IUFB vs North Texas - 09.05.26 @ noon on Fox TV GAME THREAD

[Old Friend]

If anyone is concerned......Indiana's game plan was as vanilla and straight forward as it gets.  They need to improve tackling.  That is the only concern I have.  They don't need to, and likely won't put much on film before Nebraska and maybe not even then.   The team will play a completely different brand of football in mid October than we saw Saturday.  There is NO reason to show anything before Nebraska.  

Example :  Wilson had the only QB keep on that read option.   Hoover had it....15 times.   Handed it off every time he had Becker 1 on 1 with no safety help (stepped up in the box) over and over again.  He hit it once.  I am positive watching the game he was TOLD to hand the ball off and NOT keep it.   He was told NOT to take advantage of single outside coverage.  That's why the run game suffered and Hoover could have easily had 8 TD's or more had he taken what was there.  He didn't need to and sure didn't need to show  the entire arsenal.  Apart from tackling, I am not worried in the least.

[American HoosierX]

5 minutes ago, Old Friend said:

If anyone is concerned......Indiana's game plan was as vanilla and straight forward as it gets.  They need to improve tackling.  That is the only concern I have.  They don't need to, and likely won't put much on film before Nebraska and maybe not even then.   The team will play a completely different brand of football in mid October than we saw Saturday.  There is NO reason to show anything before Nebraska.  

Example :  Wilson had the only QB keep on that read option.   Hoover had it....15 times.   Handed it off every time he had Becker 1 on 1 with no safety help (stepped up in the box) over and over again.  He hit it once.  I am positive watching the game he was TOLD to hand the ball off and NOT keep it.   He was told NOT to take advantage of single outside coverage.  That's why the run game suffered and Hoover could have easily had 8 TD's or more had he taken what was there.  He didn't need to and sure didn't need to show  the entire arsenal.  Apart from tackling, I am not worried in the least.

I’m not sure I’m overly worried about the tackling. It was so brutally hot, I’m sure the coating of sweat every player had on them made tackling quite difficult. Hottest football game I’ve ever attended.

[iu2win]

As several others have pointed out, NT was stacking the box to stop the run.  IU could have exploited their backfield by throwing all day long but I'm guessing Cig wanted to continue pounding the ground game to give the RB's a workout.  Once they closed the gap to 11 (3rd quarter), IU released the passing game and it was goodnight NT.

[Artie86]

14 hours ago, Old Friend said:

If anyone is concerned......Indiana's game plan was as vanilla and straight forward as it gets.  They need to improve tackling.  That is the only concern I have.  They don't need to, and likely won't put much on film before Nebraska and maybe not even then.   The team will play a completely different brand of football in mid October than we saw Saturday.  There is NO reason to show anything before Nebraska.  

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Example :  Wilson had the only QB keep on that read option.   Hoover had it....15 times.   Handed it off every time he had Becker 1 on 1 with no safety help (stepped up in the box) over and over again.  He hit it once.  I am positive watching the game he was TOLD to hand the ball off and NOT keep it.   He was told NOT to take advantage of single outside coverage.  That's why the run game suffered and Hoover could have easily had 8 TD's or more had he taken what was there.  He didn't need to and sure didn't need to show  the entire arsenal.  Apart from tackling, I am not worried in the least.

My wife and I have had season tix for decades and have seen alot of good, bad and ugly. More bad and ugly until Cignetti arrived.

...I decided to go back and read the comments right after the 1st game against Old Dominion last year. We were griping about the RB's, play calling on both sides of the ball and believe it or not Mendoza. lol

- Later on in the comments, people were saying "it's just our first game", "both coaches were keeping it very vanilla", and most notably,....."I think they were better than we thought".

- I look back at Saturday's game, like may others on here, the defense looked the most different or questionable. Though Cignetti was definitely disappointed in the defense and he is not one for excuses, but he did mention the 152 degree turf could possibly have been a factor. I know both teams had to play under the same conditions, but I don't ever remember a game I attended that was as hot as it was Saturday! 

- I would also say that Coach Haines kept things so simple that it almost looked "sugar free-vanilla"! lol I know, even at that,.....there was missed assignments and poor tackling, all things that can be improved upon. I'm not worried about what Coach Haines will/can do with this year's defense!

-Finally, like last year,...."maybe this year's N. Texas team is going to win more games than people anticipated....". 

Just my 2 cents. lol

[Brass Cannon]

42 minutes ago, iu2win said:

As several others have pointed out, NT was stacking the box to stop the run.  IU could have exploited their backfield by throwing all day long but I'm guessing Cig wanted to continue pounding the ground game to give the RB's a workout.  Once they closed the gap to 11 (3rd quarter), IU released the passing game and it was goodnight NT.

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Vanilla runs to boot.  Vanilla offense in general.  Not trying to give OSU any tape.  
 

Where as they should have to put some stuff on display next week and likely on the road at Iowa 

[Demo]

Well, ok then.

[Stuhoo]

1 hour ago, Demo said:

Well, ok then.

I tell you, Wilson is a very, very high-end backup quarterback. He’s a great athlete, he had one very good season as a starter at ODU, he’s going to be a coach someday, and he was fantastic in the spring game.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/4695867/grant-wilson

 

[Hoosier987]

1 hour ago, Stuhoo said:

I tell you, Wilson is a very, very high-end backup quarterback. He’s a great athlete, he had one very good season as a starter at ODU, he’s going to be a coach someday, and he was fantastic in the spring game.

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https://www.espn.com/college-football/player/stats/_/id/4695867/grant-wilson

 

I suppose we could see Wilson play a Alberto like role last year. Come in and spell Hoover in the 2nd half when we're up by multiple TDs and the game has been put away. 

[Old Friend]

10 hours ago, Demo said:

Well, ok then.

This was there for Hoover all day.....I think he was flat TOLD not to pull it and keep it.  ODU scored twice against us on that play a year ago.  Their QB's are good at it!  Sheesh.