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Big day for the Hoosiers. IU could become bowl eligible for the first time since the early 90's. IU is at Minnesota at 11am.

 

GO HOOSIERS!

 

Tough to win in the dome, but they can do it. Gophers favored by 6. But Minnesota is 0-5 in conference and haven't done much offensively most of the year and got beat by North Dakota St. at home.

 

If IU can beat Minnesota and Purdue on the road, they have a good shot to tie Penn St. at 4th in the Big Ten, which would put them in the running for the Alamo Bowl, which would be a great accomplishment.

 

Actually, it can be better than that. I heard that since it is likely that the Big 10 will send 2 teams to BCS Bowls, then that leaves Wisconsin for the Capital One Bowl, and if IU can win 2 games, they could be fighting with Penn State for the Outback Bowl. Wow. It probably will be more likely that they go to one of the next 3 bowls though (the Alamo, Champs Sports, Insight).

 

I'll be thrilled with any bowl game. Give me the Motor City Bowl, th micronPC.com bowl (if it still existed), whatever. I just hope the Hoosiers can go bowling.

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I live in Ann Arbor and I can't watch the Michigan game today because it's not on any local stations. It's only on ESPNU. How does that make sense?

 

It doesnt. Its the first time i can remeber that they are not on TV. If the game isnt on ESPN(2) or ABC it will be on the local cable channel the WXSP. Not even the X can carry this game. This is the #2 team in the country people. I think a couple weeks ago an OSU game was ESPNU and lotsa people were pissed about that one too.

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Big day for the Hoosiers. IU could become bowl eligible for the first time since the early 90's. IU is at Minnesota at 11am.

 

GO HOOSIERS!

 

Tough to win in the dome, but they can do it. Gophers favored by 6. But Minnesota is 0-5 in conference and haven't done much offensively most of the year and got beat by North Dakota St. at home.

 

If IU can beat Minnesota and Purdue on the road, they have a good shot to tie Penn St. at 4th in the Big Ten, which would put them in the running for the Alamo Bowl, which would be a great accomplishment.

 

Actually, it can be better than that. I heard that since it is likely that the Big 10 will send 2 teams to BCS Bowls, then that leaves Wisconsin for the Capital One Bowl, and if IU can win 2 games, they could be fighting with Penn State for the Outback Bowl. Wow. It probably will be more likely that they go to one of the next 3 bowls though (the Alamo, Champs Sports, Insight).

 

Ah, good point. I was just basing it on the generic model. The Outback Bowl would bring me to tears! But yeah, I'd settle for any bowl game right now. And I'm definitely not counting wins against Minnesota and Purdue on the road yet. Both will be very tough games that can go either way.

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Big day for the Hoosiers. IU could become bowl eligible for the first time since the early 90's. IU is at Minnesota at 11am.

 

GO HOOSIERS!

 

Tough to win in the dome, but they can do it. Gophers favored by 6. But Minnesota is 0-5 in conference and haven't done much offensively most of the year and got beat by North Dakota St. at home.

 

If IU can beat Minnesota and Purdue on the road, they have a good shot to tie Penn St. at 4th in the Big Ten, which would put them in the running for the Alamo Bowl, which would be a great accomplishment.

 

Actually, it can be better than that. I heard that since it is likely that the Big 10 will send 2 teams to BCS Bowls, then that leaves Wisconsin for the Capital One Bowl, and if IU can win 2 games, they could be fighting with Penn State for the Outback Bowl. Wow. It probably will be more likely that they go to one of the next 3 bowls though (the Alamo, Champs Sports, Insight).

 

Ah, good point. I was just basing it on the generic model. The Outback Bowl would bring me to tears! But yeah, I'd settle for any bowl game right now. And I'm definitely not counting wins against Minnesota and Purdue on the road yet. Both will be very tough games that can go either way.

 

Seems kinda doable for IU. The outback bowl is a frickn good bowl. The Capital One bowl is the best bowl outside the BCS and the Outback is 3rd or 4th behind that one. Damn.

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Why are the Gophers favored by 6? Hell im thinking IU will likely win this game than Minny will.

 

I guess it went down to 5.5. I agree with the line. Minnesota has only lost at home to #2 Michigan and to Penn St., by 1 point. I said earlier they lost to NDSt, but they did win that 10-9. They are not as bad as their 3-6 (0-5 in conf) record looks. They've also lost games at Cal, Wisconsin, and Ohio St.

 

Be interesting to see how Minnesota is on offense. They've scored 7 points/game the last 3, but those have been against the 1 and 8 scoring defenses in the country and a NDSt team that is giving up just 10/game.

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I live in Ann Arbor and I can't watch the Michigan game today because it's not on any local stations. It's only on ESPNU. How does that make sense?

 

It doesnt. Its the first time i can remeber that they are not on TV. If the game isnt on ESPN(2) or ABC it will be on the local cable channel the WXSP. Not even the X can carry this game. This is the #2 team in the country people. I think a couple weeks ago an OSU game was ESPNU and lotsa people were pissed about that one too.

 

And it's not like I could even get ESPNU. It's not offered by Comcast, which is the only cable provider in Ann Arbor. And instead of putting the game on ESPN, ESPN is instead showing 5 hours of coverage of the Breeder's Cup. :evil:

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For some unknown reason, Ball State decided to give Brady Hoke (13-30 career record as coach) a three-year extension through 2010.

 

It's called the Karl Dorrell signing, UCLA has done it a couple times to perfect it. I expect with the moral victories against ND and Oregon this year, Karl should be in line for another extension.

 

How can the same guy that hired Ben Howland for basketball and John Savage for baseball continue to be so incompetent when it comes to football!?

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Hey stitchface and Jazz:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/Navinda/cal_sucks.gif

 

Just kidding, we're going to lose so bad today. :(

 

Missouri is too. Our offensive coordinator sucks.

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My picks of the day:

 

 

 

Vanderbilt +17 Sat@12:30p

Competitor: Florida

 

Indiana +5½ Sat@12:00p

Competitor: Minnesota

 

Arkansas -3 Sat@7:45p

Competitor: South Carolina

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Haven't seen Hart cough it up like that before.

 

NU's offensive line is doing surprisingly well so far.

 

Argh. Bacher had Lane for 6 but just overthrew him.

E.J. Chicago Cubs

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Ball State just intercepted a Henne pass and took it back for a TD. Ball State is now beating Michigan 9-7. Michigan, please wake up. :x
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Hey stitchface and Jazz:

 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/Navinda/cal_sucks.gif

 

Just kidding, we're going to lose so bad today. :(

 

Missouri is too. Our offensive coordinator sucks.

 

So does our offensive coordinator! And our head coach. And most of the rest of the offense.

 

What a difference a year makes on offense...

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Wow this game is gonna get really ugly. I was thinking about Nebraska by 20+, it might be 30 now. Our offensive coordinator is a genius!

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