting university president, that's why the Governor is particularly involved.

Shocked they opened up as nearly 2 TD favorites. I told my dad I thought it be around 3-4 points, he bet me it’d be around 7. Lost money before the game even started lol. In all honesty, this is going to be a tough game. Penn State is still a very talented group and has nothing to lose. Forecast shows cold and rainy, going to be a rock fight and I’m sure that’s the way PSU prefers it.

Purdue played hard, Michigan just isn’t very good. Underwood had one of the worst performances from a QB you’ll see. Glad he’s making $10+ million, don’t see Michigan’s staff developing him the next 2-3 years.

When you need to win 3, possibly 4 games in a row to be named national champions? Yes. IU’s top 22 guys are as good as anybody in the country. But IU simply does not have the luxury (yet) of depth that some of these other national title contenders. Fisher essentially missing these last two games and Sarratt leaving early yesterday with a hamstring injury is concerning. Get past Penn State next week and you have almost a month to get healthy before the B10 championship game.

Tough opponent next week for Cathedral, but feeling better about their chances.

Assuming no more set backs or new injuries Friday during Anderson, Cathedral will be as close to healthy as they can be in two weeks.

For Cathedral to beat New Pal, not only are they going to have to play lights out defensively, they might need to score as a unit or at the very least flip field position all night. Cathedral starting to run the ball better and Dangerfield is back (I think) but still to one dimensional to sustain lengthy drives.

There’s a billion different ways to compute a formula that takes into consideration W/L record, SOS, and opponents SOS and you can call it whatever you want. Every other state in the country has some kind of metric that determines seeding/qualification and none of them use Sagarin.

Why is that interesting? I’ve advocated for seeding (which ultimately leads to a qualifier) for over a decade.