Indiana

[AdoptedVOL]

May well be the last team this can be said of…

 

[VolsSportsFan]

If UT had shut out USC in the Rose Bowl, it would have been undeniably the best team of all time. That didn't happen though.
Not only did they win every game that year, but they shut out every opponent. I think it would be safe to say Bowl games were a cherry on the season and the teams didn't take it all that serious. Sort of like the opting out now - they already won the championship (Bowls weren't accounted for back then when in comes to natty's).

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I think the "best team of all time" is bit of a silly moniker. Comparing a team from the 1930s with a team from 2019 is just....silly.

 

[ptcarter]

I think the "best team of all time" is bit of a silly moniker. Comparing a team from the 1930s with a team from 2019 is just....silly.

I know. It's before NIL, TV, Targeting, 2 minute time out, coaches getting paid 50 million to get fired, Finebaum, Fair catch on a kickoff, transfer portal, bowl opt-outs, and a player like Carson Beck playing in his 7th season.

It was just two teams of students playing for the pride of their school against other schools more or less a heated pickup game that was fun to watch. It is silly, isn't it?

 

[VolsSportsFan]

I know. It's before NIL, TV, Targeting, 2 minute time out, coaches getting paid 50 million to get fired, Finebaum, Fair catch on a kickoff, transfer portal, bowl opt-outs. It was just two teams of students playing for the pride of their school against other schools more or less a heated pickup game that was fun to watch. It is silly, isn't it?

I have no idea how you came to the conclusion that I was saying the game in the 30s was silly, nor what any of that rant has to do with anything other than you airing out problems with the modern game. I'm saying trying to compare teams from MUCH different eras is silly. It's not really a hard concept to grasp why that is.

 

[ptcarter]

I have no idea how you came to the conclusion that I was saying the game in the 30s was silly, nor what any of that rant has to do with anything other than you airing out sour grapes. I'm saying trying to compare teams from MUCH different eras is silly. It's not really a hard concept to grasp why that is.

I agree, and see your point. But you gotta admit, shutting out every team (and there were some legendary schools there, Alabama, Auburn, Vandy, Kentucky) was a feat even back then. It will never be repeated.

 

[Volosaurus rex]

Indiana has won the Big 10 Championship 3 times since WW2.
Uk hasn't won the SEC outright since Bear Bryant coached them in 1950.
Vandy has never won the conference.

Northwestern holds the record for most losses by a program, but they have won 8 Big 10 Championships; most between 1900-1931, then 1996 and 2000. They have 8 conference crowns and some long stretches of futility.

Discussing the worst program of all-time is an interesting conversation.

Before Bill Snyder, Kansas State would also be a leading contender for that dubious distinction.

 

[UTwild82]

If Indiana wins, I don't think they're the best team ever but it's certainly the greatest season ever. 16-0. Beat defending champs. Beat top 5 Oregon twice, once in Eugene. I think they'll end up with either 6 or 7 top 25 wins.

 

[adam.vol]

If Indiana wins, I don't think they're the best team ever but it's certainly the greatest season ever. 16-0. Beat defending champs. Beat top 5 Oregon twice, once in Eugene. I think they'll end up with either 6 or 7 top 25 wins.

When you’re blowing out all of the next best teams, you’re doing something that no one else is. I believe that to be a universal law.

It’s worth discussing what Indiana is doing that Ohio State, Oregon, and Alabama did not do.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

I don’t know that they’re the best ever, but they’re one of the best we seen in the last 25 years.

lol. Maybe one of the best you have seen.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

If Indiana wins, I don't think they're the best team ever but it's certainly the greatest season ever. 16-0. Beat defending champs. Beat top 5 Oregon twice, once in Eugene. I think they'll end up with either 6 or 7 top 25 wins.

I won't say the best team, but maybe the most impressive team considering the circumstances of the program.

 

[Advol]

Indiana’s 2025 roster is one of the most transfer‑heavy in the country (47 transfers in the 2025 cycle alone)
Avg age of starters.........21.8 yrs.
15 of the 22 started at other programs before arriving in Hooser World
You could say in a lot of positions..........boyz playing Men

Coach Cig showed you College World what it IS going look like going forward.
The NFL Minor Football League is just getting started.