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Here's what I know on Mark Matthews...

OrangeBowlMagic said:
If you’re looking for something tangible, it’s just a (small) crack in the armor that coaches will use to negatively recruit.

How tangible is this? Likely not much, but I’m answering your question. It’s not entirely a twitter trolling situation.

There are coaches, 100.0%, who will tell other recruits Miami can’t even keep their homegrown stars home, something’s wrong, blah blah blah.

It also impacts future recruits. Again, albeit in a very small capacity, but it is a data point. LSU gets **** near every single kid they want from Louisiana. Why? Because it’s drilled into every kid’s head from birth. You’re a baller? You go to Baton Rouge like *waves hand at 500 elite local players*. It’s not realistic to get every single SFL kid we want, but the more we do get, the more kids in future classes see that and it’s hammered home over and over that your best option is to stay home.

Getting this worked up over one kid at the one position we trust our staff to produce is peak CIS. Get ahold of yourselves. We’re more than fine.

But there are actual real-life impacts. They’re just not exactly crippling, like most people here want to portray. Go the **** on to College Station. Enjoy yelling at midnight. We’re just fine over here.
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Actual impact and perceivable miss, but one our staff should be able to overcome... especially at OL.
 
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Just remember Samson is still here and was a 5star tackle coming out of HS … OL is the last position i worry about with our coaching staff … LB’s and DT’s are the only spots i really want us to get better at recruiting
 
JADood said:
For the record, I said if the staff doesn’t land a top 10 class, the rep would take a hit. Not just MM. Missing on him would just be a lowlight to also not landing a top 10 class. But from what I’m reading, recruiting ranking don’t matter anymore all the sudden? Must have missed that memo.
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I do understand for sure it is a hit but as long as we got no cut Nick we good. To me he was a bigger recruit then Russel by 100 miles, MM is elite asf but we can’t force dude. Depending on who we pivot to we shall see if it hurts us, and we got till NSD. If we flip DJ and or Bryant I would not lose sleep over MM. If we also got Brysen Wright I won’t even care bruh, let MM go wear those military uniforms. Asher as well, bring me those monsters and I trust Mario can patch the OL eventually.
 
JADood said:
For the record, I said if the staff doesn’t land a top 10 class, the rep would take a hit. Not just MM. Missing on him would just be a lowlight to also not landing a top 10 class. But from what I’m reading, recruiting ranking don’t matter anymore all the sudden? Must have missed that memo.
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The only way we aren't signing a top 10 class would purely be because a couple of the 10 teams ahead of us have substantially more volume than us.
We are currently 9th on the composite with 11 commits (8th by average). Every team ranked ahead of us has between 2-10 more commits than us right now.

Teams I'd be surprised for us to finish higher than: A&M, Ohio St, Texas
Tossup but lean better than us: Oregon, ND
Tossup but lean worse than us: USC, LSU, UGA, TTU, UF*, OU*
Schools we will have a better class than: Michigan, UCLA*, PSU
* = Schools I think will chace volume and for that reason alone could technically finish with more "points" than us.
 
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Bigzook said:
Just remember Samson is still here and was a 5star tackle coming out of HS … OL is the last position i worry about with our coaching staff … LB’s and DT’s are the only spots i really want us to get better at recruiting
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Welcome to CIS.

Those are two areas of need. It’s random but I’d also like us to get better at recruiting centers out of high school. I don’t know how we don’t land a top one every other year or so.
 
BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati said:
I have no proof. I am not a cyber sleuth. I have no evidence. However, no one has ever done what Cig did. Not even close.
That dude is dirty..... I'm conviced it'll come out eventually.
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From Google Gemini
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While there isn't a specific public report confirming that **Indiana University (IU)** has deployed its massive supercomputing clusters (like **Big Red 200**) specifically to predict an opponent's next play in real-time, the technology to do so absolutely exists, and IU is uniquely positioned to use it.
The intersection of **Big Ten football** and **High-Performance Computing (HPC)** is becoming a major arms race. Here is how that process actually works and the rules that govern it:
### 1. The Technology: From Film to "Predictive Heatmaps"
In the past, graduate assistants spent 100+ hours a week manually "tagging" film (e.g., *“Down 3, distance 5, Shotgun formation, pass play”*). Modern AI models, often powered by computer vision, can now do this instantly:
* **Automated Tendency Tracking:** AI models analyze thousands of plays to find "tells." For example, it might identify that an opposing Offensive Coordinator calls a screen pass **82% of the time** if the left tackle has a slightly wider stance on 2nd and long.
* **Supercomputing Power:** While a laptop can run basic stats, a supercomputer can run **Monte Carlo simulations**—simulating a game 10,000 times based on an opponent's historical data to determine the most "mathematically likely" play call for every possible situation.
* **IU’s Advantage:** Indiana University is home to some of the most powerful academic supercomputers in the world. Their **Pervasive Technology Institute** specifically focuses on using these machines for "data-intensive applications," which includes the type of massive video datasets used in sports analytics.
### 2. The NCAA "Firewall" (The Rules)
The NCAA recently modernized its rules regarding technology, but they still maintain a strict line between **preparation** and **live execution**:
* **Pre-Game (Allowed):** Teams can use any AI or supercomputing model they want during the week to build their game plan. This is where they "load the film" and generate the "cheat sheets" coaches carry on the sidelines.
* **In-Game (Restricted):** As of the 2024-2025 seasons, the NCAA allows **tablets** on the sidelines and in the booth. However, these tablets are restricted to **video only**.
* **The "No-AI" Rule on Field:** NCAA rules (specifically *Rule 1-4-11*) strictly prohibit the use of "analytics, data or data access capability" on those sideline tablets. You can watch the play that just happened, but you cannot have an AI model on the tablet telling you, *"There is a 90% chance they run a draw play right now."*
### 3. The "Press Box" Loophole
While the sideline tablets are restricted, teams employ "Analysts" in the press box. These staffers can use sophisticated software to track tendencies during the game.
* They feed "live" data into their systems (e.g., *What personnel just walked onto the field?*).
* The software provides a suggestion.
* The analyst then relays that "insight" to the coordinator via the headset.
### Summary
Could Indiana use it? **Yes.** IU has the hardware (Big Red 200) and the burgeoning Sports Analytics program to build these models. Are they doing it? Like most high-level programs, they likely use AI-driven platforms (such as *Catapult* or *ANSRS*) that utilize machine learning to automate film study, even if they aren't yet plugging the football team directly into the university's main scientific supercomputing hub for every Saturday game.
 
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