Game Thread: IUFB @ Maryland | 3:30 on BTN

[LamarCheeks 19,249]

Another miss by TJ. A decent throw gets us 6 points.

[LamarCheeks 19,249]

That's PI. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,703]

7 minutes ago, IUFootballEndlessMisery said:

Jaylin Lucas is billed at 185 pounds on Wikipedia; I say that's nonsense.  He's lost 40 pounds.

160 with pads and helmet on.

[DChoosier 8,657]

TERRIBLE no call. That was PI.

[Hovadipo 56,543]

You want to really piss off a team? Broadcast their play signals. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,703]

Back to back PIs that Maryland got away with.

[maharkn 1,746]

TERRIBLE no call. That was PI.

Next down field pass Maryland throws will have one called to make up for it

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[LamarCheeks 19,249]

21 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

You could see it in the “winning” locker room after Akron.

That was the most joyless and artificial thing I’ve ever seen.

During one of our games last year, they showed one of CTA's fire-and-brimstone pregame speeches. The players were basically rolling their eyes. I thought: "This is not good." 

[monskisprodigy 1,953]

6 minutes ago, LamarCheeks said:

Another miss by TJ. A decent throw gets us 6 points.

This team doesn’t have the luxury to miss those opportunities.

Accuracy an issue so far for the young man. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,703]

Allen unfortunately has to have assistants that are much better coaches than himself.

[Hovadipo 56,543]

1 minute ago, LamarCheeks said:

During one of our games last year, they showed one of CTA's fire-and-brimstone pregame speeches. The players were basically rolling their eyes. I thought: "This is not good." 

Been the same speech for about 5 years now. It lands with a very small percentage of the roster. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,703]

Lucas hurt or benched?

[Demo 20,348]

1 minute ago, Stuhoo said:

I think I mainly disagree.

IU doesn’t really have the option to hire the guy that another P5 team wants for theirs.

We've gotta be a dice-rolling program. At least get some young guy with upside.

Yeah, they’ve gotta decide what role this job is gonna serve for the candidate and are they willing to be that. Purdue hired Brohm knowing they almost certainly couldn’t keep him. Probably turned out to be worth it. And a young guy, even a dice roller, might look at this as a graveyard rather than a showcase. The alternative is finding a Terry Hoeppner who’s maybe past the point of constant upward mobility and ready to look at this as the last stop. That might be ideal, but it’s probably a tough dude to find. IU football. Boy, I don’t know. 

[LIHoosier 26,471]

1 minute ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Lucas hurt or benched?

Neither, just ran into the pile for 2

[DChoosier 8,657]

1 minute ago, Loaded Chicken Sandwich said:

Lucas hurt or benched?

He just went up the middle twice in a row for a total of 3 yards.

[Stuhoo 81,468]

Just now, LIHoosier said:

Neither, just ran into the pile for 2

And did the same thing on second down!

[Hovadipo 56,543]

1 minute ago, Demo said:

The alternative is finding a Terry Hoeppner who’s maybe past the point of constant upward mobility and ready to look at this as the last stop. That might be ideal, but it’s probably a tough dude to find. IU football. Boy, I don’t know. 

No reason we can’t be Kansas and try this. Leipold might get lured away by an MSU-type, but he’s a sneaky 60 years old and very well may decide Kansas is it for him. No one will argue that it didn’t work for KU regardless of what he decides. 

[Loaded Chicken Sandwich 8,703]

I've never seen a team with dumber and worse play action. When your run game is a joke, no one is going to fall for it.

[Stuhoo 81,468]

2 minutes ago, Demo said:

Yeah, they’ve gotta decide what role this job is gonna serve for the candidate and are they willing to be that. Purdue hired Brohm knowing they almost certainly couldn’t keep him. Probably turned out to be worth it. And a young guy, even a dice roller, might look at this as a graveyard rather than a showcase. The alternative is finding a Terry Hoeppner who’s maybe past the point of constant upward mobility and ready to look at this as the last stop. That might be ideal, but it’s probably a tough dude to find. IU football. Boy, I don’t know. 

I have no idea if he’s up to the job, but Randle-El loves IU enough to stay even if he’s a success.

[Hovadipo 56,543]

McCulley is a hell of a WR. He might make some program really happy next year :(