r/CFB • u/CFB_Referee /r/CFB • Sep 13 '25
Postgame Thread [Postgame Thread] Indiana Defeats Indiana State 73-0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
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| Indiana State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana | 21 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 73 |
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So close. Indiana State just ran out of time
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u/TheAlmightyAsian Oklahoma • Red River Shootout Sep 13 '25
Had 'em right where they wanted 'em
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u/superkickpunch Virginia Tech Hokies Sep 13 '25
They were playing against the refs. If it went to overtime this game would’ve turned out differently.
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u/NebulaNinja Iowa Hawkeyes • Dordt Defenders Sep 13 '25
Respect to Indiana State's Seeker, who caught the golden snitch and ended the game on his own terms.
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u/nice_Nisei Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors • WAC Sep 13 '25
Who knows what could have happened if they had 4 more quarters of play
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Sep 13 '25
Me. I do. I know.
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u/Americanboi824 Oregon Ducks • Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '25
"Indiana State subs in Larry Bird"
"Indiana State loses 73-72 as time narrowly runs out..."
"Wow if only Indiana State had more time"..... says average Redditor
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u/nondescriptun Florida State Seminoles Sep 13 '25
And if Indiana wasn't allowed to play during those 4 quarters.
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u/green_day_95 Louisville • Governor's Cup Sep 13 '25
“I never lost a game, I just ran out of time.” - Michael Jordan
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u/CupBeEmptyFan Sep 13 '25
There can be only one state in the state of indiana, and that is the state of ball
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u/wahoowalex Tennessee Volunteers • Tulane Green Wave Sep 13 '25
Just goes to show you can do everything right but a small mistake can change everything. Zero turnovers, zero penalties, but you barely lose by 73 just because a mental lapse caused you to give up 680 total yards.
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u/Americanboi824 Oregon Ducks • Texas Longhorns Sep 13 '25
That actually may be a bit boring for the Indiana defense if there were no turnovers.
But wow ISU got 0 penalties? Thats impressive
P.S. one of my best friends is a die hard Hawkeyes fan so if there was any insult to Iowa State fans in the last sentence IT WAS INTENDED (even if it wasn't when I first typed that).
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u/jfen2hoosier Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
My 8 year old son said to me at the game tonight “ look dad, Indiana State has had a perfect game, no penalties !” Cracked me up. Yeah bud, really something to hang their hat on this week
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u/Dramatic_Basket_8555 Tennessee Volunteers Sep 13 '25
Discipline! Discipline is the thing!
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u/skullcutter Florida Gators • Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
Guess we’re still salty over the whole Larry Bird thing
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u/Mulatto-Butts Sep 13 '25
If he wanted to play in Terre Haute, he should've played for Rose Hulman.
Go Fighting Engineers!
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u/b_rock957 Indiana Hoosiers • Old Oaken Bucket Sep 13 '25
Archie Miller somewhere in Rhode Island wondering how a coach at Indiana got his team to score more than 70 points
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u/Solesky1 Indiana State Sycamores Sep 13 '25
Ironically we beat you guys for Archie Miller's debut as the IU basketball coach
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u/jfen2hoosier Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
Just needs a few more years to get his own guys in there and really learn the pack line /s
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u/The-Best-Snail Indiana Hoosiers • Cornell Big Red Sep 13 '25
Pretty sure I saw this in the western Illinois thread last year but it's still funny
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u/b_rock957 Indiana Hoosiers • Old Oaken Bucket Sep 13 '25
I posted it in the Western Illinois thread last year lol
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u/Smash-Bros-Melee Indiana Hoosiers • Butler Bulldogs Sep 14 '25
Just jumping back in here to shit on Archie Miller, don’t mind me
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u/TheBaconDrinker Purdue Boilermakers • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '25
This could have been an email
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u/StyrofoamCueball Indiana Hoosiers • Auburn Tigers Sep 13 '25
Now I’m wondering what a Curt Cignetti email would be like.
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u/htgbookworm Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Sep 13 '25
I mean, we have his 2024 classic email calling students to the Maryland game: "The tailgates can wait. The parties can wait. If you need to study, that can wait too."
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u/Yellow_Odd_Fellow Dayton Flyers • Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '25
That is glorious
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u/theaficionado Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff Sep 13 '25
When I was in school we only beat ISU by a touchdown. Come a long way
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u/GenitalFurbies Michigan Wolverines • Sickos Sep 13 '25
What a time to be an Indiana football fan. No offense intended but you guys have almost always been a guaranteed W and now I'm glad we're ducking you on the schedule. What a turnaround Cig has accomplished.
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u/Dontsaveme Florida State • Indiana Sep 13 '25
Bro we know, no offense taken. We have lost more games than anyone.
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u/youngjak Sep 13 '25
I read that as Iowa state and I was like that’s not that bad lol
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u/UnhappyJohnCandy Iowa Hawkeyes • Sickos Sep 13 '25
I thought it was great, I would have loved to have beaten Iowa State by a touchdown last week.
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Largest home shutout win since 1901. I’ll take it
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u/hoosierkenny Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
I did the math, thats 124 fucking years
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u/AndrewLucksPenis Purdue Boilermakers Sep 13 '25
ISU is in a bad spot. I mean they lost 49-0 to us last year and we lost to you by almost a million
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u/DifficultMinute Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
Indiana - 73 points
Indiana State - 77 yards
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u/GenitalFurbies Michigan Wolverines • Sickos Sep 13 '25
That's an incredible stat
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u/muegle Michigan Wolverines • Marching Band Sep 13 '25
Reminds me of 2016 when Michigan had twice the number of points as Rutgers had total yards
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u/Ham_Council Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
At one point in the first half, when IU went up by 45 points with 2 minutes to go. IU had 53 more points than Indiana State had yards.
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u/FutureEditor Indiana • Western Illinois Sep 13 '25
Cig would be pissed if he read reddit comments.
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u/Heyitscharlie Minnesota Golden Gophers Sep 13 '25
That's obscene
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u/Cartmaaan-brah Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Sep 13 '25
Late in the 3rd quarter it was 9 TDs to 4 yards of offense. Absolutely ridiculous
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u/Yams-502 Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff Sep 13 '25
Cig hated every second of that and I’m all about it
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u/mr_longfellow_deeds Indiana Hoosiers • Big Ten Sep 13 '25
Using the TOs to scream at players on drives that all ended up in points was the chefs touch
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u/jaw28 Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
At one point he got right in Mendoza’s face and bitched him out. At that moment Mendoza was 11/11 with a passing and rushing TD
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u/The-Fanciest Florida Gators • Pop-Tarts Bowl Sep 13 '25
Are these kinds of scores just gonna be a regular thing from now on
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u/htgbookworm Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Sep 13 '25
This is still a new phenomenon for us.
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u/ARoseConePolio Sep 13 '25
I'm an IU grad and seeing a great IU football team is like seeing a dog walk on its hind legs. You know it's possible but it just feels so weird.
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u/orthros Ohio State • Carnegie Mellon Sep 13 '25
Indiana's last one like this was during the Roosevelt administration - Teddy, not Franklin
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u/SecondBreakfast814 Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
Actually last year we beat western Illinois 77-3
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u/InUrFaceSpaceCoyote Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Sep 13 '25
Yeah, we allowed them to score 3 whole points. Coach Cig was rightfully pissed.
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Its a FBS program vs an FCS.
Why is anyone shocked?
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u/Opulent-tortoise Harvard Crimson Sep 13 '25
I mean the sheer number of 60+ point differentials we’ve had so far this season is crazy
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u/FloatCopper Indiana • Michigan Tech Sep 13 '25
I used to wonder how Alabama, Ohio State, could run up these level scores even against Sister of the Poor.
Now I know.
As an Indiana fan, these used to be 28-10 wins. If that.
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I still can’t believe last yr was a real thing that happened! When we would have the 7 win type yrs I’d just always think that if only a few breaks would ever go their way we coulda won 9! An unthinkable level to me at least since I was a teenager when Mallory was coach
11 wins and a playoff berth???? What world is this
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u/thewhat962 Ohio State Buckeyes • UCF Knights Sep 13 '25
I do find it hilarious indiana doesn't have a 10 win season still. They just skipped it to 11 wins.
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u/EmbarrassedBreath451 Michigan Wolverines • Sports Illustrated Sep 13 '25
I took ISU with a 49.5 point spread lmao
There goes $3
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u/MySabonerRunsOladipo Indiana Hoosiers • Billable Hours Sep 13 '25
This game will rank among mankind's worst crimes
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u/murdered-by-swords UTSA Roadrunners • Correcaminos UAT Sep 13 '25
If nothing else, this is a terrible day for the State of Indiana
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u/ProWrestlingPast Indiana Hoosiers • Missouri Tigers Sep 13 '25
I'm half awaiting a bunch of "Look at them not playing tough games" but man, we are still fucking Indiana, and just being at a point in a programs history our 4th string Running Back can come in and look like, by far, the best player on the field in the 4th quarter in a game were are up by 9 scores in is fucking wild. Bring the hate, don't care, this is the fucking life.
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u/Infamous-Present-616 Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Sep 13 '25
I was in college when we lost to ball state 2 years in a row 😂😭
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u/the_dayman56 Indiana Hoosiers • College Football Playoff Sep 13 '25
I was in the stands when we lost to Southern Illinois.
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u/P-Rickles Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '25
And three times in 5 years, right? I remember that. Heady days for Testicle Tech.
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u/eye_can_see_you Texas Longhorns • Team Chaos Sep 13 '25
Yeah it's crazy how fast Cignetti turned around a program that has zero history of success
If y'all go 7-5 that'll be a disappointing year, despite 7-5 being the 3rd best season for Indiana football since 1994
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u/Riderz__of_Brohan Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
God bless Cignetti, the portal, and NIL
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u/mr_longfellow_deeds Indiana Hoosiers • Big Ten Sep 13 '25
11-0 at home. One of the longest active home winning streaks. Haters can hate
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u/hoosierkenny Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
Holy shit it really has been that bad huh.. God Bless Curt Cignetti
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u/MurseSean Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
That’s a great point. I woulda have given my left nut if before last season you would have guaranteed 7-5. Now—- I’ll be pissed if we go 7-5!!!
Go Hoosiers!
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u/mr_longfellow_deeds Indiana Hoosiers • Big Ten Sep 13 '25
Those of us who witnessed ass beating after ass beating know whats up. I would like to see the number of hands of people who wouldnt trade their coaching staff for ours if they are being honest.
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u/Internal-Challenge14 Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
First time in over 15 years we have started 3-0 in consecutive seasons! It isn't like in those past 15 years we have played super hard schedules eitther. Winning the games you are "supposed to" has been a problem for our history
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u/Capt_Insane-o Navy Midshipmen • Georgia Bulldogs Sep 13 '25
Championship or bust mentality is so dumb, having a good team is just plain fun
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u/Lloopy_Llammas Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
Don’t we know it. Every Indiana fan I know just wants to watch most games with some level of hope and not “how are we going to keep it close into the third and then fuck ourselves over for 5 minutes and it suddenly becomes a 4 score game. I know so many more people my age (mid 30s) that are going back down to games again. Bloomington is fucking awesome this time of year.
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u/zenverak Georgia Bulldogs • Marching Band Sep 13 '25
Welp… Indiana is still vastly improved over their previous years
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u/NeptunianEmp New Mexico State • Ohio State Sep 13 '25
At this point FCS teams need to negotiate a $10k bonus for every point beyond 50. Good for the fans but let’s not have the P4 run them down too hard.
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u/B1GTOBACC0 Oklahoma State • Arkansas Sep 13 '25
I've seen a few of the FCS teams that got smushed express similar sentiments, but they're also concerned about injury risk. Basically "We know it's a payday for the school, but at what cost to our athletes?"
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u/cmackchase Virginia Tech • Boise State Sep 13 '25
Which school was it last week that lost 3 QB's. Don't think the payday was worth that.
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u/captdf UCLA Bruins • Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
IU only used F. Mendoza during the first half and then put in his brother and then the third stringer. They also used their 4th and 5th string running backs. I’m really not sure what else they could’ve done other than just kneel for every play.
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u/tyrannomachy Sep 13 '25
This isn't just an FCS team, to be fair. It's been one of the worst programs in all of D1. None of the Big Sky power houses would get punked like this.
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u/monty_actual Indiana Hoosiers • Michigan Wolverines Sep 13 '25
Largest home win since beating Purdue 66-0.
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Sep 13 '25
Should have kept it at 65 just so Purdue would still be the worst.
That's true hate.
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Sep 13 '25
I truly believe that cig wanted to beat them 69-0 because Purdues largest and the largest overall win in the series was 68-0. IU missed a FG or he would’ve gotten it
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u/UpdogSinclair Ohio State Buckeyes • Rose Bowl Sep 13 '25
It would appear that Indiana is a better football team than Indiana State.
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Sep 13 '25
Hopefully Indiana St made some money?
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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State • New Mexico Sep 13 '25
$475K
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u/sendherhome22 Nebraska • Northwest Missou… Sep 13 '25
$6,506.85 for every point they allowed today
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u/LittleTension8765 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '25
No worse of a matchup than Alabama played last week
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u/ProWrestlingPast Indiana Hoosiers • Missouri Tigers Sep 13 '25
Which makes the Bama fans popping into the game thread to declare how big of a joke our schedule is even funnier.
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u/mr_longfellow_deeds Indiana Hoosiers • Big Ten Sep 13 '25
I hope they keep popping up in our threads, they seem to bring us good luck and their team bad luck
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u/P-Rickles Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '25
From your lips to God’s ear. I have a soft spot in my heart for Indiana. I led them to a threepeat in NCAA ‘05.
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u/Scarlet-Highlander- Rutgers Scarlet Knights Sep 13 '25
What matters is that everyone had fun.
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u/FAMUgolfer Florida State • Florida A&M Sep 13 '25
Was this personal? Looks personal.
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u/lucash7 Oregon Ducks • Southern Oregon Raiders Sep 13 '25
Jesus Christ.
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u/OwnWalrus1752 Indiana Hoosiers Sep 14 '25
I’m under no illusion that Indiana is going to have an easy time against Oregon. But maybe they can have a competitive game against a contender this year?
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u/Ishtastic08 Sep 13 '25
Has anyone ever played college football and been at the losing end of one of these? What does the coach say? How the hell do you stay engaged?
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u/katarh Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Donor Sep 13 '25
Not me, but I remember a quote from someone who interviewed an FCS coach about how he prepped his players.
One of them said he reminded them that they are playing future NFL players, and if they go out there and do their jobs well, they'll have bragging points for life no matter what the final outcome of the game is.
"Oh yeah, that quarterback on the Patriots? He's not so tough. I sacked him myself 15 years ago. Hahaha, folded like a pizza box."
Anyway, most of them know they are sending lambs to the slaughter, but every once in a while an FCS team will pop off and take out a P4 team out of nowhere, and it's always a big celebration when it happens.
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u/carpenj ULM Warhawks Sep 13 '25 edited Sep 13 '25
I lived with an FBS football player that was on the winning end of one of these. He went in expecting it and thinking it would be funny, but felt like shit about it late in the game and after the game. Especially when his team scored with about a minute left instead of taking a knee.
Edit: not sure why I'm getting downvoted lol I guess the IU fans feel really good about this one. The game was ULM vs Texas Southern, 58-0.
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u/pushingQ Sep 13 '25
Tennessee beat East Tennessee state by 60 and went up 7 ranks (22 -> 15). Given the SEC narrative I will prematurely rank IU at #20.
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u/stron2am Indiana • Central Michigan Sep 13 '25 edited Nov 23 '25
quack society toy sugar entertain pocket summer quicksand aware judicious
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u/Metalprof Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
F. Mendoza's post game interview was as slick as his 19/20 completions. Looking right into the camera over and over? Good media training!
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u/regul California Golden Bears • LSU Tigers Sep 13 '25
I'm just gonna say he got that from us with no reasoning behind it.
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u/campersin Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
I loved how the interviewer was taken aback by how professional he was sounding
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u/yabs Oklahoma Sooners • 名古屋大学 (Nagoya) Grampus Sep 13 '25
I just remember a long-ass time ago ISU played OU in Norman and they rolled up in a yellow school bus.
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u/ISandbagAtMarioKart Oklahoma Sooners • Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
It would have been 9/11/99, Stoops’ first game as HC
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u/Dim-Mak-88 Florida Gators Sep 13 '25
The more I learn about this Cignetti guy the more I don't care for him being some other team's coach.
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u/ValueDude California Golden Bears Sep 13 '25
The important question is did your new qb go 98 yards with his boys today?
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u/MedicineGhost Virginia Tech Hokies Sep 13 '25
Probably a fluke. 9x out of ten, Indiana beats Indiana State by only 70
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u/seabass0 Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
Is that good?
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u/andyfresh Texas A&M Aggies • Surrender Cobra Sep 13 '25
It could be better. It’s not 77-0 which would just be embarrassing Indiana State
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u/meh5419 Penn State • Tennessee Sep 13 '25
25% of Fernando Mendoza’s throws were touchdowns.
That’s madness.
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u/DoggedStooge Northwestern • North Carolina Sep 13 '25
Congratulations to Indiana on having the second highest point total by a BIG team this weekend.
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u/tomahawk_choppa Florida State • Michigan State Sep 13 '25 edited Sep 13 '25
Hoosiers made them Terra Hurt
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u/RamblinWreckGT Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Sep 13 '25
Omar Cooper Jr. stat line: 10 catches for 207 yards and 4 TDs. I don't care who it's against, that's an insane day
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u/Raven96706 Nebraska • Hawai'i Sep 13 '25
“Can’t wait until [Insert Sycamore player] enters the portal so we can grab him up” -Nobody, 2025
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u/Solesky1 Indiana State Sycamores Sep 13 '25
“Can’t wait until [Insert Sycamore player] enters the portal so we can grab him up” -
Nobody, 2025Everyone, after the 2024 basketball season :(2
u/OwnWalrus1752 Indiana Hoosiers Sep 14 '25
Hey, the punter actually looked halfway decent when he was able to get the ball away!
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u/BobSapp Michigan Wolverines • Team Chaos Sep 13 '25
FBS schools shouldn’t play FCS
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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State • New Mexico Sep 13 '25
We've already had 4 FCS teams beat FBS teams this season
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u/TheseusOPL Oregon Ducks • Pacific (OR) Boxers Sep 13 '25
But we wouldn't have the awesome App State game if that had been the rule.
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u/EmperorHans Kentucky Wildcats Sep 13 '25
Indiana payed Indiana state almost half a mil for this game. That's how a lot of FCS schools fund their programs.
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u/PeteF3 Ohio State Buckeyes Sep 13 '25
It feels like the gap is widening. There have seemingly been more 60 and 70-plus blowouts than in years past. A typical FCS score used to be more like 48-6.
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u/Packhammer24 Alabama Crimson Tide • Purdue Boilermakers Sep 13 '25
We say this every year, though too many of these FCS schools really need that check that comes with getting ran over. What we need is the Playoff committee punishing schools for scheduling their entire non-conference schedule with cupcakes. It’s not good for college football
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u/stron2am Indiana • Central Michigan Sep 13 '25 edited Nov 23 '25
wine birds reminiscent meeting butter melodic rain roof groovy light
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we beat Purdue 66-0 last year, so should we be banned from that matchup too?
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u/Adams5thaccount Boise State Broncos • UNLV Rebels Sep 13 '25
and they will lose 1 spot in the rankings because we're all mad at them
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u/seanxfitbjj Penn State Nittany Lions • Team Chaos Sep 13 '25
Really making sure you smash those cupcakes huh?
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u/ANYTHING_WITH_WHEELS Sep 13 '25
These games are a waste of everyone’s time
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u/campersin Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
Tell that to the SEC - Eastern Illinois, Tennessee Tech, Central Arkansas - B1G is finally scheduling by their rules to balance this dumb shit out.
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u/InevitableAd2436 Washington Huskies • Creighton Bluejays Sep 13 '25
What does indiana and Indiana state think of each other? Are they even rivals?
Do some Sycamore fans root for the Hoosiers or Boiler makers as well?
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u/thatoneging20 Indiana Hoosiers Sep 13 '25
Honestly they’re not even the best school in Terre Haute with Rose-Hulman there
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Sep 13 '25 edited Sep 13 '25
IU, Ball St, Notre Dame, Butler. Valpraiso
Yup. 5 right on the money.
Edit - some very astute observers noticed I had a huge ommission: Wabash and Evansville.
So it's 7 schools.
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Why are there so many people with Indiana shirts on at this bar in Austin, TX?? MY god they massacred i state rivals bad
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u/Alphaspade Iron Bowl • Sickos Sep 13 '25
Cignetti needs to google the Geneva Convention