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Its October and the Hoosiers are one win away from being bowl eligible! This week we travel to Lincoln to face the Cornhuskers with hopes of winning our 3rd consecutive conference game. Nebraska is coming off a bye week but both teams are nursing some injuries. The quarterbacks for both teams are game-time decisions. Nebraska's leading RB (Maurice Washington) has already been ruled out for Saturday and backup WR/RB Wan'Dale Robinson is coming off an ankle injury. Coaches are hopeful Hunter Littlejohn will be back for Indiana this week after missing last week's game. We opened as a 1 point favorite but the line has since moved in Nebraska's favor (currently -2.5). ESPN's Football Power Index gives us a 52.3% probability of winning on Saturday and Bill Connelly's SP+ metrics give us a better probability at 68%. In terms of overall SP+ rankings: Nebraska (4-3): Overall: 46 Offense: 44 Defense: 61 Special Teams: 126 Indiana (5-2): Overall: 22 Offense: 17 Defense: 41 Special Teams: 17

IU- 30 Huskers- 25

I'm seeing he's coming as a preferred walk-on?? Anyone know?

Starting cornerback Tino Ellis is also out for the year with an upper body injury.

After dominating Rutgers last week, we head on the road to take on a Maryland team that looked like a top-10 team to start the season but has since cooled off. Maryland has struggled in recent weeks but still has plenty of talent to knock off anyone on any given Saturday. With dual-threat QB Tyrell Pigrome likely starting and their group of talented runningbacks, our defense will have to make sure we tackle and don't burned on the ground. Maryland does have the worst passing defense in the conference and was exposed by Purdue last week so they will have their hands full trying to slow down Penix and our talented receivers. Must remember that we are going on the road and life on the road in the Big Ten is never easy. We are currently a 5.5 point favorite and ESPN's Football Power Index gives us a 50.3% of winning on Saturday. Bill Connelly's SP+ metrics give us a 64% chance of winning. In terms of overall SP+ rankings: Maryland (3-3): Overall: 43 Offense: 56 Defense: 44 Special Teams: 125 Indiana (4-2): Overall: 25 Offense: 23 Defense: 32 Special Teams: 14

IU- 30 Turtles- 24

After having our first bye week and some time to reflect on the mistakes made against MSU, the Hoosiers are back in Memorial Stadium this Saturday to take on the Scarlet Knights. Rutgers comes to Bloomington two weeks after firing their coach Chris Ash and having multiple players voluntarily redshirting. Among those players choosing to redshirt are, starting QB Artur Sitkowksi, leading receiver Raheem Blackshear, and TE Kyle Penniston. This is a chance to get our first conference win and to start building momentum towards the following three games which are all winnable (@Maryland, @Nebraska, vs Northwestern). There is currently no line on this game and ESPN's Football Power Index gives us a 95% of winning on Saturday. In terms of SP+ rankings: Rutgers (1-4): Overall: 98 Offense: 106 Defense: 70 Special Teams: 60 Indiana (3-2): Overall: 28 Offense: 27 Defense: 39 Special Teams: 21

IU- 37 Rutger- 13

So what do you propose we do? Let's hear it...and then get rid of that guy as soon as he has a bad game. Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

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Fire Tom Allen?? What? He hasn't even been here for 3 full seasons and we're talking about firing him? And get who exactly? We are favored by SP+ in the next 4 games...can we let this season play out before we can talk about getting a new coach? Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

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MSU-20 IU-16

After blowing out UConn at home last week, the Hoosiers head to East Lansing for their first true road game of the season. We have struggled to get our run game going and we may continue to see those struggles this weekend as MSU boasts one of the best defenses in the country. Added to that, we lost Coy Cronk for the rest of the season, so the OL will be without one of its most experienced leaders. Penix Jr. could return for this game depending on how he feels after returning to practice this week; at the moment coaches are calling it a game-time decision. MSU opened as a 14-pt favorite and ESPN's Football Power Index gives them an 85.6.3% chance of winning on Saturday. In terms of SP+ rankings: Michigan State (3-1): Overall: 20 Offense: 87 Defense: 1 Special Teams: 84 Indiana (3-1): Overall: 32 Offense: 45 Defense: 36 Special Teams: 25

Still hard to gauge this team. We have blown out some cupcake teams and were blown out by a top-5 team. Have also seen different quarterbacks at different times. Either way, we finished 3-0 against non-conference and need 3 more for bowl eligibility. Rutgers and Northwestern look to be our best chances remaining at wins. Maryland, Purdue, and Nebraska could be toss ups. Michigan St., Michigan, and Penn State are likely losses. Still have faith we can get to 6 wins and would see that as successful season! Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

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After last week's lackluster performance, we welcome UConn to Memorial stadium in what should be an easy opportunity to bounce back into the win column. Penix is unlikely to play but the coaches have yet to rule him out for this game. Even without Penix, IU is still a 27 point favorite (UConn is bad). ESPN's Football Power Index gives the Hoosiers a 96.3% chance of winning on Saturday. In terms of SP+ rankings: UConn (1-1): Overall: 124 Offense: 130 Defense: 90 Special Teams: 76 Indiana (2-1): Overall: 48 Offense: 61 Defense: 50 Special Teams: 28

Okay let's hire everyone from Temple that will solve all our problems! Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

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Okay we lost...so what? It was against a team that is a title contender...let's get Penix healthy and let's win next week. The goal this season was to make a bowl game and we're still on schedule. Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

Would Tuttle do any better out there? Asking for a friend... Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk

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Maybe Ramsey comes out with a chip on his shoulder? Let's go Hoosiers!! Sent from my GM1917 using Tapatalk