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10 minutes ago, Longhornfrenzy said:

We had aggy troll's Sooner trolls on this this board & now an admitted Indiana fan show up.

Settle down chief. Don't let the 2 yrs of success go to your head. You're still the next to last all-time losingest program in college football.

 

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Pretty sensitive if you think I'm trolling.  I was merely reinforcing the perspective of one of your level-headed posters, and had a few questions about staff and development.  I trolled the living sh.. crap out of Alabama fans the week before the game.  Trust me... I can be a complete asshole, you'll know when I'm trolling.

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Just now, Matthew McClure said:

Pretty sensitive if you think I'm trolling.  I was merely reinforcing the perspective of one of your level-headed posters, and had a few questions about staff and development.  I trolled the living sh.. crap out of Alabama fans the week before the game.  Trust me... I can be a complete asshole, you'll know when I'm trolling.

You’re outnumbered severely here pal. This ain’t Alabama. 

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Barton looks like a Brooks replacement—high upside and talent, good experience in his freshman year at a lower level, still has 2+ years left. Let him develop a year behind Goosby and potentially take over at LT in 2027 if he pans out.

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34 minutes ago, Matthew McClure said:

Indiana fan here, I've watched your board over the past week for Brunner news.  I've also watched UT stack outstanding recruiting classes year-over-year.  In a sea of neurotic posts, PaulieD's post was one of the few that resonated with the vibe of Indiana's recruiting forums.  I've got to ask a few questions:

1) Do you have no confidence in your coaching staff and the OL underclassmen UT has recruited over the past several years?

2) Is the problem UT recruits well but sucks at player development?  

Prior to Brunner's IU visit, "insiders" mentioned he was ours to lose.  Brunner visited Indiana over a week ago and we've heard nothing about how the visit went.  Do you know how many Indiana fans have expressed concern in our forums?  There's not a single "sky is falling" post about potentially losing the only major OL transfer Indiana is targeting... and it's not because we are confident he will commit to Indiana.  We aren't worried because we are confident in the development of linemen who haven't even sniffed the field yet, and we trust the staff to go out and get someone if there actually is a gap on the line. 

Shifting gears a bit, we were relatively excited about the visit from former Texas RB C.J. Baxter.  He would have been part of a 4 RB committee if we signed him.  It sounds like he was ours if Cignetti wanted him... Cignetti passed.  For a little context, You have to understand Baxter would have been the first 5* in Indiana history.  The backlash from the Indiana fan base for not adding Baxter... none.  We trust our staff to identify if he would have been the right fit.

This is an amazing post. This is also a phase of fandom you will only live in for a VERY short time. There are two words that will change the way you trust the coaches, roll with the punches and respond to future portal windows, expectations and underperforming. All it will take is one year of underperforming with the whole new set of expectations your fan base has and you will have regular meltdown threads too!
 

Glad you are here btw! 

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2 minutes ago, airhelm24 said:

Do you think he’ll flex out to RT? And is going away from Jordan Cameron?

Texas is not going away from Seaton. If he goes into the portal and they don’t get him, it won’t be for lack of effort. 

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3 minutes ago, LonghornPreacher said:

Are we already at a backup plan? Or is this a depth piece? 

For context, Texas got the Florida St. LB Cryer before landing the Pitt LB stud Biles. My point? Just because Texas is going after Barton does not mean they are going after him to be a starter in 2026, though they'll sell him on competing for the job.

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16 minutes ago, John F. said:

Welcome! Your team is 15-0 and rolling to a nattie. Of course the fanbase has confidence in the staff. If this board/transfer portal were around in 2005 I’m sure it would’ve been the same here. 
 

But watching your team and especially OL get mauled by a 4-8 team will make you question things and, right or wrong, bring out the hysterics.  I’m sure it’ll be the same the next time Indiana loses to Minnesota or whatever. 

Thanks, it's been surreal... almost made me forget how bad our basketball team is... almost.  I don't know that much about your coordinators/assistants but you can't do much better than Sark.  Every reason to believe the version of Manning you got in the 2nd half of the season will be what you get next year.

I have no doubt Indiana will have a major let down game in the future, any given Sunday, right?  While UT is trending towards serious Natty contention next year, Indiana will likely take a bit of a step back.  We have a relatively easy schedule next year, which I'm hoping will keep us in the 10-15 range of the rankings and maybe a contender to reach the CFP again.  Josh Hoover was not my favorite choice as our next QB but it could be worse.

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Sounds like a bunch of people not named Seaton…should we assume this is Texas showing us they aren’t prepared to write him a $4,000,000 check?  Btw, I would understand if they don’t want to jump in that battle at this point.

 

ps.  We should really write the check 🤣

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2 minutes ago, Bobby Burton said:

Add OL Terence Roberson of Ouachita Baptist to the list. 

Great, we’re about to hit up Little Sisters of the Poor School for the Blind and Deaf, next.

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