"I'll put up the money and we can go get Fernando [Mendoza]." Mark Cuban tells FOS that he provided the NIL money which allowed Indiana to sign QB

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Cuban is so full of himself. I'm sure his money helped Indiana overall but it was down the list of why Mendoza picked Indiana.
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60's Guy said:
Cuban is so full of himself. I'm sure his money helped Indiana overall but it was down the list of why Mendoza picked Indiana.
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If you have multiple teams offering similar money, then it isn't the money that was the number one factor. But you have to have the money to be in the group to begin with.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Gotta love it when people can just flat out admit to buying players.......heck of a time to be a college athlete.
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Mendoza wasn’t the most expensive QB in the cycle:

Cignetti’s biggest advantage is scouting the right players. Indiana upped the money to buy players but I bet they are closer to 25 than 1 in payroll.
If you identify correctly you can win big if you can get top 25-30 payroll, the more you have the more room for error.


College football keeps getting compared to the NFL. Sometimes people want to compare it to European soccer system with the different levels. I think MLB may be the best comparison. You can still win with low payroll. But it’s much harder. And harder to do every year.
 


Some guy said:
College football keeps getting compared to the NFL. Sometimes people want to compare it to European soccer system with the different levels. I think MLB may be the best comparison. You can still win with low payroll. But it’s much harder. And harder to do every year.
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I don't think the current college landscape in football and basketball compares well with any professional league. Those leagues have contracts and structure. Of the 4 MLB might be the closest because it allows for the biggest disparity in spending between teams.

In college athletics right now you have unrestricted free agency for every player every season and tampering is only slightly hidden even though everyone knows it is going on.
 



MNVCGUY said:
I don't think the current college landscape in football and basketball compares well with any professional league. Those leagues have contracts and structure. Of the 4 MLB might be the closest because it allows for the biggest disparity in spending between teams.

In college athletics right now you have unrestricted free agency for every player every season and tampering is only slightly hidden even though everyone knows it is going on.
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Well that’s actually on the schools. Nothing prevents an individual school from writing a multiple year contract with a large enough player buyout to prevent them from transferring
 


Some guy said:
Well that’s actually on the schools. Nothing prevents an individual school from writing a multiple year contract with a large enough player buyout to prevent them from transferring
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Sure there are a lot of pitfalls in that as well or teams would be doing it.
 

GophersInIowa said:
If you have multiple teams offering similar money, then it isn't the money that was the number one factor. But you have to have the money to be in the group to begin with.
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I agree, but I don't think Mendoza was in the top tier of high QB $ offers club.Cignetti on Cuban
 
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MNVCGUY said:
Sure there are a lot of pitfalls in that as well or teams would be doing it.
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I wouldn’t do it if I was a team: but it; to me, can’t really be used as an excuse because you could do it differently if you wanted
 

Some guy said:
Mendoza wasn’t the most expensive QB in the cycle:

Cignetti’s biggest advantage is scouting the right players. Indiana upped the money to buy players but I bet they are closer to 25 than 1 in payroll.
If you identify correctly you can win big if you can get top 25-30 payroll, the more you have the more room for error.


College football keeps getting compared to the NFL. Sometimes people want to compare it to European soccer system with the different levels. I think MLB may be the best comparison. You can still win with low payroll. But it’s much harder. And harder to do every year.
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The Indiana haters should all have to publicly post the top performing QB and team for 2026. Top 3 is acceptable. For posterity. Indiana again?
 

Pompous Elitist said:
The Indiana haters should all have to publicly post the top performing QB and team for 2026. Top 3 is acceptable. For posterity. Indiana again?
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I have no idea who they are
Not sure if you were calling me an Indiana hater or not
 

Some guy said:
Mendoza wasn’t the most expensive QB in the cycle:

Cignetti’s biggest advantage is scouting the right players. Indiana upped the money to buy players but I bet they are closer to 25 than 1 in payroll.
If you identify correctly you can win big if you can get top 25-30 payroll, the more you have the more room for error.


College football keeps getting compared to the NFL. Sometimes people want to compare it to European soccer system with the different levels. I think MLB may be the best comparison. You can still win with low payroll. But it’s much harder. And harder to do every year.
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Agree. They did pretty well without Mendoza the year before. That came from coaching and development. No doubt he was key to making it all the way to the championship.
 

Some guy said:
I have no idea who they are
Not sure if you were calling me an Indiana hater or not
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No, sorry I wasn’t more clear.

As much as I wish Cuban would just come out and give a number he and Indiana probably benefit from a little ambiguity. The narrative last season (after the narrative they were overrated died) was Indiana went out and paid top dollar for their team which by any objective scouting service, transfer rankings almost certainly wasn’t the case - or was a historical outlier miss by the pundits. Low power recruit Charlie Becker (well, Iowa and Northwestern offered) is already projected as a first round pick, for example. That staff seems to have an elite eye for talent, and development.
 
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Pompous Elitist said:
No, sorry I wasn’t more clear.

As much as I wish Cuban would just come out and give a number he and Indiana probably benefit from a little ambiguity. The narrative last season (after the narrative they were overrated died) was Indiana went out and paid top dollar for their team which by any objective scouting service, transfer rankings almost certainly wasn’t the case - or was a historical outlier miss by the pundits. Low power recruit Charlie Becker (well, Iowa and Northwestern offered) is already projected as a first round pick, for example. That staff seems to have an elite eye for talent, and development.
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Yes
The money helped them get the guys they wanted
But the guys they wanted weren’t always the most expensive guys.

Cignetti has stated his expectation was to be in or near the top 10…and he signed a big extension. So while I have no doubt they have a lower payroll than Ohio state, I also think they’re probably closer to 5 than 35 in the rankings of dollars on the roster
 

PMWinSTP said:
Agree. They did pretty well without Mendoza the year before. That came from coaching and development. No doubt he was key to making it all the way to the championship.
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They had a decent QB the year before, no?
 


Some guy said:
Well that’s actually on the schools. Nothing prevents an individual school from writing a multiple year contract with a large enough player buyout to prevent them from transferring
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That didn't really work for Duke and Mensah. Duke thought they had him locked up to the extent he couldn't leave, but somehow he did.
 

50PoundHead said:
That didn't really work for Duke and Mensah. Duke thought they had him locked up to the extent he couldn't leave, but somehow he did.
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That means they didn’t do it very well.
It worked for Washington QB
 

Big bodied wrs that played the boundaries. Not gonna get away with it this year.
 


Some guy said:
Yes
The money helped them get the guys they wanted
But the guys they wanted weren’t always the most expensive guys.

Cignetti has stated his expectation was to be in or near the top 10…and he signed a big extension. So while I have no doubt they have a lower payroll than Ohio state, I also think they’re probably closer to 5 than 35 in the rankings of dollars on the roster
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Mentioned this before...on paper IU's roster looked very similar to the Gophers as far as player ratings (sans Mendoza). Cignetti does a masterful job of finding the players that fit his scheme and he and his staff take it from there as far as coaching them up to and sometimes beyond their potential.
 

PMWinSTP said:
Mentioned this before...on paper IU's roster looked very similar to the Gophers as far as player ratings (sans Mendoza). Cignetti does a masterful job of finding the players that fit his scheme and he and his staff take it from there as far as coaching them up to and sometimes beyond their potential.
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Agree however to me “on paper” doesn’t mean much.
Both the gophers and Indiana are better scouts than dudes in 247 or rivals
Indiana does it better than anyone right now. And it’s because he doesn’t just identity talent. He identifies guys who fit roles optimally and have the personalities to be okay fitting those roles.
 

Some guy said:
Agree however to me “on paper” doesn’t mean much.
Both the gophers and Indiana are better scouts than dudes in 247 or rivals
Indiana does it better than anyone right now. And it’s because he doesn’t just identity talent. He identifies guys who fit roles optimally and have the personalities to be okay fitting those roles.
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That's literally what I posted.
 

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