Hoosierfan2017

Yeah that's true. They better not be afraid to open up the check book, that's really my only feeling on it. We finally have some momentum as a program. The wrong hire will wreck all of that and put us back at square one. I was almost positive he had taken another job when a friend had text me saying he was out. This is crazy.

Ugh this is bs. 2 steps forward, 3 miles back. His playcalling drove me crazy all year but you can fix that. We're not going to find a better coach to replace him. Better really enjoy this year's bowl game, it might be awhile before we're back again.

I want to see Crean go ballistic on the refs just once. These guys have been hot garbage.

The place would go absolutely insane if he actually showed up tomorrow night.

A win will get people back off the ledge at least. If we get blown out though... I'd hate to be a mod that night.

I don't really feel at liberty to say, other posters might, but basically it's different from the story in the media and it would likely change your opinion of the situation.

I wish more people knew the real story because it provides another really important life lesson.

"I’ve had a lot of concussions in my career, a lot of which were in high school." Man I would've hung it up a long time ago if I was in that situation. I get the love of the game and everything, but my brain's one thing I wouldn't put at risk. It's just not worth having your brain turn to mush in your 40s like some of the former players we see.

That's true, I didn't think about that. Running the wildcat is gonna take a toll on ya when you're 174 pounds.

Good for him for focusing on his long-term health, but it seems kinda late to start worrying about concussions.. He only had 1 season left. He's probably been playing for 10+ years.. Regardless, best of luck Zander. We weren't always thrilled with the results, but we never doubted that you gave everything you had every time you stepped onto the field.

When you don't do any of the work for the group project but wind up with an A anyway.

Spoke too soon lol

How many more times are we going to throw screen passes on 3rd and long before we realize they don't work?

Because he was getting bodied in the paint by a bunch of scrubs whenever he did get the ball. Feeding him doesn't do any good when they keep throwing the ball back into his face when he goes up.

We got the result we deserved.

Bryant needs to get mean and stop getting bodied down low.

Well obviously, but I wanted to look for a silver lining instead of joining the "the sky is falling" crowd. There are worse things in the world than getting humbled by a far inferior opponent. We're a good team and we're going to have a good season. I just think our guys were flying high after the Kansas game and this should bring them back down to earth and remind them of the mission at hand.

Getting embarrassed like this is good for us. Our guys started getting cocky with the win over Kansas and the #3 ranking. Being humbled like this will pay off down the road.

I went back and was looking at the play-by-play and this is is the exact kind of thing I'm talking about. Lagow was 3/4 this drive for 65 yards. He got over a third of his yards for the entire game on this drive alone. We get a 1st and goal at the 7 and then Wilson calls three straight run plays. We kick a field goal, they come down and score a touchdown, and we're done after that. It makes no sense to me why we wouldn't take at least one shot at the end zone.

It's not being a fair weather fan to point out that our coach coaches us out of games. He's running QB draw plays with Lagow by the goal line when we've got a backup QB perfect for those situations. It's absurd. We had a chance to go up 14-6 and we threw it away with terrible play calling. Why not put Zander, Natee and Camion out there and see what happens? It worked during the first half. This season we have seen our coach consistently have us play not to lose. We haven't won a game all year that we weren't supposed to win. How long do we put up with being "close at the end" before we get sick of it and expect more? IU had absolutely nothing to lose this afternoon and yet in the second half our coaches decided to go ultra conservative with the play calling. Why? I'm not mad that we lost. It was expected. What I'm mad about, and have been mad about all season, is that our coaches consistently refuse to take risks to win games against superior opponents. We're not supposed to win, so why not pull out all the tricks? The conservative approach obviously isn't working. We're losing these games and leaving the chamber full.

We don't deserve a bowl game this year.

Our punter punts like there isn't a defense on the other side of the ball.

"The wildcat with Zander worked well last possession, they'll never expect us to do a qb run with Lagow instead."

Wilson has to be the worst play caller in the Big 10. Absolutely terrible.

Wilson is going to lose us this game with his play calling. I hope I'm wrong.