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re: Indiana or 2019 LSU?

Posted by Tigerpaul1969 on 1/22/26 at 11:45 pm to
I don’t think you can ever really compare teams like that.

Plus there is no denying what IU did this year. I wouldn’t think much of them if they were like a 1984 BYU, but they beat Ohio St, Alabama, Oregon twice and a Miami team that was on an unbelievable heater.

They are a very deserving champion and one of the best stories in college football history, hands down. Hell, the 2024 team was one of the great stories in college football.
I had to follow up with the actual stats. That season he played seven opponents ranked in the Top 10 at the time of the game. And A&M wasn’t ranked but was a rivalry game against a team who had beaten him the prior year. Here were the averages of those 8 games:

28/38 391 yds 4 TDs 0 INTs (he had 2 in 8 games) 7 carries/53 yds (3 total TDs rushing) Cmp% just under 75%

The remaining 7 games were against 4 SEC opponents (Vandy, Ms St, OM and Arky), Ga So, NWSt, and Utah St. Here were those averages:

25/32 362 yds 4 TDs (over the average, he averaged 0.5 more TDs here than in the above group 3.8 v 4.3) 0.6 INTs (4 total, 2 v OM alone), 4 carries/24 yds (2 total rushing TDs) 78% cmp%
I think the real question is what he does and how he reacts now that the spotlight is on him all the time when things aren’t going well. Maybe they go on a 3 game losing streak or something like that. He’s never had to deal with that kind of external pressure ever. No one cared about him or his programs until this year. Even last year, everyone thought of Indiana as a novelty so no pressure whatsoever.
What he did last year is even crazier than this year. The 2023 Hoosiers won 1 conference game (home against Wiscy), went 3-9 overall, with one of those wins a spectacular 4OT squeaker over Akron. They went 3-24 in conference in the prior three years before Cignetti’s arrival overall.
Compare also Burrow v Top 10 teams that year. His stats were unreal, and he was the only Heisman winner I can remember that did not pad his stats against lesser competition. His stats were better v the best competition.
Not to nitpick, but we did get 2 out of 5…and it was the best two.
If I knew how to meme worth a shite, I would do the scene where Hans Gruber says: “We’ll be sitting on a beach…earning 20%.”
They were better than mediocre, way better. They had some very good front seven guys on defense. Beat Oregon and Bama and A&M on the road, lost to UGA, LSU and UF, all tight games. A very good team.

Wyatt Bower-Ferris State

Posted by Tigerpaul1969 on 1/10/26 at 10:16 am
Lane should try to bottle lightning again. Ferris State just won another title with Wyatt Bower, a freshman, at the helm.
He seems to be a really good coach. No one will be able to dominate like his predecessor did before him, and he will always live in that shadow.

When he was first hired, I posted on this board asking Bama fans (not trolling) whether they would be OK with being "human", in other words, winning 9 to 10 games per year, and maybe realistically competing for a title every three to four years. I got laughed off the board. But that is just reality.

Also, I did not see the vast changes that have occurred over the last two years, and I don't see that anyone will ever be Saban or Smart in the foreseeable future, including Smart himself.
I’m pretty sure they have two and the two teams that won them are now in the SEC. No current Big 12 team has on a title since 1984 (and that one’s a bit dodgy).

ETA: sorry forgot about Colorado 1990. Another dodgy one. But I can’t forget my boy Les on that staff!

re: Battered Aggie Syndrome

Posted by Tigerpaul1969 on 12/21/25 at 11:13 am to
Make John Bond the poster child for this statement.
With our defense, we would have a shot with an energized offense.
The best part of the Eli trip was when they were interviewing him after that game during the LSU v Arkansas broadcast and he’s blabbing about how they still have a chance and maybe Arky can pull it out and we score a long TD while he’s yammering.

Full circle from Bo Rein

Posted by Tigerpaul1969 on 11/30/25 at 3:41 pm
I don’t know how I failed to realize this before, but Lane’s dad succeeded Bo Rein as NC State HC in 1980. And now his son takes his position here. Full circle and all that, baws!
It’s an untenable situation. Once everyone knows he’s leaving (and whoever’s going with him), those people cannot be allowed near the program. Not in this circumstance. Other situations lend themselves to coaches finishing their season, but this ain’t one of them.

BTW-we just went through this 4 years ago with Kelly whose ND squad was in the playoff. He had to go.

I will be really interested to see if Sumrall gets Tulane to the playoff and whether OM or Florida allow him to coach. All signs point to NO.

re: Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted by Tigerpaul1969 on 11/27/25 at 8:23 am to
Happy Thankskiffin to you and yours!