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I looked at the Iowa board a couple of days ago and they seem pretty confident of a win. They have respect for Penix but not much else. This game will tell us a lot about our team. Win this one and I think we are on the way to a big year. Lose it and the questioning will begin again. Iowa is a program that I have always thought we could be. Consistently good, occasionally great. To be that program we have to beat that program. Can't wait to answer that question.

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Depth Chart for Game 1 (no surprises that I can see-maybe Bryant is a slight surprise):

OFFENSE

  • LT – Caleb Jones, Luke Haggard
  • LG – Mike Katic, Tim Weaver
  • C – Zach Carpenter, Charlie O’Connor, Cameron Knight
  • RG – Dylan Powell, Randy Holtz
  • RT – Matthew Bedford, Aidan Rafferty
  • WR – Miles Marshall, Javon Swinton, Cameron Buckley
  • WR – D.J. Matthews, Da’Shaun Brown
  • WR – Ty Fryfogle, Jacolby Hewitt
  • QB – Michael Penix, Jack Tuttle
  • RB – Stephen Carr, Tim Baldwin, David Ellis
  • TE – Peyton Hendershot, Matt Bjorson, A.J. Barner

DEFENSE

  • DE – Ryder Anderson, James Head, Jr.
  • DT – Demarcus Elliott, Weston Kramer
  • DT – Sio Nofoagatoto’a, C.J. Person
  • Bull – Alfred Bryant, Jaren Handy, Michael Ziemba, D.K. Bonhomme
  • LB – Micah McFadden, James Miller, Thomas Allen,
  • LB – Cam Jones, Aaron Casey
  • Husky – Marcelino McCrary-Ball, Bryant Fitzgerald
  • CB – Reese Taylor, Jaylin Williams
  • S- Devon Matthews, Josh Sanguinetti
  • S- Raheem Layne, Juwan Burgess, Jonathan Haynes,
  • CB – Tiawan Mullen, Christopher Keys

SPECIAL TEAMS

  • PK – Charles Campbell, Chris Freeman
  • KO – Jared Smolar, Chris Freeman, Charles Campbell
  • P – James Evans, Chase Wyatt
  • LS – Sean Wracher, Jake Wellmann
  • H – Chase Wyatt, Jared Smolar
  • KR – David Ellis, Jacolby Hewitt
  • PR – Reese Taylor, D.J. Matthews
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47 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Depth Chart for Game 1 (no surprises that I can see-maybe Bryant is a slight surprise):

OFFENSE

  • LT – Caleb Jones, Luke Haggard
  • LG – Mike Katic, Tim Weaver
  • C – Zach Carpenter, Charlie O’Connor, Cameron Knight
  • RG – Dylan Powell, Randy Holtz
  • RT – Matthew Bedford, Aidan Rafferty
  • WR – Miles Marshall, Javon Swinton, Cameron Buckley
  • WR – D.J. Matthews, Da’Shaun Brown
  • WR – Ty Fryfogle, Jacolby Hewitt
  • QB – Michael Penix, Jack Tuttle
  • RB – Stephen Carr, Tim Baldwin, David Ellis
  • TE – Peyton Hendershot, Matt Bjorson, A.J. Barner

DEFENSE

  • DE – Ryder Anderson, James Head, Jr.
  • DT – Demarcus Elliott, Weston Kramer
  • DT – Sio Nofoagatoto’a, C.J. Person
  • Bull – Alfred Bryant, Jaren Handy, Michael Ziemba, D.K. Bonhomme
  • LB – Micah McFadden, James Miller, Thomas Allen,
  • LB – Cam Jones, Aaron Casey
  • Husky – Marcelino McCrary-Ball, Bryant Fitzgerald
  • CB – Reese Taylor, Jaylin Williams
  • S- Devon Matthews, Josh Sanguinetti
  • S- Raheem Layne, Juwan Burgess, Jonathan Haynes,
  • CB – Tiawan Mullen, Christopher Keys

SPECIAL TEAMS

  • PK – Charles Campbell, Chris Freeman
  • KO – Jared Smolar, Chris Freeman, Charles Campbell
  • P – James Evans, Chase Wyatt
  • LS – Sean Wracher, Jake Wellmann
  • H – Chase Wyatt, Jared Smolar
  • KR – David Ellis, Jacolby Hewitt
  • PR – Reese Taylor, D.J. Matthews

The depth here is just really friggin’ impressive. I can’t see anywhere that we aren’t legitimately fine going at least 2 deep, even with the specialists. 
 

Not every position on the OL has a no-brainer back up, but a lot of those 2nd stringers can plug and play multiple positions. If we have to go to a 4th CB beyond 2, 3, and 23 it could get iffy.


The transformation of the DL in the past couple of years is insane. Between the DE, DTs, and Bull, every single guy listed on this depth chart would’ve been a legit contributor as far back as my IUFB fandom goes. 

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6 hours ago, rcs29 said:

This is the kind of game that sets the tone for the rest of the season. I'm nervous.

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I think the key to victory is simple: don’t shoot yourself in the foot! If we limit mistakes I think we win. It’s crazy to say but I truly believe we are the better/more talented team but we are also our own worst enemy. Time to shut up the naysayers who say last year was a fluke and prove we belong at the top of the B1G!

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I think the key to victory is simple: don’t shoot yourself in the foot! If we limit mistakes I think we win. It’s crazy to say but I truly believe we are the better/more talented team but we are also our own worst enemy. Time to shut up the naysayers who say last year was a fluke and prove we belong at the top of the B1G!
I agree with all of this but to a more specific point I also believe it's crucial that we either score or get stop on 1st possession. I think the crowd will be nuts more so than in year's past. But yes limiting turnovers and penalties in the end will be how IU gets the "w".

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