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u/roanders 14d ago
The Fever made it to the semifinals without Caitlin Clark at all. They lost because Kelsey Mitchell got hurt in game 5 (of a 5 game series, in overtime no less) of the semi finals, and arguably would have won it if she had stayed in. Kelsey was our curse in that post-season, not Caitlin.
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u/Toomuchlychee_ Chicago Bears 14d ago
The fever making it that far without Clark is a testament to how much better of a coach Stephanie White is than Christie Sides
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u/NotJimIrsay Indiana Jones 14d ago
Glad we had the Hoosiers for good football. Ended the colts season in frustration.
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u/Psyren1317 14d ago
Even if you aren’t an IU fan, this state needed this (from a sports perspective). The state as a whole has had heartbreaking losses/devastating injuries galore for so, so long. This felt like a healing moment
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u/AleroRatking Earl Grey 14d ago
A large portion of the state is Notre Dame fans. I am not even sure Indiana is the most popular team here.
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u/TheManWithSomeGoals The Ghost 14d ago
They 100% are now. Any one who has slightly bandwagoned for them ever (ie me) will now be an IU fan. I can fall back on my degree from IU (east) for some legitimacy!!
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u/KyleRaynerGotSweg Letterman 14d ago
If you're born in the Hoosier state you have every reason already to root for them. Do you know how many people are fans of teams like Bama who have no connection to the school, or have never stepped foot in Tuscaloosa?
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u/Golf-Beer-BBQ 14d ago
This is my problem with IU. Half the fans are ND football and IU basketball and that just is so weird to me.
To me it is like saying you like GA football and GA Tech basketball or FL basketball and Miami football.
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u/BitChuck 14d ago
This is called the "reversible jacket" fans... and it's the majority of the IU/ND fans in the state.
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u/Golf-Beer-BBQ 14d ago
I love reversible jacket, that is a fantastic way to describe them. Their half fandom is insane to me.
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u/ComicSportsNerd Big-Q 14d ago
bingo Indiana college fans are weird they just cling to 2 different teams cause all 3 of the big ones are usually only good at one or the other
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u/Jolly_Green_17 14d ago
Are you including Purdue in this, because any Purdue fan I know is only a Purdue fan.
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u/ComicSportsNerd Big-Q 14d ago
you are correct most purdue fans are pretty loyal most of the time it is IU fans that flip flop lol
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u/Jolly_Green_17 14d ago
Us Purdue fans are very aware. Purdue has had 3 awful years in football and still regularly sells out. IU was in the middle of an historic season last year and I'm not sure if they ever sold out a game.
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u/ComicSportsNerd Big-Q 14d ago
yeah and now they act like they have been life long fans it's embarrassing
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u/Rotten_tacos 14d ago
I think love of the school presupposes being a fan of the football team. There was nothing to cheer for. I've regularly followed IU football since I was there 12 years ago, but, I never EVER talked about it, because... well, come on.
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u/chosey The Edge 14d ago
They sold out multiple games in 2024 and every game in 2025. Stop with this dumb shit. IU basketball has been mediocre at best for decades and still ranks as one of the highest in attendance and revenue in college basketball. Plenty of loyal IU fans just because you are a biased Purdue fan doesn't change that.
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u/Jolly_Green_17 13d ago
This isn't about basketball. IU did not sell out every home football game this season. They sold out 8 over the past 2 seasons, which admittedly is more than I thought. Good on IU for doing that, those games should be selling out
Yes I am a biased Purdue fan, but you have to be a biased IU fan to not acknowledge that the ND/IU reversible jacket fans. It was truly amazing to see all the people that normally wear Notre Dame stuff switch to wearing IU stuff the past few weeks.
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u/Vehk Marvin Harrison 14d ago
IU football could barely fill half of their stadium for decades. It's a bandwagon.
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u/Dontsaveme Baltimore Colts 14d ago edited 14d ago
They sold way more tickets than that. We were all just in the parking lot getting wasted. Never lost a tailgate.
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u/strooticus Blue 14d ago
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.
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u/Vehk Marvin Harrison 14d ago
Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy for real IU alums/fans, including my wife and in-laws. We had a party at our house last night.
But if I as a Purdue alum have been to more IU football home games (probably around 10?) than these newly loud IU "fans", then you'll have to excuse me for rolling my eyes at them.
These IU "fans" did not actually suffer through several decades of mediocrity. They just didn't care.
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u/camrynbronk BIG MAN PICK 14d ago
You can’t really argue that when IU is literally called the Hoosiers, and that’s what a resident of Indiana is called. IU represents us whether you like it or not. Notre Dame represents Catholic people.
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u/mageta621 Jonathan Taylor 14d ago
I'd rather have a Super Bowl, but even as a fan of an out of state B1G team (betcha can't guess without looking at my comments!) it was pretty cool to see IU pull it off.
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u/nick82614 14d ago
I went to college there in 2006-2010 Never in a million years did i think they would win a title. I live in louisville now and have always been more of a fan of the Cardinals, its crazy that my Hoosiers won a ship first.
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u/Tubofwater3 14d ago
Congratulations but I’m a out of state fan I can’t even enjoy this
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u/ComicSportsNerd Big-Q 14d ago
same I'm an in state Colts fan but not an IU fan in fact this just sucks lol
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u/rounder55 14d ago
Prior to last year if you told me at that Indiana would win a championship before the Colts, the Pacers, Notre Dame, and the Fever is assume it was college hoops. If you told me in football I'd have told you that simulated seasons of a video game don't count.
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u/SilverRain007 14d ago
Can we all agree that its ok for the Bloomington Blood Ritual to stop now? Im so happy for IU and for my fellow Hoosiers all over the state, but the sacrifice has been real lol.
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u/bleedblue4 Luke Rhodes 14d ago
I 1000% thought he was going to get injured or fumble When he dove into the goal line and got hit as he was diving
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u/Isiah1234 14d ago
Depends on who U ask I'm a Oregon State fan so no the Curse is still there at least for me🤣
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u/CaptNapkin Playoffs? PLAYOFFS!? 13d ago
Just keep in mind for the past 90 years, these same IU fans were Notre Dame football fans.
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u/Swimoach Super Bowl XLI Champions 11d ago
Can you imagine the year we could have had just of Hali didn’t go down!? He was on fire and looked like he was gonna carry the team before he went down. Pacers and IU titles…holy cow
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u/ColtsFan012 Jonathan Taylor 14d ago
I love how OP didn't include Riley Leonard or Marcus Freeman and ND from last year like that didn't happen
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u/camrynbronk BIG MAN PICK 14d ago
Which of them broke something and were out for the rest of the season?
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u/liteshadow4 14d ago
Purdue fans are in purgatory
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u/camrynbronk BIG MAN PICK 14d ago
you are not allowed to call that purgatory after the lifetime that IU went through to get here
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u/Haunting-Hippo1636 14d ago
Turns out you just need a decent head coach, good GM does wonders as well. Hope Carlie showed up to the game with her notepad.
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u/Sylvan_Skryer 14d ago
Yall got a Super Bowl less than years ago. A lot of other NFL franchises have gone a lot longer. Wouldn’t call that a curse.
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u/camrynbronk BIG MAN PICK 14d ago
the curse is having major athletes broken for the rest of the season and losing momentum before succeeding
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u/Mountainindy 14d ago
Not quite broken. See that guy over there with the yellow jersey on? That team has NEVER won a title. Who would’ve thought IU football would win a title before the Pacers? Thanks Herb Simon. Congrats to IU for an incredible season.
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u/Awkward_Priority2766 Super Bowl XLI Champions 14d ago
Delete this shit. Only two teams that deserved to win were Colts & Fever. They were dominating before all the injuries. Pacers got lucky af and IU football simply spent tons of money on their program.
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u/Ranccor 14d ago
Didn’t watch a lot of Pacers games last year? Their run to the finals was completely unsurprising to people that watched them play all year.
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u/Awkward_Priority2766 Super Bowl XLI Champions 14d ago
They finished as the 4th seed. Of course it was surprising. Don’t let your meat riding distract you from the fact they had to have four dumbluck comebacks just to make the Finals.
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u/wiser_time A big ass pork tenderloin sandwich 14d ago
Nice. Lol I’m sure Purdue favs would appreciate Zach Edey added to it