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Mitchell Owens
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Water + policy geographer. Technically a bug taxonomist. Currently a Hoosier. Eclectic music enthusiast. Unrepentant Hornets/Rays/Tar Heels sicko.
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The people who don't like the one on the right aren't going to like the computer-nudged one on the left, either. One of the "fun" aspects of college sports is that its essence is grievance politics over limited data.
A mostly official, but not completely official, side-by-side of the playoff brackets the committee and the simulated BCS would've generated at season's end:
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Indiana was the worst team in college football for 150 years and then they let you start paying players and they immediately became No. 1 and the only conclusion one can draw is they were the only ones who didn’t realize you could pay players under the table for the first 150 years.
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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And not no weird little shitty Big Ten title. Not one of those sneaky 2010s years where nobody else was eligible. The former losingest program in college football history is now the only undefeated team in Division I and the #1 seed, all secured by beating the undefeated five-star Buckeyes
Indiana won the Big Ten
December 7, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Fischer has been calling IU football since 1973. All those years of eating shit sandwiches, but finally this.
As called by Don Fischer (who called IU's basketball game in Bloomington earlier today) on Indiana radio:
December 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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As called by Don Fischer (who called IU's basketball game in Bloomington earlier today) on Indiana radio:
December 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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As called on Fox Deportes:
December 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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the happiest man in the world
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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The 13-0 Big Ten champion Indiana Hoosiers will be the #1 seed in the College Football Playoff

What a world
December 7, 2025 at 4:27 AM
WINDIANA!
#1DIANA!
BIGTENDIANA!

I genuinely cannot believe this actually happened, this is the most insane football thing I have ever witnessed in my life
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Hoo! Hoo! Hoosiers!!!!!!! #Indiana #IU
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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if i was an indiana fan i would snort 60 tons of cocaine and swordfight a cop probably
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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i mean holy fucking shit, indiana
December 7, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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THIRTEEN WINDIANA
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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i remember when ninewindiana was only a dream
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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INDIANA FUCKIN' HOOSIERS
December 7, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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Me if Indiana loses: They have a better Best Win than Georgia and a better loss than Georgia. Keep them #2

Me if Ohio State loses: #9 or something. Send them to Oklahoma where the football is unpleasant. That'll teach them
December 7, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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This is how I learn DPI is legal if receiver is behind the LOS
December 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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TONIGHT WE ARE ALL HOOSIERS
wait, there are people who are not Indiana Football Hoosier fans? That can't be right.
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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Great TD run by Wayne Knight
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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There are literally thousands of articles about these topics and, to my knowledge, none have been written by Alex Karp or Palantir.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Got more height truthism for @maitreyiaa.bsky.social and @seeratsohi.bsky.social to look into after today's pod. Apparently A'ja Wilson is listed at 6'4, which is shorter than Aliyah Boston (6'5). I watched the Fever-Aces series, and aint no way that's true. Probs not as fudged as Brink, but still
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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On top of the feasibility issue, there's also an equity problem, given that the program isn't open to state employees with certain types of jobs, or where work takes them to certain types of spaces or requires travel.
December 4, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Indiana is one of the worst states in the US for childcare. So, I can see why state employees might welcome a take-your-infant-to-work program. But I'm skeptical about how it will work in practice, given that infants are allowed only if they cause no disruptions and have no impact on productivity.
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM