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!

That was very kind of you...and what a first post! I enjoyed chatting with you recently, and invite you to offer your Big-10 perspectives in here often. You have thousands of Duck fans cheering for your team Monday night, and we look forward to great games with Indiana in the future.

In fact...for the first time--the Hoosiers are traveling to Eugene to play the Diamond Ducks at PK Park later this spring. Great fun...

Time to make history... Finish the job!

Beat. The. Canes.

That is all!

Edited Monday at 12:09 AM3 days by woundedknees

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

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue (If you’re an “Airplane” fan you’ll get it).

Good luck to your Hoosiers. First 16-0 team ever. First Heisman winner to go along with it. As a fellow transient living in the Phoenix area (San Tan Valley), but from an area filled with about ten other fanbases as loud as Ohio State(in the SEC). It did my heart good to see Alabama get taken down in the fashion they did. The SEC arrogance and delusion, need to die.

Now as a Florida fan, it would be great to see the U get dismantled in their own home stadium.

3 hours ago, Hoosier Daddy said:

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!

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Thank you Hoosier!

Love the good vibes and good competition and look forward to our next football meeting.

Go Indiana.. Win it all tonight!!

Welcome to the Forum! Clever name, if I may add. Good luck today!

Let’s go Hoosiers!!

I'll be rooting for the Hoosiers tonight!

Let's Go Hoosiers! Make Mario make all kinds of weird faces!👍

Reasonable fans on the net? Heresy!

That’s what makes this site great, they are out there. I actually have friends that are ND and USC alums and we have rational conversations all the time…it is possible.

Welcome, and go Hoosiers!

Best of luck to the Hoosiers tonight. When they talk to him at the end of the first half, I am waiting to hear Mario say "we need to be more physical out there, more physicality!"

I believe if Ole Miss had not played such a conservative defense, especially in the 4th quarter, they could have beaten Miami, too. Conversely, I believe Cig will have scouted, prepared, planned and additionally, make the necessary game time adjustments; which I expect will include having the defense consistently blitzing and exerting pressure on Beck. If they consistently pressure Beck, I am fairly certain he will crumble; and with all the resulting hurries, incomplete passes and turnovers, combined with a strong Mendoza-led offense, it will be a very lopsided victory for the Hoosiers.

A lot of us are rooting for your team, tonight. Go Hoosiers!

Coach Cig will absolutely make Mario look like … um …. well… like Mario.

6 hours ago, BroncoSas said:

Let's Go Hoosiers! Make Mario make all kinds of weird faces!👍

And, perhaps, put a smile on Cig's face 😍.

Impressive and gutsy performance. Congratulations to the Hoosiers. This year they have literally created football history.

Mendoza demonstrated why he deserved the Heisman.

Add my congrats to you HD and the whole Hoosier family for a well-deserved championship that proves nothing is impossible, and for bringing a smile back to the face of college football.

Fantastic performances by the Hoo Hoo Hooooosiers all season long. I was ecstatic to see them win that hard fought game against (my hated) Hurricanes. Congratulations to the organization.

One of the tv announcers mentioned that IU had the oldest team in college football ... averaging 24! WOW.

I have to say(especially after the thug Miami player was going after the Indiana player post game), that it's nice to see a team beat a team that thought they were really something special, the old fashioned way. Great coaching, a system that works, and good hard work and determination. The Heisman trophy winner, just icing on the cake!

23 minutes ago, Mudslide said:

Fantastic performances by the Hoo Hoo Hooooosiers all season long. I was ecstatic to see them win that hard fought game against (my hated) Hurricanes. Congratulations to the organization.

One of the tv announcers mentioned that IU had the oldest team in college football ... averaging 24! WOW.

In my brief, albeit cursory, search, I can find absolutely nothing supporting the claim that Indiana’s roster averages 24 years old. Maybe? There are a couple 25 year olds, or gasp, a 30 year old, but I find no evidence of that either.

Best part of the post game was seeing the smile on Cig's face (i think Mario's face might have cracked, had the U won), and the joyful celebration of all the Mendoza family.

Prayers for his Mom!

This might not be popular, but I'm going to say it...

I expected Mario to blow it. He didn't. He actually stepped up to the plate after falling behind, and got down to business. I was very impressed with his team's poise, grit, and character.

I had a discussion with a U fan on YouTube. I mentioned that Beck aimed his throw( on the INT). That fan mentioned Beck misread the coverage ( as mentioned in the broadcast), to which I agreed, because had he correctly read the coverage, Beck would have thrown the ball deeper ( to the two yard line or so) where the safety would not have been able to close and defend the pass.

When Beck threw the ball, I instantly thought it was going to be a TD. I was shocked when it "fell short". Folks, that is how close the game really was.

Little things like that, and no blame to any particular player, can determine a Natty. Kalen DeBoer was correct: there is a fine line between excellence and error. It didn't look like that for Bama, or OBD because there were too many "errors" like that, which made Indiana look invincible.

That's why it is so difficult to win a title( especially now...NIL and the Portal have dramatically changed the game). Every play matters. You can't play a perfect game, but Indiana played like Saban's Bama teams. They didn't beat themselves. They simply executed.

Miami was that close, despite never holding a lead in the game. Effort every play, learn from your and everyone elses mistakes ( thousands of hours of film study folks). OBD aren't far from the path. More poise, more effort...just more

2 hours ago, Mike West said:

This might not be popular, but I'm going to say it...

I expected Mario to blow it. He didn't. He actually stepped up to the plate after falling behind, and got down to business. I was very impressed with his team's poise, grit, and character.

I had a discussion with a U fan on YouTube. I mentioned that Beck aimed his throw( on the INT). That fan mentioned Beck misread the coverage ( as mentioned in the broadcast), to which I agreed, because had he correctly read the coverage, Beck would have thrown the ball deeper ( to the two yard line or so) where the safety would not have been able to close and defend the pass.

When Beck threw the ball, I instantly thought it was going to be a TD. I was shocked when it "fell short". Folks, that is how close the game really was.

Little things like that, and no blame to any particular player, can determine a Natty. Kalen DeBoer was correct: there is a fine line between excellence and error. It didn't look like that for Bama, or OBD because there were too many "errors" like that, which made Indiana look invincible.

That's why it is so difficult to win a title( especially now...NIL and the Portal have dramatically changed the game). Every play matters. You can't play a perfect game, but Indiana played like Saban's Bama teams. They didn't beat themselves. They simply executed.

Miami was that close, despite never holding a lead in the game. Effort every play, learn from your and everyone elses mistakes ( thousands of hours of film study folks). OBD aren't far from the path. More poise, more effort...just more

Where Indiana almost blew it was toward the end of the game where they marched down the field, had a 2nd and 1, got a 5 yard penalty, wind up having to kick a field goal. Then Indiana got a 15 yard penalty defending Miami. Indiana could have put the game away, but that 5 yard penalty was a killer along with that 15 yarder. It kept Miami alive. I agree with you Mike. If Beck threw the ball in the correct direction, Miami would have won the game.