Footballking16

You're free to wager on your Super Bowl however you see fit. Some of us have seasons that extend past November.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/michigan-sign-stealing-penalties-jim-harbaugh-10-year-show-cause-hefty-fines-among-ncaa-punishments/ This doesn't even include your assistant that was just indicted on federal cyber crimes. Dirt bag program that had to cheat to win. Classic.

Moore is an absolute clown. Hell it took Harbaugh 6 years and a salary reduction to win a big game before he conducted one of the biggest cheating scandals in the history of the sport.

One of the coordinators will get the IU job once he moves on.

I just don’t understand the thought process of a 65 year old, up and switching jobs (again) when he’s got everything he wants and needs in Bloomington. IU is a legit national title contender this year.

Don't think he’d take it at this stage but never say never. Matt Rhule or Matt Campbell seem like the most practical candidates at the moment.

Best resume in the country but totally onboard with the defending national champion staying on top until somebody beats them. That being said, if IU had any other logo on their helmet they’d be #1 come Monday.

Name a move IPS has made in the last 10, 15, 20 years that’s been for the betterment of athletics? I’m sure the coaches and players at Tech care and do what they can to the best of their abilities. None of that matters however if you have zero support at the top.

I'm talking over a sustained period of time, not singular seasons. Whitney Young and Morgan Park both have solid football programs and would absolutely pistol whip Tech. And I didn't mention anything about specific states. East St Louis is part of metro St Louis and have a national powerhouse football program despite being in an extremely impoverished area.

Detroit and Miami have several IPS equivalent schools in their inner-cities who all have good to phenomenal football programs. As does Houston, Los Angeles, St Louis, Chicago, etc. I'll assure you there's good suburban teams in those metro areas as well. IPS doesn't care, that's the problem and the root of the issue.

Again, it's one piece of the pie. What kind of support does IPS give Tech? What kind of feeder league do they have? Being in an impoverished area doesn't mean you can't have a good football program. I've given you dozens of examples of inner-city powerhouses who compete even at the national level in other major cities. Guessing Tech (and IPS) lack some of the vision those programs share or simply don't care.

Coaching matters. The school we're discussing, Carmel, illustrates that. No clue what Herbert was doing the last several seasons, but says a lot when Kevin Wright comes rolling in off the street and reenergizes a team and program in a few short months.

Founder of Angie's List. Probably worth north of half a billion dollars.

Angie Hicks perhaps?

Offense definitely looks better. Still don't know what I'm watching defensively.

Down to 7.5

Meh, Pegula won’t spend money on the teams he does own….he’s going to shell out $60 million to buy out Franklin? I don’t believe it. Penn State is definitely at a cross road with Franklin, but they can do a lot worse than a guy who consistently wins 10+ games a year.

Have to say I’m pleasantly shocked and surprised with last night’s outcome. Cathedral ran and executed a better offensive game plan last night but still tough to watch for stretches. Defense was lights out and way more physical than the Trojans up front. Not often you get to say that. For as well coached as Center Grove has been the majority of the last three decades, pretty befuddling they couldn’t make any adjustments to stop the Cathedral pass rush. QB going to be feeling it today.

New Pal is now just the favorite to win 5A. No longer a lock in my opinion.

Only way Iowa can hang with IU is if IU self destructs. Indiana’s front 7 is too good. Notre Dame is the only team that has been able to control the LOS and methodically run the ball and control the clock against a Cignetti defense. Iowa ain’t Notre Dame.

Kamara switched positions this year. He’s more a strong side end/hybrid LB. He’s no longer terrorizing QB’s from the weak side. He won’t have the same numbers as last year, but he’s graded out extremely high and drawing double teams.

And that’s what is hypocritical about all this nonsense. The same group that picked Illinois to beat Indiana almost unanimously is the same group calling Illinois overrated. It’s also the same group that rated Illinois that high to begin with. How can you call a team that you rated, overrated? Pick a lane lol.

This was always going to be the narrative. Last year it was, “their schedule was weak, beat a ranked team”. Indiana proceeds to beat a ranked team (a top 10 team at that one that is still ranked) and the narrative shifts to “Illinois was overrated” or “Illinois was injured”. The narratives are going to keep changing as IU continues to get better and better. If IU was an SEC team or any other name brand program, they’d be the #1 team in the country right now after that performance. There are certain media groups and fans of certain fan bases that simply cannot handle the rise of Indiana’s program. Just going to have to accept that. Makes it all the more sweeter.

Not automatically no, but a lot of the time it's implied, especially if it's two evenly matched teams.

Because all teams aren't created equal. You can bet on teams to win outright without the spread (handicap) but it's at heavily discounted price. For example, IU has -250 odds to win outright tomorrow. If you aren't confident they can cover a 6 pt spread, you can bet on them to simply to win, its called a moneyline bet. But it would cost you. You would need to risk $25 for a bet that only win $10. Betting the spread typically pays out nearly 1:1.