ThompsonHoosier

Talent-wise? We have better talent on paper...Brohm inherited a pile of dog crap and already has them beating top-5 teams. Allen inherited way better talent; but we have nothing to show for it. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

PSU- 34 IU- 20

This will probably be a defensive battle as Iowa boasts a top 5 defense but their offense is about on par with ours. I was encouraged by what I saw in the OSU game from Ramsey and the offense. Hopefully we continue to take shots and not go back to the extra conservative game calling that we've seen. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Well it's Friday already and no one had started the game thread.... Hawkeyes (4-1) roll into Bloomington for IU's homecoming. It's another game where the Hoosiers have a decent chance to win. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

IU- 24 Iowa- 21

Truly amazing story...RIP and condolences to his family.

These Hoosiers are going to shock the world!! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

These refs... Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

There's always a chance I guess...maybe the football gods will finally give us a miracle. Who am I kidding? Let's just FINISH!...with everyone healthy that is. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Now why would they allow him to go back to practice just to turn around and completely remove him from the team? Not saying you're wrong, just seems counter-intuitive.

Whatever happened to @Str8Hoosier? He's usually pretty up to date on the prediction league stuff and he hasn't calculated last week's game either. Hopefully he's alright, was just wondering he's been. Anyways, my prediction is OSU pulls away quickly and lets off the gas towards the end to make it look closer than it actually was. IU-20 OSU- 38

The defense? I thought the defense played relatively well! It was the offense that had two fumbles that led to 14 easy points. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Overall in the rankings we dropped 4 spots down to 49th. Offensively we are 89th, defensively 22nd, and special teams up to 54th. Interesting to point out that Purdue is ranked 50th overall; but they are opposite of us ranking 25th in offense, 82nd in defense, and 81st. on special teams.

Well time to bounce back after last week's letdown...No other way to put it; a loss against this awful Rutgers team would be a huge embarrassment and would likely derail the entire season for the Hoosiers.

IU- 34 RU- 13

I hope I'm wrong but I just don't see him coming to IU...He will be at Penn State this weekend for the game against Ohio St.; that atmosphere will be hard to top.

He sprained his ankle in the first quarter of the game...you could notice a slight limp throughout the game. Hopefully he can heal quickly as we'll need his dynamic play ability the rest of the season.

S&P+ rating are a rating system for college football that looks at data from every play and adjust them based on the opponents. It's basically Ken Pomeroy but for college football. This is directly from football outsiders: "The components for S&P+ reflect opponent-adjusted components of four of what Bill Connelly has deemed the Five Factors of college football: efficiency, explosiveness, field position, and finishing drives. (A fifth factor, turnovers, is informed marginally by sack rates, the only quality-based statistic that has a consistent relationship with turnover margins.)" This is their site in case anyone wants to read more on it: https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/ncaa

Basically a game were we have no excuse for a loss (@Rutgers this week) and 4 games which are basically toss ups...

What happened to our O-line! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Not the start we wanted but it's still early in the game...let's get it together now guys! Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Purdue decided to play well so far in the first half, let's see if they can keep it up in the second half. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk

Their punter is also out...backup punter is also their backup QB. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk