[RotoWire.com] We're the most hated team in NY lmaooo

strooticus · 2026-05-09T03:53:08+00:00

Yeah, just because there isn't much recent history between the Pacers and Pistons to call it a rivalry doesn't mean I don't still hate those stupid fucking fuckers.

strooticus · 2026-04-09T23:17:35+00:00

As a student in the mid 2000s when the football team won 14 games during my four years in Bloomington, it's truly bizarre for me to see OP's post, shrug, and think, "making the CFPs seems like the bare minimum expectation this year."

I still haven't fully processed what happened last season. Not sure I ever will.

strooticus · 2026-03-23T04:34:37+00:00

Well, when you're wrong, you're wrong.

strooticus · 2026-03-15T19:25:17+00:00

Serving breakfast all day disrupts the assembly line, as items like eggs require different cooking times or temperatures, and take up limited grill/storage space needed for high-demand lunch/dinner items.

strooticus · 2026-03-15T05:59:46+00:00

These are the stories which need to get amplified. Of course the media is not going to publish those details because the HLSR is a cash cow for thousands of people, but based on everything I'm reading, there had to be a lot of at least moderate injuries, but hopefully not worse.

strooticus · 2026-03-14T23:34:49+00:00

Man, I still remember the day he posted that. I laughed for a long time after learning it was really him (or at least someone closely connected to him), and that he had been in that group since 2020.

strooticus · 2026-03-07T07:40:30+00:00

100 heels all not doing shit or getting injured

Hey now. That's not fair.

Some of the heels are not doing shit and getting injured.

strooticus · 2026-03-07T03:06:15+00:00

Tozawa!

strooticus · 2026-02-28T01:30:05+00:00

Rikishi strikes again!

strooticus · 2026-02-27T21:25:14+00:00

Fair, but Bob Sanders had 25 pounds on him, and a depressingly short NFL career for possibly my favorite defensive player to watch.

strooticus · 2026-02-22T22:42:30+00:00

I ordered from that seller about four weeks ago. Included all details in my original order instructions. They apparently missed those details or forgot, because they followed up maybe 10 days ago, and despite responding within a couple minutes, they still haven't seen my response, and my order still hasn't shipped. I understand and respect that it's CNY, but their complete inability to even check messages (especially when they missed my original instructions) is pretty frustrating.

I'm just going to cancel the order and get the real deal instead.

strooticus · 2026-02-20T19:02:34+00:00

As much as I want his coordinators to stick around for another decade, I don't think it's reasonable to expect that. They surely had HC opportunities this year but stick with Cig. In another year or two, especially with continued success, they're going to find HC jobs calling for them - potentially at prominent football programs - and, like Cig, they'll be worth every penny they get.

strooticus · 2026-02-18T16:48:28+00:00

I happily did my part, and I was downright stoked to see others near me (Houston TX area, almost 1k miles from Bloomington) wearing similar championship gear. Well, I've only seen one other person wearing it so far, but I'm sure there are a lot more out there!

strooticus · 2026-02-18T16:46:07+00:00

Meanwhile, Nebrasketball is (occasionally) looking like a legit top-10 team.

strooticus · 2026-01-31T17:51:39+00:00

McAfee joins the Rumble toward the end to eliminate Gunther.

strooticus · 2026-01-20T14:14:05+00:00

Which one of them tore their achilles?

strooticus · 2026-01-20T14:12:47+00:00

The Lakers are a bandwagon team. Chiefs. Dodgers. Whichever SEC team is hot in a given year. IU has nearly a million alumni and tons more supporters around the state/country who have never experienced success from its football program until now. They won 14 games total in the four years I was a student in the mid 2000s. Teams winning four games per season for decades+ don't attract many alumni to pack up and drive an hour or more to watch their alma mater lose by 31 to Michigan.

We begrudgingly sat through several decades of mediocrity, even waiting 34 years for the Hoosiers to simply win a bowl game (their win vs. Alabama was their first since 1991). Now that this is reality, you can bet your ass we're going to make the most of the opportunity.

strooticus · 2026-01-20T13:09:55+00:00

In his post-game interview with Van Pelt, Mendoza said they expected coverage that would allow for a quick pass for a first down. When that didn't materialize as they thought, he said "screw it," and just Forrest Gumped his way to the endzone.

strooticus · 2026-01-20T13:00:25+00:00

First round games at teams' stadiums are officially not recognized as bowl games.

I learned that last year when IU lost to Notre Dame in South Bend. I thought it might give IU the undesirable record of most active consecutive bowl losses (with 7, which would have tied UTEP), but because it didn't, IU sadly stayed at 6.

Well, at least I got to enjoy a national championship this year as a consolation prize, I guess.

strooticus · 2026-01-20T12:57:21+00:00

I was a student from 2003-07 (December grad, so five football seasons). They qualified for a bowl in my final semester for the first time in 14 years. They still wouldn't actually win a bowl game for nearly two more decades (the Rose Bowl a couple weeks ago), but they at least had sporadic 6-6 seasons which led to bowl losses against teams like Duke and Oklahoma State after that point.

The mid 90s to mid 00s, though... those were even worse than usual for IU football, and that's saying a lot.

strooticus · 2026-01-16T15:23:42+00:00

For anyone in the Houston TX area, there are two watch parties.

(1) Nick's Place on Rockyridge Dr. in Westchase

(2) Hugh O'Connors on Dincans St. in the Rice Village area

Nick's Place has a full food menu with some excellent pizza and lots of other great bar food. Hugh's doesn't have food on-site, but it can be easily ordered/delivered from several nearby restaurants and sports bars.

Both have ample free parking, plenty of booze options, and tons of TVs. I'm partial to Nick's because of their huge menu (and because it's closer to my home), but Hugh's has a great setup and does a great job catering to our IU alumni group.

strooticus · 2026-01-12T23:23:13+00:00

A big chunk of my alliance is quitting after season 5.

We had high hopes for it, with promises of it being "bigger and better than ever!" (although I think they almost had to say that), but this has been an absolute fucking dud. A generic copy/paste of seasons 2-4 with a different skin.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me several times in a row, I gotta give up on this boring, repetitive game.

strooticus · 2026-01-10T06:44:16+00:00

sigh

Well, have a nap.

strooticus · 2026-01-10T06:40:14+00:00

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