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[SarkFiction]

1 hour 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.

I agree, there way too many sky is falling posts, as if Sark has not proven himself to be a great recruited and evaluator of talent.

But the reason you are not hearing sky is falling posts on your board is that, historically, you have the losingest program in P4 football, you are a basketball school, and you are in the playoffs. Trust me when I tell you that Indiana is not immune to losing players.

As soon as the playoffs are done, your players that haven't sniffed the field will want to get paid. As for Texas not developing talent, they have produced more draft picks than any other program in the country. You guys have two good years and all of a sudden you're the steadiest fanbase and gold standard? Get a grip. 

[diegozanna20]

So, to recap, for the OL so far:
Jordan Seaton - Sophomore OT from Colorado, 6'5 330
Mason Barton - Sophomore OT from JST, 6'6 315
Terence Roberson - RS Freshman OT from Ouachita Baptist Tigers/Arkansas, 6'6 295
Jordan Church - Sophomore OG from Louisville, 6'4 310
Aliou Bah - Junior OG from Maryland, 6'6 327

If someone has PFF grades and can update this list with their respective grades I think it would help create a clear picture about these prospects

Edited 2 hours ago by diegozanna20

[Longhornlove]

Anyone "planning on entering the portal" is just saying, using extreme measures to re-negotiate my NIL, if I don't get what I want, show me the $.

[MikeyHookEm]

2 minutes ago, Longhornlove said:

Anyone "planning on entering the portal" is just saying, using extreme measures to re-negotiate my NIL, if I don't get what I want, show me the $.

This is false. Some might but them announcing just mean they told their coaches. The coaches then have 48  more hours to convince them to stay before they have to put the name it.

[MuschampsWhiteBoard]

 

[SB21]

49 minutes ago, Coop2395 said:

Guy finally sees a few winning seasons and thinks he has all the answers. You aren’t losing recruits because you don’t have 4/5 stars being chased by middle tier p4 teams. You have 30 year old grown men in their 9th year of college playing for you guys. 

Cignetti has definitely done a tremendous job of catching lightning in a bottle and sky rocketing to a championship. He deserves all the credit and accolades but doing it while having the oldest roster in college has its own advantages. Let’s see if he can maintain this level and stay on top while consistently doing “more with less” as they say since he doesn’t need highly ranked players to win. 
 

Will be interesting to see how the next couple years goes but never know the dude might be special and have a good thing going in Indiana. 
 

Hope we smack em next year in the playoffs….. 🤘

[Longhornlove]

3 minutes ago, MikeyHookEm said:

This is false. Some might but them announcing just mean they told their coaches. The coaches then have 48  more hours to convince them to stay before they have to put the name it.

It isn't totally false, it is certainly partially true.

[TexasOnTop]

25 minutes ago, CJ Vogel said:

 

I hope he's ready to learn Hook'em.

[DeepEddyHorn]

4 minutes ago, diegozanna20 said:

So, to recap, for the OL so far:
Jordan Seaton - Sophomore OT from Colorado, 6'5 330
Mason Barton - Sophomore OT from JST, 6'6 315
Terence Roberson - RS Freshman OT from Ouachita Baptist Tigers/Arkansas, 6'6 295
Jordan Church - Sophomore OG from Louisville, 6'4 310
Aliou Bah - Junior OG from Maryland, 6'6 327       PFF:  

If someone has PFF grades and can update this list with their respective grades I think it would help create a clear picture about these prospects

[f1revo]

4 minutes ago, MuschampsWhiteBoard said:

 

1 sack in 1500 snaps is mighty impressive. I imagine the Ohio States and Oregons will be after him too 

[diegozanna20]

6 minutes ago, DeepEddyHorn said:

Jordan Church and Aliou Bah seems like they would be really really good additions for the interior... think that if we get seaton we're only taking one starter level guard and add some depth with other guys.
If we don't get seaton then two starter level guards and maybe some depth

[hookem1014]

36 minutes ago, aggiecutter said:

Roberson is from Warren, Arkansas

I don’t know why I thought this was a Warren Roberson joke at first lol

[HornsUp409]

@Joe Zura ….Darkorian Moore 

[diegozanna20]

Who's tired of this guy already?

[MikeyHookEm]

 Could really use a tweet like this, this weekend and then have 4 OL sign🤘🏻

[HenryJames]

1 minute ago, diegozanna20 said:

Who's tired of this guy already?

A 20-year-old using social media?

[Joe Zura]

2 minutes ago, HornsUp409 said:

@Joe Zura ….Darkorian Moore 

😭😭😭😂😂🤣🤣

[4thandFive]

With Arch, Coleman, Wingo, Brown, Smothers, Mosley, and Bishop/Cooper…we could roll OTF’s staff out on the OL and be bowl eligible. 

[Bunk Moreland]

3 minutes ago, HornsUp409 said:

@Joe Zura ….Darkorian Moore 

Wait, what 

[HornsUp409]

Just now, Joe Zura said:

😭😭😭😂😂🤣🤣

I’ve been actually working today…how they treating you today, buddy?

[diegozanna20]

1 minute ago, HenryJames said:

A 20-year-old using social media?

Was Coleman doing this during his recruiting process?

[HenryJames]

Just now, diegozanna20 said:

Was Coleman doing this during his recruiting process?

Who cares? 

[Joe Zura]

1 minute ago, HornsUp409 said:

I’ve been actually working today…how they treating you today, buddy?

Who the board? Eh Pesants as usual 😂

[Rocky P]

4 minutes ago, Joe Zura said:

😭😭😭😂😂🤣🤣

Joe Z whenever someone says DK Moore 

[NothinButDaHorns34]

7 minutes ago, diegozanna20 said:

Who's tired of this guy already?

Some crave the attention and some don’t