The avg age of the Indiana Hoosiers team is 23 years old.... For perspective the Green Bay Packers avg age this season is 25 years old.

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So if they are 23 years old I assume they must be out of eligibility after this season, most of them. So Cignetti just reloads thru the portal with one and dones for next year. Is that the strategy? And now we have wealthy boosters trying to buy national championships. Eventually they will probably do away with the four years of eligibility rules and guys can just stay as long as they want since they can make more money in college than they would in the NFL or by actually having to get a real job. I don't see how this is all a sustainable model for success.
 

GopherMike said:
So if they are 23 years old I assume they must be out of eligibility after this season, most of them. So Cignetti just reloads thru the portal with one and dones for next year. Is that the strategy? And now we have wealthy boosters trying to buy national championships. Eventually they will probably do away with the four years of eligibility rules and guys can just stay as long as they want since they can make more money in college than they would in the NFL or by actually having to get a real job. I don't see how this is all a sustainable model for success.
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Yup pretty much is the strategy. They are doing very well in the portal again for next year.
 


GoldRush said:
A lot of people on here have been debating if Cignetti is a coaching strategy/development genius or just benefiting from a big payroll. Perhaps his biggest genius moment was realizing that if he has the oldest roster in college football he'll win a lot of games.

Will more teams go the route of underdog college hockey programs and just go for older rosters? It has worked well to level the field in college hockey to dethrone powers.
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Older , smarter, football players with a chip on their shoulder. They love football and are looking at one last shot to make it to the NFL potentially by being at a P4 school.

Outstanding coaches that didn’t even look to leave for other schools, presumably.
 



GopherMike said:
So if they are 23 years old I assume they must be out of eligibility after this season, most of them. So Cignetti just reloads thru the portal with one and dones for next year. Is that the strategy? And now we have wealthy boosters trying to buy national championships. Eventually they will probably do away with the four years of eligibility rules and guys can just stay as long as they want since they can make more money in college than they would in the NFL or by actually having to get a real job. I don't see how this is all a sustainable model for success.
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They’re going to have like 8-9 guys drafted I think.
They’re going to attempt to reload.

They were very successful reloading in the spring of 2025 obviously (added a Heisman QB)
 

MonikerSchmoniker45 said:
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Um. Elementary school math. Total age/number of players.

With so many people, you can make the easy assumption the "birth dates" will average out. One guy at 29 isn't going to skew it at all with 100+ players.

More proof that "educated writers" are at their heart, the idiot of your class.
 

The real competition for the NFL is NCAA football if funding becomes sustainable and the time cap on eligibility is removed.
 

highwayman said:
Um. Elementary school math. Total age/number of players.

With so many people, you can make the easy assumption the "birth dates" will average out. One guy at 29 isn't going to skew it at all with 100+ players.

More proof that "educated writers" are at their heart, the idiot of your class.
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Makes sense. Would be interesting to know the exact number.
 



highwayman said:
Um. Elementary school math. Total age/number of players.

With so many people, you can make the easy assumption the "birth dates" will average out. One guy at 29 isn't going to skew it at all with 100+ players.

More proof that "educated writers" are at their heart, the idiot of your class.
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Must have been a lot of writers in my classes.
 

Man is there a ton of false garbage info on twitter and a bunch of people without middle school level math skills to see through it
 





GooningGopher said:
Somebody on reddit claimed that Miami’s starters are actually 3 months older on average than IU’s.

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I went to PFF and calculated the average first season of stats for each team (cuz I'm a nerd sometimes), 11/11 regular players and not kickers. Indiana averaged a first year of 2022.2 and Miami at 2022.1, so Miami would be about a month older in my calcs. Both would average just under 23 y/o assuming all were freshman at 18 and had stats as a true freshman but the actual average age could be slightly higher. Both teams are almost all upper classmen.

With the new money available to rosters and the portal, there's a good chance players stay in college longer and rosters get older. These older rosters will probably be a trend.
 

highwayman said:
Um. Elementary school math. Total age/number of players.

With so many people, you can make the easy assumption the "birth dates" will average out. One guy at 29 isn't going to skew it at all with 100+ players.

More proof that "educated writers" are at their heart, the idiot of your class.
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I posted a variaton on the theme in a different thread, but I wouldn't be surprised if more college players who are looking at a Day 3 draft day (and some Dat 2 guys) stay through their eligibility because they are more likely to get a bigger paycheck staying in college than the bonus they would receive if drafted in the later rounds.
 

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