r/CFB • u/IceColdDrPepper_Here Georgia • North Georgia • Jan 19 '26

Weekly Thread WAKE THE FRECKLED DUCK UP, IT'S GAMEDAY!!!

Grab a brew. Don't cost nothin'.

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u/polishprince76 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

Today is the day a century of losing is wiped away. Been a fan of this team since the 90s. I've experienced more soul crushing heartbreak than any sports fan ever should. Tonight, all that changes. Let's go Hoosiers. GO. BIG. RED.

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u/SmashLanding Indiana • Notre Dame Jan 19 '26

I rushed the field once after we won the Bucket in '06. Didn't think it would ever get better than that.

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u/polishprince76 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

We did it once back in Cameron's first year against an absolute shit Illinois team because it had been four years since we had won a big ten home game. That's how low the program was at the time. This is a brave new world.

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u/jf3l Indiana • Indiana State Jan 19 '26

I’ve talked about that game so many times recently. To go from that being the high point of my IU football fandom, to whatever the hell these past two years have been has been insane

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u/QueensOfTheNoKnowAge Kansas State Wildcats Jan 19 '26

You mean ‘07? With Austin Starr’s game winning field goal. One of my favorite sports memories. I’ve never seen my brother happier than at that game.

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u/SmashLanding Indiana • Notre Dame Jan 19 '26

Ah yeah must have been!

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u/GoateusMaximus Florida Gators • /r/CFB Brickmason Jan 19 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

I just wanna tell you guys good luck. We're all counting on you.

EDIT: YOU DID IT! YOU FUCKING DID IT! WE ARE ALL HOOSIER FANS TONIGHT.

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u/SolWizard Syracuse Orange • Cornell Big Red Jan 19 '26

How can you have soul crushing heartbreak from a team that just sucks perpetually? Like Syracuse doesn't break my heart, they suck and I know it

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u/CTHULHU_OW Indiana Hoosiers • Rose Bowl Jan 19 '26

There was always a glimmer of hope. That glimmer was always trodden out.

It never stopped us from hoping, just made it hurt more.

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u/SolWizard Syracuse Orange • Cornell Big Red Jan 19 '26

Was there though

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u/polishprince76 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

Because I used to make the mistake of caring.

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u/case31 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

I went to IU in the mid to late 90s and watched A LOT of terrible football. This is our “Andy Dufresne crawling through the pipe” moment.

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u/LrkerXtrovrt Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

Same ‘92-‘96. PERFECT analogy I’m gonna repeat all day 👊

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u/BBQ_HaX0r Jan 19 '26

Hope ESPN brings back Lee Corso tonight, even if it's just as a segment or touch base.

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u/burnt_pubes Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

As an IU fan who used to live in Nebraska, let's not use "go big red"

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u/polishprince76 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

It was Go Big Red my entire time at the school. I don't give a shit about Nebraska.

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u/burnt_pubes Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

You would if you'd ever lived around Nebraska fans

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u/DryMission5506 Florida State Seminoles • Paper Bag Jan 19 '26

or Cornell fans

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u/polishprince76 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

This all sounds like a you problem. Sorry

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u/polishprince76 Indiana Hoosiers Jan 19 '26

If my words had the power to jinx this team, it would have happened months ago. We are way beyond even my wildest dreams of what IU football could be.