GAME THREAD: 11/02 7:00PM ET Indiana vs Northwestern FS1

[Alford Bailey]

25 minutes ago, HoosierAloha said:

It’s possible but not likely most years. That’s us winning all noncon games (3), beating Rutger and Maryland (5), and then winning 2 of 3 in the crossover games.

If we want to be in that MSU, Iowa, Northwestern middle tier conference teams we’ll need to win 50-50 or more against those type of teams. We took care of business against two solid programs having bad years in Nebraska and Northwestern. Next season we’ll have to hope to go 2-1 in the crossover games to get back to at least 7 wins.


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No doubt crossover schedule helped us this year and we took advantage. If we in fact have improved to a "middle of the pack" team then one of Michigan, MSU or Penn St should be in play for a win most years. Pencil Oh St for a loss.

[Alford Bailey]

4 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

7-2 *******!!!! Guaranteed winning season. Glad we didn’t fire CTA over the summer.

I’d like to see Penix be able to stay healthy but it’s awesome having Ramsey as THE backup.

Defense came up huge with takeaways. They’ve been solid in the second half of games but they kept a bad offense down yesterday.

Let’s get healthy and give PSU a hell of a game. They’ll be coming off a game at an undefeated Minnesota team and before going to an undefeated O$U. Trap game!!


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I dont know that we can beat PSU but it does feel like things have kinda fell into place schedule wise for once.

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich]

I dont know that we can beat PSU but it does feel like things have kinda fell into place schedule wise for once.

We will get throttled by Penn State in two weeks. But, we can definitely beat Michigan. That Michigan game would be a signature win. One Tom Allen still doesn’t have. Michigan may not be a top 10 team, but they are Top 15ish and that would be a massive win for Allen. Even if we get torched by OSU and PSU in the same season.


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[Old Friend]

3 hours ago, Alford Bailey said:

So much for the "we cant win in the B1G east" argument. Ohio St and Penn St are in the top five and we have 7 wins with a legit shot at 8 wins. Compete in the 50/50 and crossover games and winning seasons are doable.

The argument has never been we couldn't have a winning season.  The argument has been Indiana has a ceiling of 8 wins; 9 if things fall perfectly because even with the occasional anomaly, we start every season 1-3 or 0-3.  You actually just confirmed the argument rather than refuting it.

[HoosierAloha]

No doubt crossover schedule helped us this year and we took advantage. If we in fact have improved to a "middle of the pack" team then one of Michigan, MSU or Penn St should be in play for a win most years. Pencil Oh St for a loss.

I like the step we have taken this season, so far, to beat the teams we are equal to or better than. I believe the next step would be knocking off one of the teams that are clearly better than us. Those programs are O$U, PSU, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, and MSU. The step after that would be consistently beating one of those teams each season.


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[HoosierAloha]

I dont know that we can beat PSU but it does feel like things have kinda fell into place schedule wise for once.

It does and I’m still pissed we let MSU get that win. That, coupled with what we’ve done since, would have propelled us even more. I don’t see us beating PSU but competing in that game would be a good sign we’re better than just skirting by the okay conference teams.


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[Naturalhoosier]

5 hours ago, Alford Bailey said:

I dont know that we can beat PSU but it does feel like things have kinda fell into place schedule wise for once.

Years past we would have lost the games we were supposed to win. But not only have we won, but we've done so, for the most part, by a healthy margin 

[lucel15]

Ik I’m late to the party, Had to calm down before I posted but here we go 

Game thoughts. 

pre game I told myself and buddies that if we could go up 10-14 early it would be over. NW Defense can only hold on and make plays for so long, their offense is one of the worst I’ve seen in awhile. We dominated. First half defense still needs to come out sharper, but man have to give credit to Womack and Co for their second half adjustments the last 3 games.

offense- Penix looked hot, then looked off, then looked hot. You can tell why he was named starter especially on the first pass to whop...from what I could tell whop was his last read, and he looked like he was gonna check it down to walker out of backfield, he then saw whop hit the hole in the zone and quickly whipped it to the right side of the field.  Injury report will be interesting, I’m starting to ask myself is this is mental thing that he will need to learn to overcome? Line did some good things. Bedford was anxious under the lights, he will have to not make mistakes like that in big time games. Stevie is doing the little things and he’s growing as a player and becoming a well rounded back before our eyes. The WRs when they are on....can compete and dominate anyone. 
 

Defense- Demarcus Elliott is a man child. He disrupts all the time. Athletic young players from the Dline-secondary.....future is bright on defense all around. I would like to see more fire from the start. Overall happy 

game overall, what I expected if we could get up early on them. Proud of this team and staff. 
 

off field items- mainly what I’ve seen on Twitter (not a great place to get info as trolls are out there), but I cannot understand the ever changing goals for the football team....the start of the season it was...

just win, no matter if it was ugly win.....then it became beat Rutgers and Maryland..Nebraska.....and maybe crossovers here and there....they’ve done that....and they are 7-2 and you still have a crowd saying nah this team sucks, they aren’t good and blah blah blah.... this team has done what was asked of them and you still boo boo and have the poo pooers out there.....

Yeah I’m an emotional IU football supporter, I admit that....but sheesh this team has done basically what it was asked to do  yeah it choked at MSU....but many still had them losing to them in pre season predictions....OSU well I thought Justin fields might have some hiccups and cause their offense to sputter here and there....hand up lol I was wrong and he’s legit. 

My rant is over! This football team is fun, fast, passionate.....

oh and Tiawan grabbing coach Allen on the field and telling him “I told you this is why’d I’d come here and help do” just speaks to what he and the younger kids think about IU. They love it. They love the football team and they love the coach. Crazy what a hs coach is starting to do in his third year. 
 

go Hoosiers, rest, refocus and get ready for happy valley. Win or lose I’ll be there for the Michigan game. 

[Brass Cannon]

1 hour ago, Iugradman said:

Nebraska was a preseason Top 25 team and Northwestern was coming off of a 9 win season. It’s not IU’s fault those teams way underachieved. Both looked to be tough opponents when the schedule came out.

It’s not IUs fault but that doesn’t make beating them impressive enough to get ranked. 

[Bobman1]

It’s not IUs fault but that doesn’t make beating them impressive enough to get ranked. 

Maybe, but why are teams like San Diego State and Navy ranked when their wins are even less impressive. SP+ is a much more accurate measuring stick anyways.


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[biteoftheapple]

Listen, I understand the love for IU. But we got beat by 6 touchdowns vs OSU and had a less than impressive effort vs BSU. That for myself is reason enough.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Listen, I understand the love for IU. But we got beat by 6 touchdowns vs OSU and had a less than impressive effort vs BSU. That for myself is reason enough.

I’m not saying Indiana is a world beater, but I have a real hard time making the argument that Navy, SDSU, or any of those other non-P5 teams would fare much better against OSU without their starting QB.

Hard for me to say that Indiana should be ranked based on SOS at this point, but if we beat or keep it within a score of either PSU or UM we should certainly be in the conversation.


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[CSP]

1 hour ago, biteoftheapple said:

Listen, I understand the love for IU. But we got beat by 6 touchdowns vs OSU and had a less than impressive effort vs BSU. That for myself is reason enough.

Then why is Wisconsin ranked? Why is Cincinnati ranked? Less than impressive performance vs Ball St is a horrible argument.  

[Brass Cannon]

3 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Then why is Wisconsin ranked? Why is Cincinnati ranked? Less than impressive performance vs Ball St is a horrible argument.  

Well the badgers have actually beaten a team that is currently ranked. I’m not even sure we have beaten anybody with a winning record. 

Ball State might be the only team we have beaten that is even .500  

 

[Hoosierfan222]

Teams like Navy being ranked above us is what confuses me considering they have no good wins either.

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Nebraska had a winning record when we beat them on the road.


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[Brass Cannon]

Just now, Walking Boot of Doom said:

Nebraska had a winning record when we beat them on the road.


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Do they now?  That’s what the voters look at. 

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Do they now?  That’s what the voters look at. 

You said you don’t think we’ve beat a team with a winning record. We did. And then they were .500

Simply stating facts.


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[Brass Cannon]

4 minutes ago, Walking Boot of Doom said:

You said you don’t think we’ve beat a team with a winning record. We did. And then they were .500

Simply stating facts.


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Maybe my grammar wasn’t perfect but if you are arguing grammar your basically admitting your wrong. 

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Maybe my grammar wasn’t perfect but if you are arguing grammar your basically admitting your wrong. 

We beat a 4-3 Nebraska. A team that had a winning record. If you meant we haven’t beat a team that still has a winning record today, then you’re correct.

Either way, I’m still taking Indiana up against a decent number of those teams in the back part of the rankings.


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