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A ton of B1G and interesting games! Then the conference championship...

Whether it happens or not, B1G should refuse to play ND in all sports. U$C has already started the hall rolling. ND better be careful or they will be relegated to BYU. Tons of money but no respect and nearly meaningless.

Interesting that Oregon and UCLA both have a bye the week prior, so why not schedule the game Oct. 3 instead of Oct. 10? And, put the bye on Oct. 10. Appears it may be to avoid requiring UCLA to play back-to-back road games. UCLA plays at Maryland Sept. 26. Northwestern, with Chip Kelly as O-coord, visits Autzen on Oct. 31.

THANK YOU for the notification...a very polite one at that. Duck fans get that all the time too as they refer to Oregon as OU, when we are UO...not Oklahoma.

Great to see you posting, and it was fun to chat with you recently. We need more Big-10 fans in here to give us their perspectives, so WELCOME!

No sweat. All opinions and OBD members posting here are valued and protected, unpopular or not as I welcome ALL of the different opinions. You are new here and I'm glad to see you posting!

Is he getting the Mark McGwire, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, etc. treatment? I’m sure that if the Rams had a say he would never get in. ESPN.comSources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall o...Bill Belichick, the eight-time Super Bowl-winning coach, will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, sources told ESPN.

09/26 – @ USC (Trojans at Rutgers week prior) 10/3 – bye 10/10 – UCLA (Bruins also have bye prior) 10/17 – Nebraska (Huskers host Indiana week prior) 10/24 – @ Illinois (Illini have bye week prior) 10/31 – Northwestern (Wildcats host Rutgers week prior) 11/7 – @ Ohio St (tOSU at USC week before) 11/14 – Michigan (UM at MSU week before) 11/21 – @ Michigan St (Spartans host Huskies week prior) 11/28 - Washington (UW hosts Indiana week before)

USC game 4 has the makings to be something special. USC has a new DC and a bunch of freshman that they are hoping to build around. Meanwhile Oregon should have a lean mean veteran led machine. But it's USC so their offense will be good and we'll be at their house which is always fun to send their fans walking out early. Gotta beat that traffic!

I’m pretty sure Big Noon will snatch that game up if they’re able.

Autzen ZooOregon 2026 football schedule released, with a couple of...The Ducks have a single bye in 2026, finishing with eight straight games in a row. The bye comes October 3rd after a September 26 road tilt at USC.Seems more difficult than this years was. But, then again, OBD should be a whole lot better next year, so up for the challenge.

It only took three years to complete Jerry World. This thing must be an engineering marvel.

Thanks for the comment. Indiana has 12 of its 22 starters back, and On3-Rivals ranks the incoming transfer portal class No. 1. Chip bolted for the NFL, and Mark Helfrich took OBD to the most-watched playoff championship game vs. Ohio State. Curt Cignetti and his long-time coaching crew are great at evaluating overlooked talent. WR Sarratt and AA CB Ponds were only offered by JMU. The Hoosiers' LOS holes in 2024 were portal-fixed in 2025. Indiana is in the top 5 odds-on teams to win the 2026 title. I wouldn't make this bet without knowing if QB Hoover comes close to the play of Fernando. But I will and have bet that Indiana will be back in the PO for the third time with Cig as its HC. My betting buddies and I did hit a Champ Game inside straight. We were down with Indiana -5.5 when the champ game odds opened. (Don't ask about our Peach Bowl bets. 🤬)

"targeted 2029 for completion of the entire project" 2026-28 to complete a project already underway, that (36months +) seems like an awfully long construction window for completion?

My home town in CT has anywhere from 11"-17" of snow, depending on how close/far from the water (LI Sound).

Oregon Ducks predicted to land four-star wide receiver Dakota GuerrantGuerrant would be another multi-sport athlete in a locker room full of them. He could end up being the most versatile skill position player for the Ducks, totaling over 600 yards receiving and rushing in his 2024 season in high school. There is no indication of where he will land, but fans should feel good that Wiltfong feels fairly confident about this prediction.

A friendly request. Indiana is only IU, UI is our hated neighbor Illinois ... 😎

On X (twitter) I told Miami fans their team's DNA was turnovers, penalties and strange coaching decisions. That would lead them to lose a tight game. As an IU fan I was not feeling good when they were getting big chunks of yardage at the end of the game. I told my sleeping dog "we might have blown this game" ... luckily the kid that got his butt chewed out on national tv in Eugene made the interception. A 20 year old true Junior.

There is no reason the Oregon at Ohio State game cannot be prime time 7:30pm ET game. I see that as the only possible loss for Oregon in the 2026 regular season. Of course based on my helmet icon the Ohio State at Indiana game will be my favorite. BOTH will be fantastic games to watch.

I would think the Ducks are the odds on favorite to win the national title in 2026. The Natty game is a week later next year, with the same number of teams. Why? More time off? I honestly don't know the answer for that. IU had the time off figured out before their first playoff game but I am still not sure it is better than playing as soon as you can, which means it is best NOT TO play in the B10 championship game. All teams change and the B10 schedule is going to be a dog fight for everyone. Oregon, Ohio State, Indiana and I'll even add Michigan since Whittingham is now their coach, will be the B10 Champion. IMO Oregon has no excuses for 2026 to win it all.

With ND's arrogance, we live with it back here in Indiana, they will never join a conference unless THEY get to choose which conference teams they play or how many they play. They are begging so much to stay independent they HAVE TO have their hockey team play in the B10 just to have a place to play. They have never wanted to share tv money (NBC forever). Might be able to find it on YouTube but Jon Gruden had a great video after Selection Sunday on his idea for a 16 team playoff and how to do it.

Yes IU is losing a few star players but Cignetti has reloaded. On3 ranks their portal class #1, not as good as Oregon's recruiting classes but he has had better classes each year, the three best in the history of IU. There were many true freshman got experience in blow out games, some actually started. For example that #28 that had two long runs at the end of the Oregon game is a true freshman and has not transferred. Interesting story about Hoover the QB coming from TCU. He was a verbal commit for Tom Allen in 2022. He backed out before the National Signing Day in 2021 and decided to play back home where Sonny Dykes had been hired at TCU. IU was predicted to be 6-6 for the year and 3-6 in the B10 this year. Their players were ranked last in the B10. I will say though looking at their 2026 schedule, like all other top B10 teams, it's tough and each of those teams have 2-4 games they could lose. So your prediction COULD be right. Based on the improvement I have seen for two years from week to week and their coaching philosophy's I don't see them losing 4 games or even 3 ... yet I could see them lose 2 games like they almost did this year. Ohio State at home will still be brutal, a battle. At Michigan will be interesting just because one of my favorite coaches is there, Whittingham. USC at home I still lean toward an IU win. At Washington ... hard game to figure out with the chaos in Seattle this off season. I would like Oregon to become like a rivalry game with IU. I'd like to see them play each other every year but the B10 scheduling computers don't see it that way. Purdue will always be our hated in-state rival but an Oregon-IU rivalry would be good for the B10.

I can give you some insight on this. Mellancamp never attended college but was an IU fan growing up. In 1995 IU's fund raising was so poor for football they did not have enough funds to build an indoor practice facility like all the other B10 teams were doing. John came to the rescue and paid every dollar for it. As far as Mark Cuban, he did not donate any football money until this summer. By that time, the 2024 and 2025 teams were already paid for. Mark is an IU grad but was a HUGE Bob Knight fan. When IU fired Knight in 2000 he swore he would never give a dime to IU whenever approached. He only gave money to "the club sport of Rugby", a team on which he played on in college. This summer he met Cignetti for the first time ever. Not only did they find out they were both from Western PA but they were also born in the same hospital. So really Mark did not get involved financially with football until right before this last season after all the 2025 NIL deals had been signed and delivered.

I've disliked the 'Natty or Bust' attitude for years. Precisely because if you don't win it all, your season ends with a loss. And disappointment. Take these last 2 seasons, we win 13 games!! Unheard of. Unthinkable. Yet a fantastic reality. But instead, we remember bad losses against eventual Natty winners. I will have to adjust my hopes as this is now the new reality, get to the playoffs, or you failed. But also, now losing a game, maybe even 2, is not devastating. So we will watch each week and hope for the playoffs instead of hoping for the win. Season games now matter less. Get enough wins to make playoffs. And some kids will make more $$ in 1 season playing college football, then I made in working 52 years combined! Gee I wish I would have practiced harder!

There were five JMU player that started this year. It will make a difference in their leadership and their 2025 performance. Yet IU returns 12 of 22 starting players. Only their center on the OL is gone. Those other 4 OLs were recruited by IU. They have a strong RB room coming back along with 1 portal transfer built the same as the two RBs you saw this year. You might think they lose a lot at WR but Charlie Becker was only a true Sophomore. A portal transfer from Michigan, their #2 WR in 2024, tore his ACL and did not play this year. He is at full strength and practicing during the playoff weeks. They also will have an All-B10 WR from Michigan State from the portal, Nick Marsh. More speed coming off the bench that were true freshmen this year. As far as tv goes ... I think tv stations should adjust their schedules during the year based on what teams are doing. Granted the logistics might be a problem but they own their stations and can fill time slots when needed. I want to see more of the top of the B10 matchups in prime time ET. A Wisconsin vs Northwestern on a Saturday prime time does nothing for this football addict. One big difference for IU in 2026, but I am not sure it will matter Cignetti's process ... they will now be the hunted and not the hunter. They along with Oregon, Michigan, Ohio State will be their opponents Super Bowl.