Monday, October 5, 2009

Disgusted in IDS article

I was reading all the IU football related articles published this morning and was really disappointed in a specific article written in the ids. Here is the link. http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=70628

I understand that the hoosier fans got a bit excited after how well we played against Michigan. It certainly drew many people's attention who figured this year would be a losing season for the hoosiers. I have been a proud supporter for this team and strongly believe that they will become bowl eligible this year. I said that before the year when every single "expert" was picking us dead last.
When reading this article it makes me feel that some of the columnists don't understand too much about IU football. I understand that people were excited for the game and the student section sold out and it was our biggest crowd of the year. I to thought about how cool it would be if could pull off the upset but I didn't go into the game expecting to do it. I just want to see the continuous improvement that this team has made from week to week. Saying that IU fans were "ashamed" after the loss is absolutely ridiculous. If Murray State walked into the stadium Saturday night and beat us I think that would've been the correct word to use. However, it was the #9 ranked team in the country who hadn't given up a point in 2 straight weeks. A team who every year is considered to be a favorite to play in the rose bowl or national championship game. The author of the article made it seem that the hoosiers just came out and rolled over in a game that we should've won. "As it has been for decades in Bloomington, no one will buy the tickets if the show isn’t worth attending. It doesn’t help that no one likes to be shamed like the IU faithful were last weekend, either." I know the argument about winning brings fans into the seats and I believe that it almost always works. It would also be nice for people to show their support regardless but I know that doesn't always happen. But the author makes it seem like we just played god awful and all hope is now lost for the season. It was the best team in the big ten and it's over now. We have a much more winnable stretch of games coming up.

Looking back so far this year we are 3-2. This is much better than almost every single expert predicted. Most people had us at 2-3 or possibly worse. I was a believer in this team from the get go and knew the predictions were extremely low. This is a good hoosier team who has an important string of games coming up. I don't think any games are "gimmes" but I think we will beat Virginia, Northwestern, Purdue and possibly Illinois.
Just because the outcome wasn't in our favor doesn't mean their isn't anything to be excited about with this year's team. If we can win this weekend and get some momentum back you will all see what I have seen in the team from last spring.

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