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Is Indiana legit? College football

Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:14 pm
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
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Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:14 pm
People pooped on their schedule last year. Maybe so but they rolled through most of the teams they played. Lost to the two teams that made the championship game.

This year, absolutely destroyed the 9th ranked team. Maybe Illinois is overrated. And beat Oregon and currently ranked 3.

Posted by Jrv2damac
KS (mountain time)
Member since Mar 2004
71884 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:19 pm to
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People pooped on their schedule last year.



You probably did. Probably did a lot along with the other SEC pietists.
Posted by JimTiger72
Member since Jun 2023
15698 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:21 pm to
Currently +900 to win it all

I don’t know enough about them or Oregon, but that was an impressive win
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:21 pm to
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Probably did a lot along with the other SEC pietists.

You are absolutely ate up with SEC hate envy lol
Posted by Deplorableinohio
Member since Dec 2018
7099 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:26 pm to
Ohio State is the only team in the Big Ten who can play with and win against top tier teams. Indiana is not a top tier team. It hurts me to say this, but I have eyes and a brain so I’m not wrong.

BTW. Penn State has been a poser under Franklin. As everyone including sports experts on tv and radio and podcasts predicted PSU to dominate this year, I knew better than them. Franklin should have been fired 7 years ago.
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:29 pm to

quote:

Ohio State is the only team in the Big Ten who can play with and win against top tier teams. Indiana is not a top tier team. It hurts me to say this, but I have eyes and a brain so I’m not wrong.

This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 8:30 pm
Posted by BZ504
Texas
Member since Oct 2005
12619 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:47 pm to
They were good last year. Played a weak schedule, but dominated the teams they played in regular season except tOSU.
This post was edited on 10/17/25 at 6:09 am
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45876 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:49 pm to
They held Oregon to around 60-65 yards in the second half, gave them a pick six, and still won by ten.
This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 8:50 pm
Posted by sledgehammer
SWLA
Member since Oct 2020
6671 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 8:50 pm to
In Eugene as well
Posted by AbuTheMonkey
Chicago, IL
Member since May 2014
8521 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 10:06 pm to
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Ohio State is the only team in the Big Ten who can play with and win against top tier teams. Indiana is not a top tier team. It hurts me to say this, but I have eyes and a brain so I’m not wrong.


A quarterback like Mendoza will give a team with maybe less-than-top-tier talent a chance in almost any game. That's the difference between last year's team (whom I think in retrospect was a legitimate top ten team, though towards the back end of the top ten) and this year's team.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
38949 posts
Posted on 10/16/25 at 11:50 pm to
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They held Oregon to around 60-65 yards in the second half, gave them a pick six, and still won by ten.


Yeah, that game t wasn't really that close.

Indiana, to use SEC Rant vernacular, beat them up.

Even the National Champs didn't beat up Oregon last year in Autzen. They lost as most do...Indiana broke Oregon's 18 home win streak and gave the Ducks their first loss in the Big10 since joining the Conference.
This post was edited on 10/16/25 at 11:53 pm
Posted by Buckeye06
Member since Dec 2007
24916 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 4:53 am to
No matter what they are legit. Are they top 5 good nor sure but no one can argued they are a playoff quality team
Posted by Sevendust912
Member since Jun 2013
11478 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 5:42 am to
People to stop saying Indiana doesnt have talent. Hear it alot of this board and it's only because of their name...this is the NIL and Indiana has some absolute dogs on that squad.
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
32382 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 8:43 am to
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Hear it alot of this board and it's only because of their name


For as much as people "abhor" the eye test, it still gets thrown in the discussion.
Posted by RedHawk
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
9515 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:30 am to
Iowa had them beat and literally choked the game away. I felt like Iowa outplayed them for most of the game.
Posted by Sevendust912
Member since Jun 2013
11478 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 9:53 am to
Many great teams have gone on the road to Iowa and shite the bed. For some reason that is a tough place to play.
Posted by TheePalmetto
Member since Aug 2025
1166 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 10:25 am to
Indiana beat Oregon because of two things:

1. They have the better more experienced QB who played as such.

2. They played disciplined football, took every positive play they could and didn’t press themselves for more than they could get while Oregon tried to play hero ball against a team that doesn’t get fooled by tomfoolery.

Indiana isn’t a top 10 team in terms of talent, however, their results on the field so far this season speak for themselves. Last year was a bit of fool’s gold though. They played 2 teams that were above .500 in the regular season and went 1-1. They lost the third game they played against an above .500 team.
Posted by TackySweater
Member since Dec 2020
24650 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 10:32 am to
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Last year was a bit of fool’s gold though. They played 2 teams that were above .500 in the regular season and went 1-1. They lost the third game they played against an above .500 team.

Indiana lost two games last year tk the two teams that went to the championship game.
Posted by SoDakHawk
South Dakota
Member since Jun 2014
9958 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 10:38 am to
Iowa had them beat and if not for Gronowski getting hurt and knocked out of the game in the 4th quarter would have won the game.
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
38949 posts
Posted on 10/17/25 at 10:52 am to
Take IU off the helmet and slap a G or a Steer on it and Indiana would be splitting, if not getting more, 1st place votes with Ohio State after man handling Oregon.

That's just reality, despite the new CFB landscape that has killed the old, people are still hanging on to old ideas, beliefs and blue blood prejudices... Its over...time to get over seeing football programs with old eyes in a CFB world that's changed. Voters and fans have fallen prey to old notions, ergo the topic of this thread...

Can you imagine, Alabama with Indiana's current CV, embarrassing Illinois by 70 points and walking into Autzen and pushing around #3 in the Country...

And someone starts a thread....Is Alabama legit? They'd be laughed all the way to OT exile.
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