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[Hoosierfan222]

Doing a quick guess at our starting units on both sides of the ball as presently constructed:

Offense:

QB: Rourke

RB: Howland

WR1: McCulley 

WR2: Sarratt

WR3: Cross

TE: Horton 

LT: Smith

LG: Kidwell

C: Katic

RG: Stephens

RT: Wedig

 

Defense: 

DE: Kamara

DT: Blidi

DT: Carpenter 

DE: Carr

LB: Fisher 

LB: Walker

CB: Minor

CB: Toomer

CB: Sharpe

S: Asbury

S: Jones

 

offense seems relatively straight forward, but definitely a lot of competition on D

 

[JSHoosier]

1 hour ago, WayneFleekHoosier said:

WR corps seem extra impressive. That room will need to shrink.


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There's also 8 people in the RB room now.

[Hoosierfan222]

53 minutes ago, JSHoosier said:

There's also 8 people in the RB room now.

I’d expect a couple people to depart the WR and RB room each by the time the season starts 

[MemphisHoosier]

24 minutes ago, Hoosierfan222 said:

I’d expect a couple people to depart the WR and RB room each by the time the season starts 

This.  I don't expect CCC to have two scholarship kickers either.  Net, I am not concerned that the program is at 91 grants for '24 on January 5th.  If anything, I actually expect a few more additions at DE/DL and LB over the coming weeks based on reported offers and staff engagement.  

[8bucks]

We don’t have a lot of proven depth at QB. Other than that, things are looking very good 

[CSP]

Just now, 8bucks said:

We don’t have a lot of proven depth at QB. Other than that, things are looking very good 

We have a former conference POY at QB plus Tayven? 

[iuthruandthru]

Seems like coach is holding tryouts at certain positions.  Prove your worth and program buyin.  No problem with this, the roster needs turnover and competition.

[8bucks]

48 minutes ago, btownqb said:

We have a former conference POY at QB plus Tayven? 

Yes Rourke, the conference POY, is the proven one, Tayven has not really proven much yet.  If Rourke gets injured then we would be relying on unproven guys.  

[CSP]

2 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Yes Rourke, the conference POY, is the proven one, Tayven has not really proven much yet.  If Rourke gets injured then we would be relying on unproven guys.  

Tayven has quite a few starts for a backup, imo. Plus he'll have been on a college campus for 2.5 years before the season rolls around, 3 spring balls, etc. 

[8bucks]

10 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Tayven has quite a few starts for a backup, imo. Plus he'll have been on a college campus for 2.5 years before the season rolls around, 3 spring balls, etc. 

QB is also one of those spots where veteran guys do not go if they are not typically going to start so getting another experienced guy is probably not likely anyway.  Hoping this staff is much better at developing QBs.

[CSP]

2 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

QB is also one of those spots where veteran guys do not go if they are not typically going to start so getting another experienced guy is probably not likely anyway.  Hoping this staff is much better at developing QBs.

Well.. there ya go. That was going to be my next point. I think we have a reasonable amount of experience because even Lowery isn't a TR FR. 

Idk, kinda like this QB room as a whole. 

[Stuhoo]

1 minute ago, 8bucks said:

QB is also one of those spots where veteran guys do not go if they are not typically going to start so getting another experienced guy is probably not likely anyway.  Hoping this staff is much better at developing QBs.

Another way of looking at it; we will have one of the most experienced QB rooms in the B1G. About 36 career starts between Rourke and Jackson.

[rayl456]

3 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

QB is also one of those spots where veteran guys do not go if they are not typically going to start so getting another experienced guy is probably not likely anyway.  Hoping this staff is much better at developing QBs.

Developing QB’s was one of Cignetti’s prime selling points, as I recall.

[triple]

16 minutes ago, 8bucks said:

Yes Rourke, the conference POY, is the proven one, Tayven has not really proven much yet.  If Rourke gets injured then we would be relying on unproven guys.  

I don't follow many college football teams, so I'm just asking.  Roughly what percentage start any given season with multiple 'proven' QBs on their roster?   

[8bucks]

8 minutes ago, btownqb said:

Well.. there ya go. That was going to be my next point. I think we have a reasonable amount of experience because even Lowery isn't a TR FR. 

Idk, kinda like this QB room as a whole. 

I don't disagree but when you see the WR room, I just want to make sure we have the QB depth needed to make sure we can maximize the WR talent. Hoping we have few injuries and Tayven can make a big leap.  Could even see Cherry fill in if needed later in the season if he comes along quickly.

[CSP]

9 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Another way of looking at it; we will have one of the most experienced QB rooms in the B1G. About 36 career starts between Rourke and Jackson.

plus 7.5 years in college combined 

[CSP]

1 minute ago, 8bucks said:

I don't disagree but when you see the WR room, I just want to make sure we have the QB depth needed to make sure we can maximize the WR talent. Hoping we have few injuries and Tayven can make a big leap.  Could even see Cherry fill in if needed later in the season if he comes along quickly.

WR room is just... hard to explain how deep that is. The transfers we got are not bad at all, and if Cross can make it work in the slot-- that's a like a Deebo Samuel playing there. (that type of body, YAC type guy) 

 

We've seen McCulley is a flat out problem if you single cover him, epecially against teams NOT OSU, PSU, and UM lol idk. I'm pretty excited. 

[cthomas]

About as excited about IU football as I have been since..... well, it's been a very long time. This program has needed a coach with swagger who can sell it to the players. CCC has a plan and believes in it. We are not on a multiyear rebuild. We are on a win NOW plan. I love it.

[Artie86]

2 minutes ago, cthomas said:

About as excited about IU football as I have been since..... well, it's been a very long time. This program has needed a coach with swagger who can sell it to the players. CCC has a plan and believes in it. We are not on a multiyear rebuild. We are on a win NOW plan. I love it.

The last time I was excited about IU Football was when ARE was QB and playing for Coach Cam. He was a highlight reel almost every game....... Unfortunately, our defense was bad. 

[CSP]

4 minutes ago, Artie86 said:

The last time I was excited about IU Football was when ARE was QB and playing for Coach Cam. He was a highlight reel almost every game....... Unfortunately, our defense was bad. 

So was our kicking game