IU’s missed opportunities included:

Two missed field goals, leaving pointsoff the board.

A fourth-down decision to pursue a first downinstead of attempting a field goal while in range.

Two fumbles in Ohio State territory, potentiallykilling scoring drives.

The final-play foot placement, which costIndiana a chance at the go-ahead touchdown

Add in two bad calls in Ohio’s favor in first half -and IU beat IU, Ohio State didn’t!

I’d say I’m a long term fan of IUFB. I’ve had season tickets since 2010 when I graduated. The parents took me to the oaken bucket games every year in the 90’s. It’s very awesome to see all of the younger fans show up to the games and just the camaraderie in general. The stadium is electric at games like this. I’m damn jealous of the student section cause it looks fun, and I wish I had that experience while I was in school.

Yesterday I was surrounded by kids in their early 20’s who were on some sort of emotional roller coaster. They were overall fun dudes and they were awesome at giving Ohio state hell when they were on offense, and we’d all celebrate big catches or scores, but mannnn they also lit into Hoover and Radicic. They’d yell YOU SUCK! After an errant pass and immediately after the missed field goal. One kid even yelled out BRING BACK MENDOZA! Like dudes what are you doing? Maybe it’s all the gambling (one of them showed me his parlay at the half) or maybe it’s just a different generation. Don’t be that fickle. I’ve seen a lot worse IU football than yesterday. ALOT worse.

Anyway, Go Hoosiers!

It sucks that we lost that game Hoover missed many open throws, marsh could’ve toe tapped victory. But Cig is obviously the coaching beast and it sucks our streak is over but we did all this without ever having a five star high school recruit which Ohio State has overflowing (people are quick to forget where they came from)

Don’t miss the forest for the trees: Ohio State versus Indiana is the best new rivalry in college football.

In a way, this is obvious: Saturday’s game was a top-five, bare-knuckle brawl between the past two national champions that went down to the final seconds.

But on the other hand, this is preposterous: The 100th all-time meeting ended the same way it almost always does — in an Ohio State victory. The Buckeyes are now 82-13-5 against the Hoosiers, including 30-2-1 in Bloomington, where Indiana hasn’t won since 1988.

It seems insulting to invoke the word “rivalry” when Ohio State has won more than 80 percent of the time in one of the most lopsided series in the history of college football. Except this is no longer the same sport it’s always been. And this is certainly not the same Indiana.

Read for free:
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7699663/2026/10/17/ohio-state-indiana-new-rivalry/?unlocked_article_code=1.JlE.7hyS.DlCpy5dktSDo&source=emp_shared_article&smid=url-share-ta

It's #Hoosier Gameday!!

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Bloomington’s chances of hosting a playoff game got a lot higher.

The fact that we have a football team that is considered a top team is a blessing. The fact that we can look at games vs Ohio State and call it a top 5 matchup is a BLESSING. There’s only a handful of teams that can say that and OUR school is one of them. We saw the team win a NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP in CFB. Who would’ve thought. Win or Lose I am so proud that my university and my home state has a college football program that is legitimate. I have no idea how much longer it will last but I have been and are going to continue to enjoy every moment. ❤️🤍❤️GO IU!

I wrote up the methodology and the rest of the results here:

https://jptaft.substack.com/p/one-foot-short-the-numbers-behind?r=8z9kl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Just wondering what expectations to have going forward. Still feeling hopeful that with better QB play we can absolutely contend for another title

Don’t know why this wasn’t posted yet out here you are.

We might now move down a single spot this week