Notre Dame 2025

[Komets2727]

26 minutes ago, Komets2727 said:

Big Indiana fan and have been for a very long time

Go back in the archives and check it out

[temptation]

15 minutes ago, Komets2727 said:

Go back in the archives and check it out

Point me in the right direction.

[Komets2727]

27 minutes ago, temptation said:

Point me in the right direction.

Not hard to look, think the archives go back several years, which included you giving me crap over the Hoosiers and how bad they were

[Bobref]

9 hours ago, temptation said:

How many of us on this board are graduates of the football program that we root for?

Me, for one.

[Bobref]

2 hours ago, Sparty said:

@Bobrefcould you help us as to the why Notre Dame was shunned from conferences way back when?

Afraid I can’t shed any light on that.

1 hour ago, Komets2727 said:

Big Indiana fan and have been for a very long time

Enjoy it while it lasts.

[Sparty]

21 minutes ago, Bobref said:

Afraid I can’t shed any light on that.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

Thank you.  I will look further for the validity of the claims I read about.  It had something to do with “shunning” Notre Dame b/c of Catholic religion.  This goes back to the late 1800, early 1900s.  Was the B1G once called The Western Conference?   Something along those lines.  

[Komets2727]

9 hours ago, Bobref said:

Afraid I can’t shed any light on that.

Enjoy it while it lasts.

Guess I should have said that in my younger years to all of the Irish fans when they won the natty in 1988…

[Footballking16]

11 hours ago, Komets2727 said:

Go back in the archives and check it out

Apathy is a real thing and most just don't understand how pathetic IU's program has been for the last half century. IU has always had fans, diehards even, but it's just really tough to make a full blown investment into a product that the administration neglected for as long as they have re: "Why should I care if the people running it don't care"? The 60 minutes clip last night shed some good light on just how far behind IU was amongst its peers even as little as two years ago. 

 

[temptation]

11 hours ago, Komets2727 said:

Go back in the archives and check it out

165 total posts in the thread titled "IU Football 2022" and SIX of them were yours...

Edited December 15, 2025 by temptation

[temptation]

11 hours ago, Komets2727 said:

Go back in the archives and check it out

78 posts in the thread titled "Indiana University Hoosiers Football 2022" and zero from you.

[gonzoron]

On 10/15/2022 at 8:23 PM, Komets2727 said:

Watching IU football is like watching paint dry. It’s also like Groundhog Day over and over and over again…

 

12 hours ago, Komets2727 said:

Not hard to look, think the archives go back several years, which included you giving me crap over the Hoosiers and how bad they were

But mostly it's SniderSniderSnider

Edited December 15, 2025 by gonzoron

[Bash Riprock]

12 hours ago, Bobref said:

Enjoy it while it lasts.

that didn't sound very positive about IU.  Not a believer??

[Bash Riprock]

22 hours ago, temptation said:

How many of us on this board are graduates of the football program that we root for?

Are you a Michigan man? Walmart Wolverine?

If being a grad of said school is necessary to support their football team, that would eliminate 95%+ of ND fans and about 90% of Ohio State fans.  (unless mullets are the choice of hairstyle for OSU grads)

I am not an alum of IU...neither degree from there.  But grew up about 20 miles from Bloomington and started watching games at Memorial Stadium as a kid and throughout my life.  All 3 of my children are IU alumni, so my investment there has been fairly significant.  Does that count?

 

[temptation]

50 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

Are you a Michigan man? Walmart Wolverine?

If being a grad of said school is necessary to support their football team, that would eliminate 95%+ of ND fans and about 90% of Ohio State fans.  (unless mullets are the choice of hairstyle for OSU grads)

I am not an alum of IU...neither degree from there.  But grew up about 20 miles from Bloomington and started watching games at Memorial Stadium as a kid and throughout my life.  All 3 of my children are IU alumni, so my investment there has been fairly significant.  Does that count?

 

So we agree.  Thanks.

[Bash Riprock]

44 minutes ago, temptation said:

So we agree.  Thanks.

not sure what I am agreeing to...if I am agreeing that one doesn't need to be a grad to be a fan, then I am onboard.  

[temptation]

16 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

not sure what I am agreeing to...if I am agreeing that one doesn't need to be a grad to be a fan, then I am onboard.  

Precisely.

Just curious, what’s the IU/ND equivalent of a “WalMart Wolverine?”

[GOLDRUSH1985]

2 hours ago, Bash Riprock said:

Are you a Michigan man? Walmart Wolverine?

If being a grad of said school is necessary to support their football team, that would eliminate 95%+ of ND fans and about 90% of Ohio State fans.  (unless mullets are the choice of hairstyle for OSU grads)

I am not an alum of IU...neither degree from there.  But grew up about 20 miles from Bloomington and started watching games at Memorial Stadium as a kid and throughout my life.  All 3 of my children are IU alumni, so my investment there has been fairly significant.  Does that count?

 

Temps the little rascal in the powered wheelchair (Pure Michigan). 

[temptation]

6 minutes ago, GOLDRUSH1985 said:

Temps the little rascal in the powered wheelchair (Pure Michigan). 

And you root for two programs (Penn and Notre Dame) who haven’t won titles since the invention of the iPhone.

[GOLDRUSH1985]

16 minutes ago, temptation said:

And you root for two programs (Penn and Notre Dame) who haven’t won titles since the invention of the iPhone.

Yep , And I'll keep Rooting because I know if it does happen , we will have done it without cheating . 

[Bash Riprock]

23 minutes ago, GOLDRUSH1985 said:

Temps the little rascal in the powered wheelchair (Pure Michigan). 

You've seen it!!!

[temptation]

7 minutes ago, GOLDRUSH1985 said:

Yep , And I'll keep Rooting because I know if it does happen , we will have done it without cheating . 

 

[GOLDRUSH1985]

7 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

You've seen it!!!

1000 times , LOL . I like to visit Temp every now and again , always good for a laugh . 

Edited December 15, 2025 by GOLDRUSH1985

[temptation]

4 minutes ago, GOLDRUSH1985 said:

1000 times , LOL

Despite having cataracts?

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/42874905/ranking-every-team-college-football-playoff-history

The haters are in shambles.

[Bash Riprock]

21 minutes ago, temptation said:

And you root for two programs (Penn and Notre Dame) who haven’t won titles since the invention of the iPhone.

Penn State is my 3rd favorite program.  Besides IU, have seen a few games in both South Bend and Happy Valley.

Have this famous print of Rick Mirer and Reggie Brooks looking into the Penn State Defense in my basement.  Loved the old rivalry these teams used to have years ago

[temptation]

6 minutes ago, Bash Riprock said:

Penn State is my 3rd favorite program.  Besides IU, have seen a few games in both South Bend and Happy Valley.

Have this famous print of Rick Mirer and Reggie Brooks looking into the Penn State Defense in my basement.  Loved the old rivalry these teams used to have years ago

Another irrelevant program.  You really know how to pick em!

Imagine being obsessed with the Michigan "scandal" and then openly admitting that your "third favorite program" (can't believe I actually typed that) is a program that enabled pedophilia for decades.

Its okay though, I am sure you balance it out by rooting fot Duke basketball, the LA Lakers and the New York Yankees...

Edited December 15, 2025 by temptation