IUFB Offseason Updates

[Alford Bailey 12,369]

I would assume Penix is the starter but you better have a starter quality backup for when he goes down.

[ap2345 7,595]

On 2/22/2021 at 8:22 PM, Alford Bailey said:

I would assume Penix is the starter but you better have a starter quality backup for when he goes down.

The QB depth behind Penix will be just fine with Jack Tuttle, Dexter Williams, and Donovan McCulley. 

[Stuhoo 79,910]

5 minutes ago, ap2345 said:

The QB depth behind Penix will be just fine with Jack Tuttle, Dexter Williams, and Donovan McCulley. 

 

Another way of saying it:

The QB position at IUFB is likely the deepest in the entire nation. We will have a top ten nationally ranked QB with college experience as our backup, and a four star as our third stringer.

And a pre-season All-American at WR, and a top ten nationally three year starter TE, and on and on and on.

We are gonna score a ton.

 

[Hoosierfan2017 21,075]

2 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

 

Another way of saying it:

The QB position at IUFB is likely the deepest in the entire nation. We will have a top ten nationally ranked QB with college experience as our backup, and a four star as our third stringer.

And a pre-season All-American at WR, and a top ten nationally three year starter TE, and on and on and on.

We are gonna score a ton.

 

I'm not sold on Tuttle as the backup. He was highly regarded coming out of high school but he's pretty unknown at the college level. He's started two games for us, and he had a separated shoulder (I think that was the injury) in one of them. In the other one, the offense played pretty conservatively. I'm not saying he isn't good, just that we don't really know at this point. 

[KzooHoosier82 972]

5 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

I'm not sold on Tuttle as the backup. He was highly regarded coming out of high school but he's pretty unknown at the college level. He's started two games for us, and he had a separated shoulder (I think that was the injury) in one of them. In the other one, the offense played pretty conservatively. I'm not saying he isn't good, just that we don't really know at this point. 

We know more about Tuttle than most about their QB2 and unless McCulley is a bust, this is the deepest and most talented QB room in the history of our program. We’ve come a long way from thr days of having to start Zander Diamont and pulling a freshman from the defense. 

[Hoosierfan2017 21,075]

1 hour ago, KzooHoosier82 said:

We know more about Tuttle than most about their QB2 and unless McCulley is a bust, this is the deepest and most talented QB room in the history of our program. We’ve come a long way from thr days of having to start Zander Diamont and pulling a freshman from the defense. 

We’ve certainly come a long way from the days of Zander Diamont, but I didn’t say that we haven’t. I still disagree about Tuttle. He’s been in college for three years and has started two games. He played fine against Wisconsin, but the jury’s still out on whether his abilities live up to his ranking coming out of high school, or even if he’s better than Ramsey. I hope we don’t have to find out next year. 

[LamarCheeks 18,374]

OK. Time to get away from the Fire Archie and who's gonna replace him threads for a while and get to some real news. We are, after all, a football school. Looks as if we're losing an OL. Never started in four years and is leaving as a grad transfer. Probably figured with the Michigan kid (Zach Carpenter) transferring in, PT was gonna be even more limited. 

 

 

[LamarCheeks 18,374]

A chat w/ D.J. Matthews, a receiver who transferred from Florida State. 

Hopefully, he'll be a nice complement to Fryfogle. 
 

 

[LamarCheeks 18,374]

If interested, a couple other transfers had media chats today ... 

Ole Miss DL Ryder Anderson: https://youtu.be/Icd2TOB6CBs

Michigan OL Zach Carpenter: https://youtu.be/rj088fGQXIQ

 

[theriverpilot 5,591]

29 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

If interested, a couple other transfers had media chats today ... 

Ole Miss DL Ryder Anderson: https://youtu.be/Icd2TOB6CBs

Michigan OL Zach Carpenter: https://youtu.be/rj088fGQXIQ

 

Cripes, if that Carpenter kids plays anything close to his demeanor then he's going to be a monster.  Lol

[Stuhoo 79,910]

1 hour ago, theriverpilot said:

Cripes, if that Carpenter kids plays anything close to his demeanor then he's going to be a monster.  Lol

Not telling anyone anything they won't expect, but the Zach Carpenter video is a great watch because of his comments on the culture at IU. 

He describes standing on the Michigan sideline during our game with them last year, looking at our sideline and basically thinking "Damn I wish I was with them not Michigan."

We're gonna kick the crap out of Michigan as long as CTA and Harbaugh are at the respective schools.

[Hardwood83 4,762]

IU has transfers from Florida St and Michigan....in Football? How long have I been asleep?!?

[MemphisHoosier 2,062]

2 hours ago, theriverpilot said:

Cripes, if that Carpenter kids plays anything close to his demeanor then he's going to be a monster.  Lol

Everything about Carpenter is legit.  High School pedigree.  Size.  Tape.  Demeanor.  It's all there.

Might be our biggest addition of the offseason.

[JSHoosier 19,935]

1 hour ago, Hardwood83 said:

IU has transfers from Florida St and Michigan....in Football? How long have I been asleep?!?

Well, we had flying cars, then machines became sentient and revolted.

[LamarCheeks 18,374]

From coaching at Marion and Ben Davis high schools to making nearly $5M a year running a program at a B1G school. What a journey! 
 

 

[Banksyrules 4,626]

3 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

From coaching at Marion and Ben Davis high schools to making nearly $5M a year running a program at a B1G school. What a journey! 
 

 

Much deserved.

[LIHoosier 26,001]

From coaching at Marion and Ben Davis high schools to making nearly $5M a year running a program at a B1G school. What a journey! 
 
 

Its spending season! Let's see if they have the cojones to break that contract record in the same month.

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[Magnanimous 4,538]

31 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

From coaching at Marion and Ben Davis high schools to making nearly $5M a year running a program at a B1G school. What a journey! 
 

 

If we’re willing to pay our FB HC that much, hopefully it’s a sign that we’re willing to spend on bball.

[Naturalhoosier 15,412]

2 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

From coaching at Marion and Ben Davis high schools to making nearly $5M a year running a program at a B1G school. What a journey! 
 

 

I’ll buy that book when it’s released. 

[Hoosierfan2017 21,075]

Contract makes him the 6th-highest coach in the conference, above both Brohm at Purdue and Frost at Nebraska.