Hoosier Daddy

Thank you Charles and Woundedknees! Looking forward to finishing the job and hearing more about this baseball matchup!

As an IU fan, I enjoy interacting with fans of other teams on social media. Oregon fans have been so respectful and gracious. Oregon routinely has strong athletic teams but the fans are rarely braggadocious or rude. (OSU fans are quite the opposite). If Indiana gets a win, I almost always get a congratulations from an Oregon fan, and that makes my day. Alabama fans just accuse IU of cheating. I have also noticed that Oregon fans typically have a great breadth of sports knowledge. I respect that. OSU fans rarely, if ever, watch a game that doesn't involve their team. Alabama fans seem to watch only SEC games after they are highly inebriated. At least that is my experience in online discussions. No offense meant to fans of either team, if my statement does not apply. So thank you, University of Oregon community! I, too, miss the PAC-12, because I live in Phoenix, AZ and am also an ASU fan. However, the B1G Ten Conference is made better because you guys are in it, with your cool yellow and green colors, unique duck mascot, and powerful athletic prowess. Oh, also, great academics. Gotta respect all that!

It still amazes me that college kids are making millions when it should be about a scholarship and academics.

Jon, thank you for sharing this. It was reported that Haines and Heatherman attended one another's weddings, interestingly. Heatherman did contact Haines, before the OSU bowl game, to get tips to beat OSU, it was also reported. Good stuff. If Indiana wins, this will be 50 years apart, that IU had an undefeated season and national title in basketball (1976 - the bicentennial) and tomorrow in football (2026 - this year is the Semiquincentennial).