Typical ESPN crapola

[HoosierReb01]

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/_/id/118649/big-tens-way-too-early-power-rankings

 

No bowl for IU? 13th in the B1G power rankings? Yeah, somebody smoked their socks before they wrote their column.

[jmsgws]

Picking IU at the bottom of the B1G is always the safe pick.  Illinois is the one I don't get.  Their defense was worse than ours, they don't return anyone that great on the offense.  Yet, they are two spots above us??? 

I can't wait for the daysome does not pick us last or next to last in the B1G.

[TheWatShot]

Yeah, how dare they pick us 13th when our leading rusher left for the NFL, we're 14-34 under our current coach with a defense that allows points in waves and we've been to one bowl game in the last two decades. 

[Brass Cannon]

Lol there is literally no reason to think we are better than 13th. Hell I'm not sure we won't be dead last

[Crimson and Cream]

Respect must be earned, we haven't done that yet

[Naturalhoosier]

From a historic standpoint, I understand the above responses. However, looking at the intangible improvements on the field I expect a bowl game at bare minimum. Anything less will be a disappointment.

[seanmm1971]

Every year I say this will be the year,and almost every year by late October I'm saying the ole Cub's mantra "wait till next year." But, never daunted, I proclaim this is the year.

[FKfootball]

We deserve it. Bowl games will clear this up.

[Magnanimous]

As CKW said recently, this has been a bowl team the last two years. On paper, this team is good enough to finish about 7th in the conference. But one or two things have screwed that up the last few years. I think that 13th is ridiculous and most likely will not happen, but it's a safe pick until proven otherwise.

[KeithIUGrad89]

We have 2 primary keys to the season.

 

1.  A defense that can get off the field occasionally with a few stops.

 

2. A QB that lasts all year.

 

Keith

[OliviaPope40]

I now know what it feels like to be a Butler fan and be discounted every year.

[Brass Cannon]

As CKW said recently, this has been a bowl team the last two years. On paper, this team is good enough to finish about 7th in the conference. But one or two things have screwed that up the last few years. I think that 13th is ridiculous and most likely will not happen, but it's a safe pick until proven otherwise.

Pretty sure a defense that couldn't stop the opposing teams band might be one thing but it is a big thing


And no we are not the Butler of Football. Butler made to Championship games and consistently upsets the big boys. We have done neither

[Magnanimous]

Pretty sure a defense that couldn't stop the opposing teams band might be one thing but it is a big thing
 

 

The defense didn't call a short pass play against Minnesota that resulted in a game ending fumble. That same D kept us in the Missouri, Ohio State, and Penn State games last year. They're obviously far from perfect, but the talent is increasing, the technique is improving, and if you think that this is the same defense as the one Bill Lynch fielded that consisted of half our baseball team, then you're not paying attention. I expect them to take a pretty big leap forward this year.

 

I know nothing is guarenteed with IUFB, but we should start 4-0 this season. Can't see why we can't win two conference games.

[Brass Cannon]

The defense didn't call a short pass play against Minnesota that resulted in a game ending fumble. That same D kept us in the Missouri, Ohio State, and Penn State games last year. They're obviously far from perfect, but the talent is increasing, the technique is improving, and if you think that this is the same defense as the one Bill Lynch fielded that consisted of half our baseball team, then you're not paying attention. I expect them to take a pretty big leap forward this year.

 

I know nothing is guarenteed with IUFB, but we should start 4-0 this season. Can't see why we can't win two conference games.

 

Pretty sure Kevin Wilson presided over the worst defense not only in IU history but Big Ten history.  So not really fair to use Lynch as the measure of badness.  And its IU football any and all estimates should be cut in half. 

[Magnanimous]

Pretty sure Kevin Wilson presided over the worst defense not only in IU history but Big Ten history.  So not really fair to use Lynch as the measure of badness.  And its IU football any and all estimates should be cut in half. 

 

Kevin Wilson also had to build this entire team from scratch because Bill Lynch didn't recruit a defensive player for three years, relied on a gimmick offense that included two quarterbacks in the backfield at the same time, and fielded a team that gave up 83 points to Wisconsin. Did I mention our secondary consisted of our baseball team? Meanwhile last year CKW's team became the first Big10 team to ever beat a ranked SEC team on the road. IU has also led the conference in passing, and produced a RB who had one of the best seasons in CFB history.

 

Kevin Wilson is far from perfect, but this team has looked more like an actual football team than anything IU has put together in nearly two decades.

[Brass Cannon]

Kevin Wilson also had to build this entire team from scratch because Bill Lynch didn't recruit a defensive player for three years, relied on a gimmick offense that included two quarterbacks in the backfield at the same time, and fielded a team that gave up 83 points to Wisconsin. Did I mention our secondary consisted of our baseball team? Meanwhile last year CKW's team became the first Big10 team to ever beat a ranked SEC team on the road. IU has also led the conference in passing, and produced a RB who had one of the best seasons in CFB history.

 

Kevin Wilson is far from perfect, but this team has looked more like an actual football team than anything IU has put together in nearly two decades.

 

Umm hate to break it to ya but IUs football team was a complete joke they played a cakewalk schedule and still got their asses spanked six ways to sunday.  They gave up over 40 points 6 times last year.  Wilson hasn't built crap in his 4 years.  You say Lynch left him with a gimmick team.  Guess what they were last year and the 3 years prior.  A GIMMICK TEAM. 

 

Just a reference Lynch's last year we allowed 410 yards a game. 

 

Wilsons 4 years 459, 464, 528 and 434. 

 

So you say Lynchs teams sucked because he didn't recruit defense.  So what does that say about Wilson he recruits defensive players and his defenses are even worse. 

 

Just checked Lynchs worst defensive teams had 432 yards per game allowed.  Lynchs worst was better than Wilson best. 

[Dalton26]

We beat Missouri though so IU> SEC.

[Hovadipo]

We beat Missouri though so IU> SEC.

SEC East champs and don't you forget it.

[Brass Cannon]

Yeah losing to us was the wake up call they needed to get themselves trying again. 

[Walking Boot of Doom]

Yeah losing to us was the wake up call they needed to get themselves trying again.

I think you're going out of your way to discredit the progress that has been made by CKW with this program. I agree, the results are not consistently there, but there have been plenty of positives recently.