IU and Duke should play each other every week. Maybe one of them could muster a bowl appearance that way.

Though I am a Hoosier by birth and an IU grad, I am a Tennessee football fan because I went to High School there, and I never could root for my alma mater, and with Peyton Manning and the Colts, my orange dreams continue to thrive. But the football program at IU has always had so many obstacles in recruiting and many self-imposed errors in judgement in its regard from the halls of the athletic department, one is left with mere frustration.


Lee Corso was an excellent promoter of the program, but got canned when he couldn't recruit good talent. Sam Wyche was Corso's equal when it came to blowing smoke, but not half the coach. Bill Mallory was canned right when he was catching his stride to be replaced by a wet-behind-the-ears Cam Cameron who was unproven in the college ranks (and only somewhat proven in the pros). What a disaster that was. And ever since, the program lost its heart completely.

It's time to do something or get off the pot with this program. The resources are there--its a great school with great alumni and statewide support. The heart and insight to make it succeed is non-existent within the Athletic Department. I say re-hire Bobby Knight as Basketball Coach AND Athletic Director. At least we'd have a winner even with the bombast.

Yeah, but you and I both know Gerry Dinardo loses that game. Coach Hep has done everything right from the promotion standpoint so far. And there's good young talent on offense. The defense is still god-awful slow, but I think the main problem was that they had never seen a triple-option before and they generally had no idea where the football was once it was snapped. And it is hard to simulate that offense in practice -- esp. considering how slow and confused our scout-team must have been. The Kentucky game will be a much better basis to judge the Hoosiers on.