IUFB @ Rutger - Saturday, 10.03.26 @ 8:00 on BTN GAME THREAD

[Pagoda]

3 minutes ago, DChoosier said:

So only Harris and Martin are still unavailable..?

I don’t think anyone asked about Harris.  Won’t know until the Wednesday injury report if he has been upgraded.

[cthomas]

Harris could have been the lock down corner we are missing since Ponds left. Have no idea what's wrong with him but wonder if it's not all physical.

[Brass Cannon]

Curious how many of the people in the stands on Saturday will be Hoosier fans. 

[skhoosier2]

17 hours ago, cthomas said:

Harris could have been the lock down corner we are missing since Ponds left. Have no idea what's wrong with him but wonder if it's not all physical.

Someone said ankle but wasn’t he out most of the season at Penn State last year too?  Injury prone and at this point it appears Cig doesn’t have a lot of confidence in him seeing the field with the responses he’s given when asked. 

[JSHoosier]

12 minutes ago, skhoosier2 said:

Someone said ankle but wasn’t he out most of the season at Penn State last year too?  Injury prone and at this point it appears Cig doesn’t have a lot of confidence in him seeing the field with the responses he’s given when asked. 

He missed the MSU game last year to injury. Generally just didn't play as well as he did in 2024 too though and got benched against Northwestern.

[cthomas]

3 hours ago, skhoosier2 said:

Someone said ankle but wasn’t he out most of the season at Penn State last year too?  Injury prone and at this point it appears Cig doesn’t have a lot of confidence in him seeing the field with the responses he’s given when asked. 

You are correct. He missed significant time at PSU last year after having, I think, a pretty good year before. I can't think of much that would keep him out two seasons and not be fixable with surgery.

[Home Jersey]

I occasionally have to drive directly by the Rutgers football stadium on my way to work.

There are a bunch of pole banners with the block R logo across the street from the front entrance.

At the start of the school year, somebody had flipped all the pole banners upside down and one of the houses down the street had a spray painted sign hanging out of their window that said:

"RU IN DISTRESS

End the football program!"

If I weren't driving I would've snapped a pic. The pole banners were all fixed before the UMass game lol.

Too bad Rutgers and Purdue don't play this year, they may have found a way for both teams to lose. 

[IUFootballHappyHappyJoyJoy]

On 9/28/2026 at 11:29 PM, Brass Cannon said:

Curious how many of the people in the stands on Saturday will be Hoosier fans. 

I'm more curious about the Maryland game on the 17th for Rutgers.  Tickets are literally a dollar.

[Pagoda]

All generally positive except Ndukwe — I don’t know what happened with him.

[Stuhoo]

Antwan Raymond is questionable?!!?

He is their main man on offense. That young receiver is good, but with us rushing the qb he shouldn’t get too much.

[Brass Cannon]

14 minutes ago, Pagoda said:

All generally positive except Ndukwe — I don’t know what happened with him.

At least Harris is showing progress he was out against Northwestern iirc 

[realTomCrean]

 

[LIHoosier]

11 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

 

Rutger has 5 DB's on the list. Don't know or care about their depth chart but that may help Hoover if he has to throw it 40+ times.

[Brass Cannon]

22 minutes ago, realTomCrean said:

 

Who cursed the RB room and why did they go to Purdue?  

[skhoosier2]

We are dropping guys like flies. Again I think we miss Owings. We haven’t had this many injuries in the last two years that I can recall. 

[AKHoosier]

7 minutes ago, skhoosier2 said:

We are dropping guys like flies. Again I think we miss Owings. We haven’t had this many injuries in the last two years that I can recall. 

Tennessee fans are ready to put Owings out to pasture after their string of season ending injuries. 

They've lost 7 players for the season so far, including their preseason All-American offensive guard. Several other players on the injury report for this week too.

Strength and Conditioning coaches get unfair blame when teams suffer a lot of injuries. They're easy targets. Stuff just happens when big boys collide.

[TheWatShot]

18 minutes ago, skhoosier2 said:

We are dropping guys like flies. Again I think we miss Owings. We haven’t had this many injuries in the last two years that I can recall. 

We were very banged up last November. The Maryland game it seemed like we had somebody heading to the locker room about every other play. Our bye week plus the Purdue game couldn't have come at a better time. 

 

And Richard is hurt right now because of a dirty hit out of bounds. 

[Brass Cannon]

24 minutes ago, AKHoosier said:

Tennessee fans are ready to put Owings out to pasture after their string of season ending injuries. 

They've lost 7 players for the season so far, including their preseason All-American offensive guard. Several other players on the injury report for this week too.

Strength and Conditioning coaches get unfair blame when teams suffer a lot of injuries. They're easy targets. Stuff just happens when big boys collide.

Also feel like a strength and conditioning coach can’t fix problems as fast as a coordinator.  Takes years to build guys up correctly and safely 

[skhoosier2]

1 hour ago, AKHoosier said:

Tennessee fans are ready to put Owings out to pasture after their string of season ending injuries. 

They've lost 7 players for the season so far, including their preseason All-American offensive guard. Several other players on the injury report for this week too.

Strength and Conditioning coaches get unfair blame when teams suffer a lot of injuries. They're easy targets. Stuff just happens when big boys collide.

Crazy. Wonder if he has any regrets about leaving?  Grass isn’t always greener. Hopefully we are just having a string of bad luck lately. Need them healthy for Ohio State. 

[Class of '66 Old Fart]

Fear not.  As I still have eligibility remaining, I have contacted Coach Cig and graciously offered to provide some depth at running back as long as the IU schedule doesn't conflict with my schedule here at the home.