IUFB vs Northwestern - FRIDAY, 09.25.26 @ 8:00 on Fox-TV GAME THREAD

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

FRIDAY NIGHT GAME.    IU is an early 23.5 point favorite over Northwestern. ESPN FPI gives the Hoosiers an 89.5% chance to win.

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[Home Jersey]

They just stomped Colorado, not that that's saying a whole lot.

Big Friday night game. Hope we play our best ball of the season so far. 

[Brass Cannon]

I have tickets.  I’m not sure I’m going to be able to make it though. Which is a bummer 

[Stuhoo]

Northwestern is a well-coached team that was good last year. They’re probably a little better this year.

Buckle up, this could be a tough one.

[Pagoda]

That spread is surprisingly large to me.  It’s nice the markets are optimistic.

[rayl456]

58 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Northwestern is a well-coached team that was good last year. They’re probably a little better this year.

Buckle up, this could be a tough one.

I’m not convinced that there are ANY easy games on the schedule.  Even Rutgers gave USC a good fight yesterday.  And Purdue put up 488 yards of offense on the road at UCLA.  So, even the bottom of the BIG is more capable.  JMHO

[Brass Cannon]

4 minutes ago, rayl456 said:

I’m not convinced that there are ANY easy games on the schedule.  Even Rutgers gave USC a good fight yesterday.  And Purdue put up 488 yards of offense on the road at UCLA.  So, even the bottom of the BIG is more capable.  JMHO

Noticed that.  I think that should worry USC a lot.  There defense isn’t that great. Didn’t watch the game but guessing the elite WR was something they couldn’t stop. 

[TTT]

The next four games will say just how vanilla IU played the first three games.  
Plus will the two players be cleared or not for the rest of the season?

[Hovadipo]

23.5 is crazy. Not touching that with a 10 foot pole. Of course, knowing Cig’s IUFB we’ll bend them over our knee and give them The Fighting Illini Treatment. 

[Hoosier987]

NW is a very solid team. We need to be prepared but Colorado did move the ball on them…but also had 4 turnovers. Looks like it could be another long year for Coach Prime. Julian Lewis has not impressed to date. 

[Stuhoo]

23 minutes ago, Hoosier987 said:

NW is a very solid team. We need to be prepared but Colorado did move the ball on them…but also had 4 turnovers. Looks like it could be another long year for Coach Prime. Julian Lewis has not impressed to date. 

For a football player Julian Lewis is a tiny human.

[skhoosier2]

3 hours ago, Stuhoo said:

Northwestern is a well-coached team that was good last year. They’re probably a little better this year.

Buckle up, this could be a tough one.

Thinking this will be closer and tougher than expected. I’ll be in Mexico and won’t be able to watch unfortunately. I think the resort only gets football on ESPN. 

[str8baller]

3 hours ago, rayl456 said:

I’m not convinced that there are ANY easy games on the schedule.  Even Rutgers gave USC a good fight yesterday.  And Purdue put up 488 yards of offense on the road at UCLA.  So, even the bottom of the BIG is more capable.  JMHO

NW, Rutgers, Minny and Purdue are all easy games on paper. We’ll be favored by multiple touchdowns. That’s not to say we can’t slip up and have a close one, but the middle/bottom of the B1G hasn’t been all that competitive with other good teams.

[Stuhoo]

37 minutes ago, str8baller said:

NW, Rutgers, Minny and Purdue are all easy games on paper. We’ll be favored by multiple touchdowns. That’s not to say we can’t slip up and have a close one, but the middle/bottom of the B1G hasn’t been all that competitive with other good teams.

NW, and then Minnesota are significantly better than Rugters and Pur_ue (with no D).

It feels like we could slip up against Rugters or Pur_ue and it still wouldn’t be a close one.

[str8baller]

38 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

NW, and then Minnesota are significantly better than Rugters and Pur_ue (with no D).

It feels like we could slip up against Rugters or Pur_ue and it still wouldn’t be a close one.

Yep. Our neighbors to the north might be a little better but we ought to put up 50+ on them again. At least.

[rayl456]

1 hour ago, str8baller said:

NW, Rutgers, Minny and Purdue are all easy games on paper. We’ll be favored by multiple touchdowns. That’s not to say we can’t slip up and have a close one, but the middle/bottom of the B1G hasn’t been all that competitive with other good teams.

All opinions are welcome.  

[realTomCrean]

Taking my son to his first IU game on Friday. We will get there about 1.5 hours before kickoff. Any advice on pre-game activities kids enjoy? Also, will I need to buy a parking pass before the game or can you buy one in a lot like at IUBB games? 

[Hoosierfan2017]

1 hour ago, realTomCrean said:

Taking my son to his first IU game on Friday. We will get there about 1.5 hours before kickoff. Any advice on pre-game activities kids enjoy? Also, will I need to buy a parking pass before the game or can you buy one in a lot like at IUBB games? 

I park in the garage in the Kelley graduate school. I’ve seen people pay when pulling in, so I assume you can buy a spot there. If you don’t mind a 10ish minute walk, it’s a good spot. Not terrible getting out either, and it’s nice having the Kelley school to use the restroom/hydrate. 

[str8baller]

2 hours ago, rayl456 said:

All opinions are welcome.  

You really don’t think we’ll beat at least one of those teams by 3+ TD’s and get the backups a little run?

[Brass Cannon]

21 minutes ago, str8baller said:

You really don’t think we’ll beat at least one of those teams by 3+ TD’s and get the backups a little run?

For context folks of our Nine Big Ten opponents at home we have beaten Six by 3+ scores.  Two by 2 Scores(One with a backup QB) and only 1 within a single score