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#1 IUFB vs. Oregon - CFP Semifinal at THE PEACH BOWL - 01/09 @ 7:30PM on ESPN


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10 minutes ago, cthomas said:

I don't think the first game will have much bearing on this one. Both teams have played a lot of football since then. Whoever executes their game plan the best wins. Cig will have them ready.

I'm not so much concerned about having played them before. Schematically, I trust our staff and agree we'll be ready to play.

In the back of my mind though, the slightest concern I have about having played them already is what they could have learned about individual player tendencies. Not a football expert at all and don't pretend to be, but I'd think that every position group may have certain tells that you'd pick up more easily after having already seen it up close. That said, I don't think there's anything that significant there or it probably already would have been exploited at some point.

Won't be easy the rest of the way no matter who we play. So excited.

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I believe that if our O-line holds up, we win this game. We have more good receivers than they can cover. Run the ball just enough to unleash the Mendosa. Not worried at all about our defense, they have been there all year. Watching Oregon against Texas Tech I thought they were sloppy at times and made mistakes with the ball. They do that against us and we'll make them pay.

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1 hour ago, HinnyHoosier said:

I kind of boil it down to this in my mind:

Since the first meeting, who has improved more? In a nutshell I rest easier knowing that's us, and that Dan Lanning is not Curt Cignetti.

We’ve added Charlie B. but lost Daley. Some of their 2 deep guys are in the portal I think on defense. Plus I felt Oregons offense was very pedestrian vs TT

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4 minutes ago, southsidehoosier said:

We’ve added Charlie B. but lost Daley. Some of their 2 deep guys are in the portal I think on defense. Plus I felt Oregons offense was very pedestrian vs TT

Their offense has been pedestrian for a bit. Especially away from home.  
 

Moore has 4 TDs and 3 picks in the playoffs and they played JMU the team that wasn’t supposed to be here. They keep needing 4th downs to sustain drives.  That’s not a recipe for success 

They only scored 16 against Texas tech until they kept trying to punch it in even after Texas tech and tapped. 

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Anyone on here that purchased Peach Bowl tickets through IU? I have applied for natty tickets and am wondering when notification went out that you got them. Trying to figure out when I should expect to hear something so I can be ready to book travel if needed. 

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16 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Their offense has been pedestrian for a bit. Especially away from home.  
 

Moore has 4 TDs and 3 picks in the playoffs and they played JMU the team that wasn’t supposed to be here. They keep needing 4th downs to sustain drives.  That’s not a recipe for success 

They only scored 16 against Texas tech until they kept trying to punch it in even after Texas tech and tapped. 

Not to mention they ultimately gave up 34 to JMU. Even in garage time, that's a red flag for a playoff team. Shutting out Tech doesn't impress me because Tech never impressed me. Their offensive ranks were high because the schedule was soft.

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3 minutes ago, HinnyHoosier said:

Not to mention they ultimately gave up 34 to JMU. Even in garage time, that's a red flag for a playoff team. Shutting out Tech doesn't impress me because Tech never impressed me. Their offensive ranks were high because the schedule was soft.

Yep.  What I saw from Tech that game was the Tech Offense being bad.  Just making bad decisions it wasn’t anything special Oregon was doing. 

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3 hours ago, HinnyHoosier said:

Not to mention they ultimately gave up 34 to JMU. Even in garage time, that's a red flag for a playoff team. Shutting out Tech doesn't impress me because Tech never impressed me. Their offensive ranks were high because the schedule was soft.

They gave up two FG’s before the game was basically over and they let up. I personally think it’s gonna be a tough game. I think we should win but anything can happen and they have the type of defense capable of giving us some trouble à la Iowa/PSU/OSU. 

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2 hours ago, Banksyrules said:

I think we’ll throw triple the amount of deep passes this game. Just getting the feeling that they’ll do everything to stop the run game.

I’m not sure what we will do. Feel like we kept the playbook very vanilla and spread the offense around so Oregon wouldn’t have alot to work with.  

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