Jim Hoff

Fan of family & friends, sports, coffee, running and optimism. Father of 4 adorable kids. Likes the lime flavor Swedish Fish.

[Jim Hoff @JFhoff]

@CrimsonCast The ruling giving IU’s 2022 class a 5th year came 7/31, but Daley/Wyatt’s returns weren’t announced till 8/4 the same day IU landed No. 6 preseason. Does it bug you voters didn’t know about that D-line boost? How much stock do you put in a ranking that’s outdated before Week 1?

[CFB Kings @CFBKings]

“The Big Ten is the best league in football… We don’t run a hype machine up here in the Midwest. We believe everything’s earned, not given. And when we fall short, we say, ‘We fell short.’ We don’t cry a river and whine and complain. And that’s why we’re the best.”

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti’s final statement at Big Ten Media Days 😳

[Jim Hoff @JFhoff]

@nursemegg @CrimsonCast Thank you so much!

[Jim Hoff @JFhoff]

We welcomed a new puppy to the family: Harlow Peekaboo! She’s already bringing us so much joy. Can’t wait for long walks with her while listening to @CrimsonCast. Welcome home, Harlow!

[CrimsonCast @CrimsonCast]

This dog is ridiculously cute. Congrats Jim! Hopefully we can provide the best of dog walking soundtracks for you both

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

Happy Independence Day!

There’s a story from the end of the Revolutionary War I want to tell as we celebrate America’s 250th Birthday, and it’s one everyone in the world can learn from.

George Washington, at that moment, after commanding the American forces to victory, was the most powerful man in the new country. Many people talked about making him King of America.

Across the ocean, King George was sitting with an American painter, and asked what he thought Washington would do now that the war was ending. The painter said he believed he would go back to his farm.

The King said, “If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.”

As the war officially ended, Washington came to speak to Congress and said, “Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theater of Action.” He returned his commission they’d given him in 1775 - after more than 8 years of leading the Americans to victory without pay, and he was home at Mount Vernon for Christmas.

Of course, he was elected as our first President a few years later, and after two terms, showed the same selflessness again when he willingly gave up his power and went back to Mount Vernon again.

That’s true greatness. He had all the power in the world. But power, alone, does not make you great.

Washington’s greatness came from being a true servant - to a cause much bigger than himself. His greatness was his complete lack of selfishness.

The whole story of American Independence is a story of selflessness. It’s a story of people who set their self-interest aside and worked for each other.

We’ve all heard the line about “We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.”

Apparently, Ben Franklin might have actually never said that.

But that’s fine, because the same mentality is right there in the last line of the Declaration of Independence, published on this day 250 years ago:

“And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

We mutually pledge to each other.

No one was in this alone. No one was in it for themselves. This was a group of people with different backgrounds who were in it for each other.

Today is a reminder: greatness comes from what we do for each other, never what we do for ourselves.

That’s a lesson that applies no matter what country you call home.

It’s a lesson that doesn’t require any law passed by a politician, because, let’s be honest, if you’re waiting for selfless politicians, I really hope you are not holding your breath.

All of us have the power to be there for the people around us. For our families and friends. For our neighbors. For everyone.

All of us can reach for greatness.

It’s as simple as looking beyond yourself, seeing past the mirror, picking your eyes up from your phone, and pledging to be there for each other.

Happy Fourth. May you all find your own version of greatness today by lifting each other up.

Lift up your neighborhood. Lift up America. Lift up the World.

[Jim Hoff @JFhoff]

@EchoesofWarYT My 2nd great grandfather was held at Andersonville and survived. Thank you for sharing this information.

[Jim Hoff @JFhoff]

@TWaddle87 thought you’d enjoy this. My oldest son is just getting into sports cards. We were going through my old collection and found a signed Waddle Score 1992 card.

[Skyler Kisellus @skylerkisellus]

Former NIU coach Joe Novak was recently able to see Indiana’s National Championship trophy during his stay at IU Health Bloomington Hospital.

In between his stints as NIU’s DC and HC, Novak coordinated the Hoosiers’ defense from 1984 to 1995.

📸: IU Health Bloomington/Facebook

[Jim Hoff @JFhoff]

@CrimsonCast 1. Try 5 Get 6: The Peach Bowl Edition
2. Mendoza's Draw
3. Kamara Blocks A Punt
4. Becker's Rose Bowl TD
5. Sharpe Seals It

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

Perfection.

[Jim Hoff @JFhoff]

@CrimsonCast recite the drive preview 😎

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

New Year, same #NeverDaunted Hoosiers.

[Heisman @HeismanTrophy]

Congratulations to the 2025 Heisman Trophy winner, @IndianaFootball quarterback Fernando Mendoza!

#Heisman | #MoreThanATrophy

[Anthony Calhoun 📺 @ACwishtv]

#IU Nation…this is UNREAL!

Listen to what Fernando Mendoza told me he plans to do with the Heisman Trophy if he wins.

@WISHNews8 @IndianaFootball #HeismanTrophy

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

OUR STATE. OUR TITLE.

[Jim Hoff @JFhoff]

@HeismanTrophy I want to vote for #FernandoMendoza

[Fr. Patrick Hyde, OP @frpatrickop]

Prayer, Mass, Bible study, fraternity.
It makes a great quarterback because it makes you a great man first.

[Jim Hoff @JFhoff]

@nflnetwork Watching in the garage on this nice fall day in Chicago
#GDLive

[Indiana Football @IndianaFootball]

Never doubted ourselves.