Proud Graduate of Indiana University. IU Basketball/Football Analyst. Previously w/ @insidethehall, @MLB and @foxsports. Published in Newsday, OC Register, etc.
Just in time for tonight's CFP semifinal game, here is a new version of 'The Climb (Indiana Football Anthem) with a new verse about the last two games. Hope you enjoy. #iufb
If Michigan had played Indiana's schedule with the same results, and lost in the same way at Ohio State, there would be no debate about them being in a 12-team playoff. Let's just be honest.
This is disappointing, no doubt. But Indiana belongs in the playoff. And if they don't
Indiana gets screwed. Beat a No. 2 seed on the road, and a No. 4 seed.
North Carolina beat ONLY UCLA (7-seed) on a neutral site. Xavier's best wins are over a 7-seed (Marquette) and 9-seed (Creighton). Texas has 15 losses.
Make it make sense. #iubb
Did the Selection Committee even watch the Big Ten Tournament? Indiana has to play Tuesday and then travel all the way to Portland to play west coast team, yet Michigan gets a bye and plays in Indy at 17-14 ... #iubb
Curt Cignetti's ability to get his team to approach every game and every play like it's the most important one is so impressive. That's hard to do, especially in college sports. It's fighting human nature. Cherish these days. What Indiana is doing right now is special. #iufb
Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke finished the season with the BEST passer rating (181.4) in all of college football.
Rourke (11 games): 202-287 (70.4%); 2,827 yards, 27 TDs, 4 INTs.
He had the nation's 8th best completion percentage, finished 27th in yards despite missing a game, 9th
Indiana played so hard tonight ... but got nothing from Rice or Reneau ... and Mike Woodson's coaching let them down yet again.
IU was the better team again tonight ... and it ends with the same old story.
#iubb
ESPN's College Football Playoff Predictor has Indiana as a virtual lock to make the playoff with a win over Purdue, and still a 72% chance to host a 1st round game. Their current projection has Indiana as an 8-seed hosting 9-seed Tennessee.
Who do you think Indiana matches up
Indiana wins at Wisconsin with a backup QB, and they stay 12th in the CFB rankings. Absolutely absurd. And now they'll find a way to screw IU out of the Big Ten title game and bend over backwards, change the rules, whatever they have to do to put Ohio St. in. Why create the rule?