Aaron

Then he really is made of glass. No hit he took that half should of broke a collarbone. I have broken mine and it takes really hard trauma to do that even in football. No hit he took that half even on his scrambles should of broken anything. Period

No problem;)

I said that further down in my post. LOL

I'm sick of Penix being made of Glass. I was told by a source his major problem is he can't play through an ounce of pain and this certainly appears to be the case. No hit out there should of made him hurt. I think we have a big enough lead against this NW offense but Ramsey cannot move the ball against a decent D like this much less an even better PSU or Michigan D. Those are the games Penix is a must (and I love Ramsey) if we want any chance. If we wants to take the rest of the night off fine but be ready in two weeks for PSU and learn to play with a bit of pain or quit the game and we will get another QB. Penix is a great talent but if he can't play with a bit of pain he's in the wrong sport. Unrelated to Penix but we are essentially watching last year's conservative Mike DeBord O in Northwestern's offense against our new and improved offense with Kalen DeBoer.

Like I said just stop NW vanilla offense. Two short runs and then a short pass to try to pick up first down on third and medium. Also doing it this way shortens the game a lot and gives you less scoring chances. Like we replaced Debord for more success NW needs same. They have the talent but horrific and conservative play calling on offense.

With that said even if a fix is in if we keep forcing turnovers it won't matter.

Ok part of me is officially scarred that their is an attempted fix. I usually don't buy into that but after the line moved so much and now one sided penalties you wonder if one of the ref's is involved in betting. It sounds crazy and I am probably just freaked out after the Donaghy movie today but everything happening in game sort of happened in move.

As I said its a better crowd than average but not perfect. Got to start somewhere. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Thats why NW rarely gets TD's on offense. Very non-creative play calling with just straight runs up the middle and a few passes. Kind of like a DeBord offense. Now we just need to stop it and adjust. Its not hard based on what they are doing but can we?

This Northwestern Offense isn't doing anything special. We are just failing to stop them. Our offense is so innovative and our defense is the opposite. Same thing Rick Venturi said about Colts a few weeks ago but their D has improved since then.

This NW offense is extremely vanilla. Now we just need to stop it.

Also from twitter pics not full but crowd def. up from a normal IU game. Looks like 45kish as oppose to 35-40k. Thats a start against a team who doesn't travel.

For all this talk about the NW D they are certainly better than the atrocities we have faced on D last few weeks but they are not elite by any means and so far we are pushing them around in the trenches.

I am not justifying anything and believe our fans should show up more but even All NW's success with Fitzgerald this decade they have not seen a huge attendance increase.

The line moving so much today scares me. Not because I think it affects Indiana's chances but after seeing the Donaghy movie today I wonder if something fishy is going on with bookies illegally who know something (and yes I know is gambling is legal now).

Troy is BTN not BTN+. It was announced to be BTN TV recently. Western Ill. and Portland St. and tonight BTN+. SD St. could go either way as you said.

You do realize Big Ten requires you to play once BCS opponent every non-conf right? Someone from a power 5 conference or Cincy or UConn. Can't just schedule three cream puffs. Glass would love to but hands are tied. That's how Wake and Virginia were on schedule previously.

It might be time to ask if IU's medical staff is not doing something right or Archie is practicing them to hard? Should not have this amount of injuries two yrs in a row especially this early. It's not the NFL.

Once again IU blows a game and is swept by a mediocre Iowa team with tons of injuries after blowing 3 match points. This year is certainly a big step back. Aird deserves time and hopefully this is just a bump but this team is certainly a dark spot in a pretty strong fall for IU sports.

I was also 6. LOL

Football beating teams they can beat. Thats a step. Now its volleyball turns. Beat the bottom of the conference.

Anyone starting to think Debord's play calling and not Ramsey were main issue last yr? Obviously Penix has a better arm which is important bu Ramsey is a decent Big Ten QB when game called properly.

Classless fans still booing an IU injured player.

That takes the missed extra point out of play since we would of kicked it there had we not missed one.

Some people are better at playing through pain then others. Ramsey can play with pain. Penix has a hard time doing so. At least thats what I have heard through back channels.