Caleb Blaase™

I look at this every time I walk into my classroom. Even on your worst day, you have to have a positive mindset, positive outlook. @CoachAllenIU

Red isn't just a color... it's an identity. #RootedInRed

The way Eric Davis was so visibly irritated with the Mayor’s first pitch attempt always amuses me.

Monthly Reminder ⬇️🗓️ The Indiana Hoosiers are the CFP National Champions 🏆 #CFBPlayoff

ARTEMIS II AS SEEN BY THE OFFICIAL NASA CESSNA THIS IS THE BEST LAUNCH VIDEO AND IT ISN'T CLOSE

BREAKING - Passengers on an American flight from Atlanta to Puerto Rico captured one of the closest videos of the Artemis II launch from their plane, and it’s going massively viral, with some commenters expressing concern about how close the plane was to the rocket.

Oh that’s awesome. The Artemis II launch as seen from Stetson’s Patricia Wilson Field.

Falls Ihr das für eine Wolke gehalten habt: 👀 Beim Start von #ArtemisII waren tatsächlich die ausgelösten Emergency Escape Baskets zu sehen. 👉 Keine Sorge: Das war ein ganz normaler, geplanter Vorgang.

Making an April Fool's joke about Unis that I would love for them to go back to is savage!

The good ole days… Kids these days just won’t understand… 🥺

Them Indiana raised kids. They can shoot.

HILARIOUS: When #Colts QB Joe Flacco was told in the postgame that Anthony Richardson thinks he is cool… “His mom is 8 days older than I am, so there’s no chance in the world he thinks I’m cool.” All-timer, @JoeFlacco 😭😭😭

The first game of the MLB Season should always be in Cincinnati. #Reds #OpeningDay

“DAD, HOW GOOD WAS QUARTERBACK PEYTON MANNING DURING HIS PRIME ON THE #COLTS…?” One of the GOATs. 🐐🐐🐐

Two weeks before signing day in 2022, his phone rang. Cal needed a body. One offer. Out of 134 schools. He took it. He arrived as the third-string quarterback. Spent a year on the scout team. Lost his first four starts. Got sacked 41 times behind a broken offensive line. Still got up. Every time. Then Cal brought in a transfer instead of building around him. So Mendoza left the only school that had ever said yes. He transferred to Indiana—the losingest program in college football history. People laughed. “Career suicide.” “Graveyard program.” “Nobody wins there.” One coach told him something different: “I’m going to make you the best Fernando Mendoza possible.” That was enough. Mendoza wasn’t just playing for football. His mother has battled multiple sclerosis for 18 years. Before every snap, he thought of her. “My mother is my why.” Indiana went 16–0. Beat six Top-10 teams. Won their first Big Ten title since 1945. Mendoza threw 41 touchdowns. Won the Heisman—first in school history. First Cuban-American to ever do it. Then came the title game. Miami. Near his hometown. Fourth-and-4. Season on the line. Quarterback draw. The kid 134 schools rejected spun through defenders and dove into the end zone. Game over. Indiana—national champions. The losingest program became the best team in America. All because a 17-year-old refused to believe “no” was the end. Rankings don’t decide your ceiling. Gatekeepers don’t write your ending. Being overlooked isn’t a verdict—it’s a starting point. Sometimes all you need is one shot… and the courage to bet on yourself when nobody else will. Don’t quit. Credit: Barclay Mullins

To: Cincinnati From: @JoeyVotto

You know I had to be the first one in the door for the Natty Trophy tour at @iueast @IndianaFootball #CFPNationalChampions #iufb

How do you prevent complacency? Let me spell it out for you… #iufb

Real question. How much would you pay for a night like this right now

Coach…Spring and summer ball objectives : 1) Master fundamentals by NEVER letting the details become secondary thoughts 2) Evaluate talent and then decide scheme/ scheme is useless if talent can’t execute it 3) Coach coaches…if they can’t be improved to be efficient then delete them( your job isn’t friendships it’s doing the very best for players and the people who pay u 4) Eliminate thinking for your players thru repetitive drills and concepts 5) Build camaraderie thru team building ( brief 2-5 minute unique engagements which allow team-mates to truly express their “hardships and wins in life outside sports 6) Be careful about believing u are great or suck based on competition between each other…One side may be great and the other suck…Be careful making hasty evaluations 7) Go home early and be a phenomenal parent and husband…If head coach wants u there just because he’s miserable at home…find another job 8) Laugh hard at yourself 9) Improve yourself first 10) Take care of your mental health ( exercise, read, watch funny TikTok’s) 11) Adjust…It’s never as simple as it seems 12) Recruit…Make football fun by u being fun and players will get their buddies to come play 13) Don’t be a bully …Coach hard and firm and fun but filter yourself when u are simply just a reactionary horses ass because u have power and u are having a bad day…U can damage another human for life by being a bully 14) Never forget your power of influence… today and everyday you will either make another human have a good or bad life by how u treat them…Use your influence as if it’s life and death( because it is)

Don't even remember what it feels like to be excited for today #iubb March Sadness