IUFB Spring Game - April 13th @ 7 pm ET

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Gruden will be at the IU spring game. DMC mentioned in a tweet


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is there some kind of connection between Gruden and IU?

Think this helps the program?

[lucel15 3,052]

is there some kind of connection between Gruden and IU?

Think this helps the program?

Probably someone within new staff. Debord probably as he's oldest and has probably got around


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40 minutes ago, iuswingman said:

is there some kind of connection between Gruden and IU?

Think this helps the program?

Gruden grew up in South Bend, Ind., but he has IU ties from his childhood. His father, Jim, was on Lee Corso’s staff at IU back in the 1970s. During that time, Gruden was a ball boy for Bob Knight.

http://saturdaytradition.com/indiana-football/gruden-iu-spring-game-2017/

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8 minutes ago, ccgeneral said:

Gruden grew up in South Bend, Ind., but he has IU ties from his childhood. His father, Jim, was on Lee Corso’s staff at IU back in the 1970s. During that time, Gruden was a ball boy for Bob Knight.

http://saturdaytradition.com/indiana-football/gruden-iu-spring-game-2017/

Yep. Played Little League with Jon and against him in football in HS. He was a cool dude. Jay is an ass.

[LIHoosier 26,206]

1 hour ago, ccgeneral said:

Gruden grew up in South Bend, Ind., but he has IU ties from his childhood. His father, Jim, was on Lee Corso’s staff at IU back in the 1970s. During that time, Gruden was a ball boy for Bob Knight.

http://saturdaytradition.com/indiana-football/gruden-iu-spring-game-2017/

Gruden wore an IU basketball shirt in this GoPro ad.

 

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Can gruden coach basketball? Can't be worse than what we've got currently.


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@HoosierFootball: ICYMI, the Cream & Crimson Game is April 13th at 7 p.m. Admission is free. The game will be televised on @BigTenNetwork.

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On 3/31/2017 at 7:42 AM, ccgeneral said:

@HoosierFootball: ICYMI, the Cream & Crimson Game is April 13th at 7 p.m. Admission is free. The game will be televised on @BigTenNetwork.

Sorry folks, this info is a bit off. The game will be live on BTN2Go @ 7 pm ET and re-aired on BTN @ 9 pm ET. Set the DVR.

http://iuhoosiers.com/news/2017/4/5/springgame2017.aspx?path=football

Youth Football Clinic - 5 p.m.
Memorial Stadium Field
Children ages 5-12 are invited to participate in a special one-hour youth football clinic on the Memorial Stadium Field. The non-contact clinic (no helmets or pads) will feature different stations led by former Hoosier football players and coaches. Children participating in the clinic must have a signed waiver. Parents and guardians should bring clinic participants to the east side of Memorial Stadium for check-in. Stadium gates open at 4:45 p.m.

Spring Game Tailgate Party/Fan and Kids Zone - 5 p.m. - 6:45 p.m.
Free Hot Dogs, Brats, Chips & Drinks
Free hot dogs, brats, chips and drinks will be available in the east side tailgating lot of Memorial Stadium. Additionally, inflatable games, the Old Oaken Bucket Football Toss and Selfie Stations will be available to fans. IU Football schedule posters, team rosters, and schedule cards will be distributed as well. Memorial Stadium concessions stands will also be open that evening for the game. Special behind-the-scenes tours of Memorial Stadium will be available to fans from 5:45-6:45 p.m. For seating at the game, please enter through the East side stadium gates only. 

2017 Cream & Crimson Game
7 p.m. - Memorial Stadium
Fresh off their appearance in the 2016 Foster Farms Bowl, catch a preview of the 2017 Indiana Hoosiers. Admission to the Cream & Crimson Game is free. Players will warm-up starting at approximately 6 p.m. For seating, at the game, please enter through the East side stadium gates only. Follow @OurIndiana on Twitter or IU Athletics on Facebook for updates regarding Spring Game. 

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Rosters

Team Cream is led by head coach Mike DeBord (OC/TE/OL) and assistants Noah Joseph (Defensive Coordinator/S/CB), Mike Hart (RB), William Inge (LB), Nick Sheridan (QB/WR), Pat Kuntz (DL), Jeff McInerney (ST) and Kasey Teegardin.
 
Team Crimson is guided by head coach Mark Hagen (DC/DL) and assistants Grant Heard (OC/WR/TE), Darren Hiller (OL), Brandon Shelby (S/CB), Billy Cosh (QB/RB), Jim Nelson (LB), Ryan McInerney (ST) and Sean Fisher.
 
Prior to the 2017 Cream & Crimson Spring Game Draft, Team Cream signed fifth-year senior quarterback Richard Lagow and senior defensive lineman Robert McCray III to free agent contracts.
 
Team Crimson added senior tight end Ian Thomas and sophomore husky Marcelino Ball as free agents.

Round 1
Team Cream – Simmie Cobbs, Jr. (No. 1), Hunter Littlejohn (No. 4), Kiante Walton (No. 6), Simon Stepaniak (No. 8), Ja'Merez Bowen (No. 10), Isaac James (No. 12)
 
Team Crimson – Tegray Scales (No. 2), Taysir Mack (No. 3), Wes Martin (No. 5), Greg Gooch (No. 7), Brandon Knight (No. 9), Jacob Robinson (No. 11)
 
Round 2
Team Cream – Andre Brown, Jr., Jerome Johnson, Mackenzie Nworah, Ryan Smith, Grayson Stover, Nile Sykes
 
Team Crimson – Mike Barwick, Jr., Tom Bolstad, Rashard Fant, Nick Ramacca, Peyton Ramsey, Alex Rodriguez
 
Round 3
Team Cream – Delroy Baker, Ricky Brookins, Gavin Everett, Tyler Green, Juan Harris, Griffin Oakes
 
Team Crimson – Coy Cronk, Austin Dorris, Tony Fields, A'Shon Riggins, Allen Stallings IV, Luke Timian
 
Round 4
Team Cream – Shaun Bonner, Jonathan Crawford, Chase Dutra, Jonah Morris, T.J. Simmons, Brandon Wilson
 
Team Crimson – Phil Benker, Khalil Bryant, Jameel Cook, Jr., Chris Gajcak, Austin King, Omari Stringer

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I'll probably try to catch some of the replay at 9pm. 

Really can't learn much from a spring game, but excited for some IUFB in my life.

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Anyone watch?

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11 hours ago, Hoosierfan2017 said:

Anyone watch?

Watched the 1st half. Coach Allen was mic'd and Gruden was pretty high on Cobbs. Scales was Scales and Lagow still needs to fix his mechanics a bit.

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Just finished the first quarter. Simmie is simmie. Ian Thomas looks good. Lagow looks the same and Ramsey outplayed him.


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4 hours ago, LIHoosier said:

Watched the 1st half. Coach Allen was mic'd and Gruden was pretty high on Cobbs. Scales was Scales and Lagow still needs to fix his mechanics a bit.

Did Ramsey look like starter material? I don't feel good about Lagow at qb unless he makes major improvements. 

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Ramsey outplayed Lagow imo. Ideally I'd like Ramsey to sit another year if we had a good B1G level starter but we don't so I hope he gets the nod this year. Glad Fant is ok, that looked horrible and my biggest concern was I hope he didn't break his neck. Ball is an absolute freak, his run on offense was impressive.


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Ramsey looked good.  His team had the better running game, which might have played a factor.

Lagow had receivers drop a lot of his passes.  He had some placement problems on a few of his passes but he also had some really good placement for only the receiver to catch it.  And a lot of them were dropped.  

I hope Simmie stays healthy.  He'll be a big part of any success on the offensive side of the ball.  

Did anybody see Natee?  I didn't see him out there.  Is he injured?

For a Spring game, they looked good.  A lot to work out.  I hope that's the case for Mike McGinnis.  He missed some tackles and looked like he had some pursuit angle problems.  I could be wrong though.  Also, the running game.  They need to work out that as well.  Ramsey might be a good addition to have him in for dual threat opportunities.  But overall I was impressed from top to bottom.

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My takes from last night

1.Ramsey played very well for his age. Very quick. Zander like movement. 

2. Lagow had no help from receivers besides simmie. RBs and some WRs dropped like 7+ passes that were placed perfectly. I think we will be fine and I think he will be fine. (Wish we did first team O vs first team D just to see for a quarter or something.

3. Hard to gauge either line. Especially when starters are split up and what not. I liked the draft format but like above I wish we could have seen 1v1s. 

4. Juan Harris had a few jitters (jumping offsides twice I believe). But he is a huge dude. However, he had some great pushes off the ball. He extends and gets separation from OL. 

5. Riggins played really well against simmie. Having him and Fant will be great again. Our DBs are loaded we have a ton of talent and size back there. Along with LBs solid speed and size.

6. Ball is a beast still. He looked faster, bigger, and made good reads (glad he didn't take anyone's head off). 

7. Hayden Whitehead. Welcome to Bloomington mate. What a leg. What a leg. He had some very very good punts last night. Granted he didn't have anyone running at him. But hangtime and distance Wowza. Sorry Gedion I love that you can run a 4.4 40 as a punter but Hayden is legit. Thank you Australia. 

8. WR corps is loaded with size speed. A lot of young kids to keep an eye on. TE to unit seems deep as well. 

9. RBs out last night Gest, Natee, Majette were on sidelines for their teams. I didn't see Patrick or Williams. Arod looks to have picked up some speed. 

10. I think we will get pressure and sacks on opposing QBs. Granted both lines were a hodgepodge of first and second teamers....but there were a lot of hurries and sacks called last night. 

 

Overall im excited to see what this team can do against OSU for our first game. The crowd was engaged and I was surprised with the amount of fans that came out and students. Especially for a Thursday night 7:00 kick off we had more than last years spring game for sure. It's gonna suck not having our nice video board. Can't yell at the zebras when they miss a call. Having the stadium enclosed will be cool tho!! Gonna be world class. 

 

Cheers red men and sorry for my long post. 

 

Luce is out 

[Dalton26 16,892]

^ just to hit on two of Lucels points. Our WR's did drop a lot of passes but the potential is definitely there like he said. I think having Simmie back will help take the pressure off the rest of our WR's.


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John Gruden's thoughts on the spring game, growing up in Bloomington and the IU football program in general.