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Aaaaand that's why we needed 7 on the last possession. 

I wish we could have made that a 10 point swing instead of a 6 point swing, but whatever. 

  We're favored by negative 16 points. 

More hilarity: Minnesota's kicker has missed two extra points today but just made a 52 yard field goal into a strong wind. 

LMAO…I'm watching Purdue-Minnesota and a Minnesota player just made the screwup of the decade.      Purdue had converted a third and seven with the help of a personal foul penalty during the play. It would have put them in a 3rd and 22, but a Minnesota player on the sideline stormed onto the field and started jawing at the Purdue player responsible for the penalty. The result was a first down for Purdue. 

Off topic: sorry to say, but I think Purdue takes back the bucket this year. They look like a completely different team since they switched to Austin Appleby at QB. I knew they wouldn't be historically awful again this season but it sucks to see them improving so fast. 

The 2015 schedule is tailor-made for a bowl game. Florida International, Southern Illinois and Western Kentucky at home. Wake Forest on the road. If we aren't at least 3-1 after those games then Wilson shouldn't be allowed to coach the conference slate. 

If you need to oversign as much as Crean does, you aren't very good at roster management. 

  If we were a well-coached team that handled adversity well, I could see us beating Michigan. But we aren't, so Purdue is likely our only chance. And even they've looked better lately with a new QB. 

I don't consider myself an expert on "deep level stuff" by any means. I actually think my ability to recognize Wilson's shortcomings so early in his tenure is kind of an indictment of his coaching acumen. I've been hoping I'd be wrong for the last two years now, but nothing appears to be changing. Some may still be drinking the kool-aid but the other IU fans I've talked to agree that the bloom is definitely off the rose now. 

  I don't think so. Our offense is worse than last year and the defense is only slightly better, and that's probably being generous. We haven't stopped a Big Ten offense yet and we got humiliated by a MAC squad that was missing its starting QB.      It just doesn't feel like we've really gone anywhere since Wilson's second season. He's been here for three and a half years and his teams are still incapable of playing well in back to back games. I can handle a team that doesn't win all the time as long as it plays smart, fundamental football and makes good decisions. Do you think this team is well-coached? They don't play like it. 

3-3 halfway through the season…I guess that means we're on pace to finish 6-6? 

Would anyone be upset if we lucked into six wins and another program bought it and took Wilson?      Best of both worlds: we avoid Wilson's buyout and we get somebody who can actually coach defense. 

Even if we lose, I want to see some fight in the second half. Don't quit and let Iowa score 60+. 

Iowa had 3 points with 6 minutes left in the game against Ball State. 

Iowa's offense is terrible. How did we already let them score three times?

Anyone surprised by this? 

The Pacers' Facebook page had a picture of PG shooting 15 footers wearing a walking boot the other day. It was kind of funny reading all the comments from people flipping out and telling him not to rush back.      If he's made it this far in two months, I have a hard time believing he won't see the floor this season. 

The only noticeable difference between Lynch and Wilson's tenures to this point is that our offense is a lot better. The defense still blows and I still see way too many mental mistakes/lack of understanding of rules (Wynn's botched kickoff against Bowling Green, nobody realizing a backward pass was a fumble against Minnesota last year, etc.). 

You guys know we're still losing this game, right?

  I thought we kicked the field goal on 4th down? 

You knew this was coming…but it still sucks. 

I give our defense little to no chance of getting the ball back. A 92 yard scoring drive would be such a fitting way to lose. 

Here we go; defense finally playing with a lead now and they're just going to hand it over. 

3rd and 7? Pass complete, first down.      3rd and 9? Pass complete, first down.      Typical.