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On 4th and 8? I doubt it, would have been better off attempting the FG given their (good) kicking situation. Guessing Fleck would have taken a delay penalty to give their punter more room to pin us deep. With 1 TO, pinned deep and playing a backup QB, guessing Cig kills the clock and plays for OT.

If he had called TO immediately, Minnesota probably punts the ball. Miss that kick and IU has a little less than a minute with a TO to go 25-30 yards to get in FG range.

Didn’t Radicic have an injury leading up to the Rutgers game that had home sidelined for a week? And then immediately miss a chip shot as well as an extra point?

I don’t think Hoover is comfortable in this system/role. He’s a natural gun-slinger that thrives on rhythm. He’s asked not to turn the ball over in a ball control offense that wants to establish the run. They turned him loose at TCU, because they had too, as they had to score 30-40 night just to stay in. They lived with the turnovers because of his big play ability. That’s not Cig’s MO.

I thought the booing at half was out of frustration more than anything, not pointed at a single individual. It was a piss poor performance across the board sans the play from the defense. Offense did nothing outside scoring on a drive that was gifted great field position off a turnover and special teams play gifted Minnesota all 10 points, both off shanked punts. The decision by Cignetti at the end of the first half to let 20-25 seconds of game clock run off after appearing content to get to half only to call a TO and bring the offense back was just perplexing. Didn’t help Hoover threw a pick.

Nothing the staff doesn’t already know, but I wouldn’t be tipping my hand as to who is going to start in 2 weeks vs USC. Make them prepare for both.

If Wilson can simply be a game manager ie move the sticks, finish drives…he’s probably all right. Hoover is a detriment right now, that’s a problem.

I’ll give Hoover the benefit of the doubt in the sense that he’s not 100% healthy, but he’s missed throws all year. His mechanics are terrible. He’s constantly dropping his elbow/shoulder causing balls to sail and his feet are almost never set. At some point Sunseri needs to feel some heat, Whitmer has been a huge loss as well.

If you're not in the B10 or SEC, you're not getting in with 2 losses this year unless that 2nd loss is in the conference championship and you were soundly in before (looking at a team like BYU). There is a roundabout chance Georgia is the only SEC team with 2 or fewer losses once the season is over. ZERO chance the committee only takes 1 SEC team.

Sorry meant B12

There's going to be a 9-3 SEC team that gets in over a 10-2 Big 12 team

Going to have to throw to open up the run I'm afraid playing good to competent defenses. Even with Becker and Marsh on the outside, teams just not respecting Hoover's accuracy and I don't blame them. Much tougher to find consistent success in the run game facing 7 and 8 man boxes.

Can't imagine Yigi going anywhere unless he gets a nice lucrative hometown deal in Turkey. Yigi/Wabbington and Sisley/Manhertz should be a nice platoon in the front court.

Yes. The guy you were responding to doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

Guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about. I was there, left with about 5 minutes left and just got home. I won’t lie and say Hinkle was at full capacity, but you’d really have to try hard to find an empty seat at the start of the game. Butler had a full student section and a loud crowd and were really into it while it was still a game. There was also noticeable red from the IU contingency. Definitely didn’t have an exhibition feel. As far as the game goes, I have a few takeaways. -Noticeably a bigger and more athletic team even with a bar set so low from last year -big talent upgrade in the backcourt -bench may actually be an asset this year -Sherrell seemed bothered playing with another big -Manhertz is going to be awfully tough to keep off the court, physicality might be the only thing holding him back -if I must nitpick, the persistent fouling in the 1H brought back bad memories from last year and some of the heat check 3’s I could do without. Hard to take that much away from an early October exhibition but there is a lot to like and a lot to look forward too.